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11-1KI/01.usfm

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 \v 15 So Bathsheba went into the king's room. The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.
-\v 16 Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, "What do you desire?"
+\v 16 Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. Then the king said, "What do you desire?"
 \v 17 She said to him, "My master, you swore to your servant by Yahweh your God, saying, 'Surely Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.'
 
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 \v 19 He has sacrificed oxen, fatted calves, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.
 
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-\v 20 And as for you, my master the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to tell them who will sit on the throne after you, my master.
+\v 20 As for you, my master the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to tell them who will sit on the throne after you, my master.
 \v 21 Otherwise it will happen, when my master the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be regarded as criminals."
 
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 \v 42 While he was still speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest came. Adonijah said, "Come in, for you are a worthy man and bring good news."
 
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-\v 43 Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, "Our master King David has made Solomon the king.
-\v 44 And the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites. They have had Solomon ride on the king's mule.
+\v 43 Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, "Our master King David has made Solomon the king,
+\v 44 and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites. They have had Solomon ride on the king's mule.
 \v 45 Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.
 
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 \v 46 Also, Solomon is sitting on the throne of the kingdom.
-\v 47 Moreover, the king's servants came to bless our master King David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne.' And the king bowed himself on the bed.
+\v 47 Moreover, the king's servants came to bless our master King David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne.' Then the king bowed down on the bed.
 \v 48 The king also said, 'Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given a person to sit on my throne this day, and that my own eyes should see it.'"
 
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11-1KI/03.usfm

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 \v 6 So Solomon said, "You have shown great covenant faithfulness to your servant, David my father, because he walked before you in trustworthiness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart. You have kept for him this great covenant faithfulness and have given him a son to sit on his throne today.
 
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-\v 7 And now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father, though I am only a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.
+\v 7 Now Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father, though I am only a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.
 \v 8 Your servant is in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted.
 \v 9 So give your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, so that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of yours?"
 

11-1KI/08.usfm

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 \v 31 If a man sins against his neighbor and is required to swear an oath, and if he comes and swears an oath before your altar in this house,
-\v 32 then hear in the heavens and act and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his conduct on his own head. And declare the righteous innocent, to give him the reward for his righteousness.
+\v 32 listen from the heavens and act; judge your servants, condemning the guilty and bring what he has done upon his own head, and to declare the righteous one to be innocent, and to reward him for his righteousness.
 
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 \v 58 that he may incline our hearts to him, to live in all his ways and keep his commandments and his regulations and his statutes, which he commanded our fathers.
 
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-\v 59 And let these words I have spoken, by which I have made request before Yahweh, be near Yahweh our God day and night, so that he may help the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as every day will require;
+\v 59 Let these words I have spoken, by which I have made request before Yahweh, be near Yahweh our God day and night, so that he may help the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as every day will require;
 \v 60 that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh, he is God, and there is no other God!
 \v 61 Therefore let your heart be true to Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes and keep his commandments, as on this day."
 

11-1KI/09.usfm

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 \v 2 Yahweh appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
 
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-\v 3 And Yahweh said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your request that you have made before me. I have set apart this house, which you have built, to myself, to put my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
+\v 3 Then Yahweh said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your request that you have made before me. I have set apart this house, which you have built, to myself, to put my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
 
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 \v 4 As for you, if you walk before me as David your father walked in integrity of heart and in uprightness, obeying all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my decrees,
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 \v 7 then will I cut off Israel from off the ground that I have given them; and this house that I have set apart to my name, I will cast it out of my sight, and Israel will become an example to be mocked and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
 
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-\v 8 And though this temple is so lofty now, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss. They will ask, 'Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this house?'
+\v 8 This temple will become a heap of ruins, and everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss. They will ask, 'Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this house?'
 \v 9 Others will answer, 'Because they forsook Yahweh, their God, who had brought their ancestors out of the land of Egypt, and they laid hold of other gods and bowed down to them and worshiped them. That is why Yahweh has brought all this disaster on them.'"
 
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11-1KI/18.usfm

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 \v 13 Has it not been told to you, my master, what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred of Yahweh's prophets by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water?
 
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-\v 14 And now you say, 'Go, tell your master that Elijah is here,' so he will kill me."
+\v 14 Now you say to me, 'Go and tell your master that Elijah is here,' so that he will kill me."
 \v 15 Then Elijah responded, "As Yahweh of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to Ahab today."
 
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-\v 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him what Elijah said. And the king went to meet Elijah.
-\v 17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is it you? You troublemaker of Israel!"
+\v 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him what Elijah said. Then the king went to meet Elijah.
+\v 17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is it you? You are the one who brings trouble to Israel!"
 
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-\v 18 Elijah answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's family are the troublemakers by abandoning the commandments of Yahweh and by following the Baal idols.
+\v 18 Elijah answered, "I have not brought trouble Israel, but you and your father's family are the ones who have caused trouble by abandoning the commandments of Yahweh and by following the Baals.
 \v 19 Now then, send word and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table."
 
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 \v 32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh and he dug a trench around the altar large enough to contain two seahs of seeds.
 
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-\v 33 Then he placed the wood for a fire and cut the bull in pieces, and he laid the pieces on the wood. And he said, "Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood."
+\v 33 Then he arranged the wood for a fire, cut the bull in pieces, and laid the pieces of the bull on the wood. He said, "Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood."
 \v 34 And he said, "Do it a second time," and they did it a second time. Then he said, "Do it a third time," and they did it a third time.
 \v 35 The water ran around the altar and filled the trench.
 

11-1KI/20.usfm

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 \v 23 The servants of the king of Aram said to him, "Their god is a god of the hills. That is why they were stronger than we were. But now let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they are.
 
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-\v 24 And do this: remove the kings; take every one away from his command and put army captains in their place.
-\v 25 Muster an army like the army you lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot, and we will fight against them in the plain. Then surely we will be stronger than they are." So Ben Hadad listened to their advice and did as they recommended.
+\v 24 So you must do this: remove all the kings from their positions of authority and replace them with military commanders.
+\v 25 Raise up an army like the army you lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight them in the plain. Then surely we will be stronger than they are." So Ben Hadad listened to their advice and did what they advised.
 
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 \v 35 A certain man, one of the sons of the prophets, said to one of his fellow prophets by the word of Yahweh, "Please hit me." But the man refused to hit him.
-\v 36 Then the prophet said to his fellow prophet, "Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, as soon as you leave me, a lion will kill you." And as soon as that man had left him, a lion found him and killed him.
+\v 36 Then the prophet said to his fellow prophet, "Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, as soon as you leave me, a lion will kill you." As soon as that man had left him, a lion came upon him and killed him.
 
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 \v 37 Then the prophet found another man and said, "Please hit me." So the man hit him and wounded him.

11-1KI/21.usfm

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 \v 14 Then the elders sent word to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead."
 
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-\v 15 And so when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, she said to Ahab, "Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money, because Naboth is not alive, but dead."
+\v 15 So when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, she said to Ahab, "Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money, because Naboth is not alive, but dead."
 \v 16 When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite and take possession of it.
 
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