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Elam took up the quiver
With the chariots, infantry and horsemen;
And Kir uncovered the shield.
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And it came to pass that your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
And the horsemen took their fixed positions [in an offensive array] at the gate [of Jerusalem].^(A)
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Then God removed the [protective] covering of Judah;
And in that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest (Solomon’s armory).^(B)