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-\v 1 Samuel said to all Israel, "I have listened to everything you said to me, and I have set a king over you.
+\v 1 Samuel said to all Israel, "I have listened to everything you said to me, and I have set a king to reign over you.
 \v 2 Now, here is the king walking before you; and I am old and gray; and, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth until today.
 
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 \v 10 Then the word of Yahweh came to Samuel, saying,
-\v 11 "I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments." Samuel was angry; he cried out to Yahweh all night.
+\v 11 "I regret that I have set Saul to reign as king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments." Samuel was angry; he cried out to Yahweh all night.
 
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 \v 12 Samuel got up early to meet Saul in the morning. Samuel was told, "Saul came to Carmel and he set up a monument to himself, then turned and proceeded on down to Gilgal."
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 \v 33 Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are only a youth, and he a man of war from his youth."
 
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-\v 34 But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,
+\v 34 But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to shepherd his father's flock. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,
 \v 35 I chased after him and attacked him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he rose up against me, I caught him by his beard, struck him, and put him to death.
 
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10-2SA.usfm

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-\v 40 You put strength on me like a belt for battle;
+\v 40 You girded me with strength for battle;
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 \v 41 You gave me the back of my enemies' necks;

11-1KI.usfm

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 \v 6 She said to the king, "It is true, the report that I heard in my own land of your words and your wisdom.
-\v 7 I did not believe what I heard until I came here, and now my eyes have seen it. Not half was told me! In wisdom and wealth you have exceeded the report that I heard.
+\v 7 I did not believe the message until I came here, and now my eyes have seen it. Not half was told me! In wisdom and wealth you have exceeded the report that I heard.
 
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 \v 8 How blessed are your wives, and how blessed are your servants who constantly stand before you, because they hear your wisdom. \f + \ft Some Hebrew copies have: \fqa How blessed are your men \fqa* . The ancient Greek translation has \fqa How blessed are your wives \fqa* . Many think it is probable that \fqa women \fqa* was misread as \fqa men \fqa* , because two Hebrew words are very similar. \f*

12-2KI.usfm

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-\v 34 To this day they persist in their old customs. They neither honor Yahweh, nor do they follow the statutes, decrees, the law, or the commandments that Yahweh gave to the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
+\v 34 To this day they persist in their old customs. They neither honor Yahweh, nor do they follow the statutes, the customs, the law, or the commandments that Yahweh gave to the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
 \v 35 When Yahweh made a covenant with them, he commanded them, "You will not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them.
 
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-\v 26 Nevertheless, Yahweh did not turn away from the burning of his fierce anger, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke him to anger.
+\v 26 Nevertheless, Yahweh did not turn away from the burning of his raging anger, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke him to anger.
 \v 27 So Yahweh said, "I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will throw away this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, 'My name will be there.'"
 
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