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And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.
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And it came to pass, when the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father.
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But he slew not their sons, according to the covenant of the law of the Lord, as it is written, as the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, and the sons shall not die for the fathers, but they shall die each for his own sin.
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And Amasias assembled the house of Juda, and appointed them according to the houses of their families for captains of thousands and captains of hundreds in all Juda and Jerusalem: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found them three hundred thousand able to go out to war, holding spear and shield.
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Also he hired of Israel a hundred thousand mighty a hundred talents of silver.