Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Chronicles 29:9
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For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.
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For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives [are] in captivity for this.
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For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
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For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
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2 Chronicles 29
7 They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.
8 Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.
9 For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.
10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
11 Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense.”
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