2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,
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The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melek, together with their men, to entreat the LORD
3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
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by asking the priests of the house of the LORD Almighty and the prophets, “Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”