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shall_v himself_o be_v slay_v by_o his_o own_o child_n there_o be_v secondary_a cause_n undoubted_o move_v these_o thus_o unnatural_o to_o butcher_v their_o father_n for_o first_o loc_n it_o be_v think_v that_o sennacherib_n have_v assign_v over_o his_o kingdom_n to_o esaradon_n his_o three_o son_n who_o he_o most_o affect_a and_o so_o mean_v to_o disinherit_v adramelech_n and_o sharezer_n hereupon_o these_o two_o brethren_n in_o iniquity_n conspire_v against_o sennacherib_n their_o cruel_a father_n as_o he_o be_v their_o king_n and_o their_o natural_a father_n as_o he_o be_v their_o parent_n the_o oecolampad_a rabbin_n have_v coin_a another_o devise_n say_v that_o sennacherib_n ask_v his_o idol_n why_o he_o can_v not_o vanquish_v the_o