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1 Kings 16:1-2
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1 Kings 16:1-2
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16 The Lord sent Jehu son of Hanani to say to Baasha:
2 Nobody knew who you were until I, the Lord, chose you[a] to be the leader of my people Israel. And now you're acting exactly like Jeroboam by causing the Israelites to sin. What you've done has made me so angry
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- 16.2 Nobody … you: Hebrew “I pulled you up out of the dust.”
1 Kings 16:1-2
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1 Kings 16:1-2
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1 Kings 16:1-2
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1 Kings 16:1-2
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16 Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
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