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2 Chronicles 21:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD later caused the Philistines and the Arabs who lived near the Ethiopians to become angry with Jehoram.

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The LORD was angry with Israel again, and he made David think it would be a good idea to count the people in Israel and Judah.

and he said to Solomon: You did what you wanted and not what I told you to do. Now I'm going to take your kingdom from you and give it to one of your officials.

Hadad was from the royal family of Edom, and here is how the LORD made him Solomon's enemy:

Here is how God made Rezon son of Eliada an enemy of Solomon: Rezon had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah.

Philistines brought him silver and other gifts to keep peace. Some of the Arab people brought him seventy-seven hundred rams and the same number of goats.

Earlier, when the Arabs led a raid against Judah, they killed all of Jehoram's sons, except Ahaziah, the youngest one. So the people of Jerusalem crowned him their king.

God helped him defeat the Philistines, the Arabs living in Gur-Baal, and the Meunites.

So he let Assyrian army commanders invade Judah and capture Manasseh. They put a hook in his nose and tied him up in chains, and they took him to Babylon.

Years ago the LORD sent Jeremiah with a message about a promise for the people of Israel. Then in the first year that Cyrus was king of Persia, the LORD kept his promise by telling Cyrus to send this official message to all parts of his kingdom:

Many people felt that the LORD God wanted them to help rebuild his temple, and they made plans to go to Jerusalem. Among them were priests, Levites, and leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.

You've taken my prized possessions, including my silver and gold, and carried them off to your temples.

The LORD said: I will punish Philistia for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They dragged off my people from town after town to sell them as slaves to the Edomites.

Isn't the whole city frightened when the trumpet signals an attack? Isn't it the LORD who brings disaster on a city?

Please listen to what I have to say. If the LORD has turned you against me, perhaps a sacrifice will make him change his mind. But if some people have turned you against me, I hope the LORD will punish them! They have forced me to leave the land that belongs to the LORD and have told me to worship foreign gods.




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