25 He asked for water; she gave him milk.
She brought him cream(A) in a majestic bowl.

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20 Then he took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the king’s palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the throne of the kingdom.

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Beside them the Tekoites(A) made repairs, but their nobles did not lift a finger to help[a] their supervisors.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:5 Lit not bring their neck to the work of

29 join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath[a](A) to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses(B) and to obey carefully all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of the Lord our Lord.

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  1. 10:29 Lit and enter in a curse and in an oath

As for the holy people who are in the land,(A)
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.

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Their nobles send their servants[a] for water.
They go to the cisterns;
they find no water;
their containers return empty.
They are ashamed and humiliated;
they cover their heads.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 14:3 Lit little ones

He gives orders to his officers;
they stumble as they advance.
They race to its wall;
the protective shield is set in place.

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18 King of Assyria, your shepherds slumber;(A)
your officers sleep.
Your people are scattered across the mountains(B)
with no one to gather them together.(C)

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