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Today's Bible Reading :: 1 Chronicles 3 - 5 (ESV)

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1 Chronicles 3

Descendants of David

(Mat 1:6 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:1 - These are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:2 - the third, Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:3 - the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:4 - six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and six months. And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:5 - These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon, four by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:6 - then Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:7 - Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:8 - Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9 - All these were David’s sons, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister.
(Mat 1:7–11 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:10 - The son of Solomon was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:11 - Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:12 - Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:13 - Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:14 - Amon his son, Josiah his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:15 - The sons of Josiah: Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:16 - The descendants of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:17 - and the sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:18 - Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:19 - and the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei; and the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:20 - and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed, five.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:21 - The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, his son[fn] Rephaiah, his son Arnan, his son Obadiah, his son Shecaniah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:22 - The son[fn] of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:23 - The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:24 - The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
ESV Footnotes
Septuagint (compare Syriac, Vulgate); Hebrew sons of; four times in this verse
Hebrew sons

1 Chronicles 4

Descendants of Judah

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:1 - The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:2 - Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:3 - These were the sons[fn] of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:4 - and Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:5 - Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:6 - Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:7 - The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:8 - Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the clans of Aharhel, the son of Harum.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:9 - Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:10 - Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm[fn] so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:11 - Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:12 - Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:13 - The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14 - Meonothai fathered Ophrah; and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-harashim,[fn] so-called because they were craftsmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:15 - The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son[fn] of Elah: Kenaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:16 - The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:17 - The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married;[fn] and she conceived and bore[fn] Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:18 - And his Judahite wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:19 - The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:20 - The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:21 - The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbea;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:22 - and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and returned to Lehem[fn] (now the records[fn] are ancient).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:23 - These were the potters who were inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the king’s service.

Descendants of Simeon

(Gen 46:10 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:24 - The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:25 - Shallum was his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:26 - The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:27 - Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did all their clan multiply like the men of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:28 - They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:29 - Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:30 - Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:31 - Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until David reigned.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:32 - And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:33 - along with all their villages that were around these cities as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:34 - Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:35 - Joel, Jehu the son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:36 - Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:37 - Ziza the son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah—

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:38 - these mentioned by name were princes in their clans, and their fathers’ houses increased greatly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39 - They journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:40 - where they found rich, good pasture, and the land was very broad, quiet, and peaceful, for the former inhabitants there belonged to Ham.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:41 - These, registered by name, came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and destroyed their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and marked them for destruction to this day, and settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:42 - And some of them, five hundred men of the Simeonites, went to Mount Seir, having as their leaders Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:43 - And they defeated the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.
ESV Footnotes
Septuagint (compare Vulgate); Hebrew father
Jabez sounds like the Hebrew for pain
Or evil
Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew lacks Meonothai
Ge-harashim means valley of craftsmen
Hebrew sons
The clause These are… married is transposed from verse 18
Hebrew lacks and bore
Vulgate (compare Septuagint); Hebrew and Jashubi-lahem
Or matters

1 Chronicles 5

Descendants of Reuben

(Gen 46:8, 9 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:1 - The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2 - though Judah became strong among his brothers and a chief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:3 - the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:4 - The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:5 - Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:6 - Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser[fn] king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a chief of the Reubenites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:7 - And his kinsmen by their clans, when the genealogy of their generations was recorded: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:8 - and Bela the son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - He also lived to the east as far as the entrance of the desert this side of the Euphrates, because their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:10 - And in the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who fell into their hand. And they lived in their tents throughout all the region east of Gilead.

Descendants of Gad

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:11 - The sons of Gad lived over against them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:12 - Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:13 - And their kinsmen according to their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber, seven.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:14 - These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:15 - Ahi the son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was chief in their fathers’ houses,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:16 - and they lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon to their limits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:17 - All of these were recorded in genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, 44,760, able to go to war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:19 - They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:20 - And when they prevailed[fn] over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea because they trusted in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - They carried off their livestock: 50,000 of their camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys, and 100,000 men alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:22 - For many fell, because the war was of God. And they lived in their place until the exile.

The Half-Tribe of Manasseh

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:23 - The members of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They were very numerous from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:24 - These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher,[fn] Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty warriors, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:25 - But they broke faith with the God of their fathers, and whored after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day.
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ESV Footnotes
Hebrew Tilgath-pilneser; also verse 26
Or they were helped to prevail
Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew and Epher
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