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ahab_n and_o jezabel_n and_o according_o elizeus_fw-la the_o prophet_n cause_v jehu_n to_o be_v anoint_v and_o god_n message_n to_o be_v deliver_v unto_o he_o who_o present_o upon_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n will_n and_o the_o submission_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o captain_n of_o israel_n unto_o he_o 13._o as_o to_o their_o lawful_a king_n do_v put_v in_o execution_n the_o say_a message_n by_o kill_a joram_n before_o that_o time_n his_o sovereign_n xliii_o but_o then_o his_o subject_n and_o by_o destroy_v and_o root_n out_o the_o whole_a posterity_n son_n familiar_n and_o priest_n of_o ahab_n in_o like_a manner_n samuel_n a_o prophet_n but_o the_o subject_n of_o king_n saul_n do_v not_o refuse_v when_o god_n direct_o and_o in_o express_a term_n bid_v he_o both_o to_o tell_v his_o master_n the_o king_n that_o the_o lord_n have_v rend_v the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n from_o he_o 28._o and_o to_o anoint_v king_n david_n to_o succeed_v he_o we_o say_v to_o succeed_v he_o because_o we_o 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