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posterity_n shall_v inherit_v the_o throne_n of_o israel_n unto_o the_o four_o generation_n but_o yet_o he_o continue_v in_o the_o sin_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la the_o son_n of_o nebat_fw-la who_o make_v israel_n to_o sin_n almighty_a god_n do_v then_o loath_a the_o people_n israel_n and_o smite_v they_o with_o the_o sword_n of_o hazael_n he_o reign_v eight_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o then_o dye_v par._n who_o be_v prophet_n under_o this_o wicked_a king_n past_a elisha_n who_o have_v anoint_v he_o king_n upon_o the_o lord_n commandment_n and_o who_o be_v well_o know_v unto_o he_o to_o be_v special_o favour_v of_o god_n as_o do_v appear_v by_o his_o admirable_a work_n of_o who_o he_o may_v have_v learn_v how_o to_o frame_v his_o heart_n and_o his_o hand_n according_a to_o right_n par._n who_o be_v the_o ten_o king_n in_o samaria_n past_a 35.2_o 2_o king_n 10_o 35.2_o ichoahaz_n his_o son_n who_o live_v as_o jeroboam_fw-la that_o make_v the_o people_n to_o sin_n and_o he_o depart_v not_o 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13_o 13.14.23_o to_o the_o end_n as_o do_v jeroboam_fw-la the_o son_n of_o nebat_fw-la he_o restore_v the_o coast_n of_o israel_n from_o the_o enter_v of_o hamath_n unto_o the_o sea_n of_o the_o wilderness_n according_a as_o the_o lord_n have_v foretell_v by_o his_o prophet_n jonah_n who_o have_v decree_v not_o to_o put_v out_o the_o name_n of_o israel_n though_o they_o have_v sin_v sore_o after_o he_o have_v reign_v one_o and_o forty_o year_n he_o die_v par._n who_o be_v the_o next_o in_o succession_n past_a zachariah_n his_o son_n 29.15.8.9.10_o 2_o king_n 14_o 29.15.8.9.10_o he_o depart_v not_o from_o the_o sin_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la the_o son_n of_o nebat_fw-la he_o reign_v six_o month_n in_o samaria_n and_o then_o be_v slay_v by_o shallum_n according_a as_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v by_o his_o prophet_n to_o jehu_n to_o wit_n that_o his_o seed_n shall_v sit_v upon_o his_o seat_n unto_o the_o four_o generation_n par._n who_o be_v the_o fourteen_o king_n past_a shallum_n the_o son_n 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