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"Behold, I will gather you to your fathers and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, so your eyes will not seeall the evilwhich I will bring on thisplace and on its inhabitants.""' And they broughtbackword to the king.
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"But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD , thus you will say to him, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel regarding the words which you have heard,
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"Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the LORD .
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"Behold, I will gather you to your fathers and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, so your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.""' And they brought back word to the king.
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Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
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The king went up to the house of the LORD and all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites and all the people, from the greatest to the least; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD .