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of_o jehoiada_n the_o king_n of_o aram_n come_v with_o a_o small_a company_n against_o joas_n juda_n and_o jerusalem_n elizeus_fw-la the_o prophet_n die_v persusennis_n &_o cheopes_n king_n in_o egypt_n mezades_n tiber_n first_o call_v albula_n carthage_n build_v amazias_n king_n of_o juda_n he_o revenge_v his_o father_n death_n he_o over_o come_v the_o edomite_n he_o commit_v idolatry_n amazias_n slay_v by_o conspiracy_n sardanapalus_n vzias_n 2._o cron._n cap._n 26._o vzias_n leprosy_n esai_n prophesy_v kittims_n the_o roman_n manahem_n pekahiah_n joatham_n king_n of_o juda_n the_o olympiad_n begin_v ezechias_n and_o romulus_n bear_v 2._o reg._n 16._o 3215_o hosea_n the_o last_o king_n of_o israel_n samaria_n take_v 212._o after_o it_o be_v build_v by_o omri_n israel_n carry_v to_o babylon_n 262._o sin_n the_o cause_n of_o god_n wrath_n ezechias_n senaherib_n lay_v siege_n to_o jerusalem_n 185._o thousand_o slay_v of_o the_o assyrian_n by_o the_o angel_n sanacharib_n slay_v by_o 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