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The Arvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; the Sepharvites were burning their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.

So these nations were fearing Yahweh, but they were serving their idols, as were their children and their children's children; as their ancestors did, they are doing until this day.

They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, ‘A day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace is this day, for the children are about to be born, but there is no strength to bear them.

Did the gods of the nations that my predecessors destroyed deliver them? Not Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, nor the children of Eden who were in Tel Assar.

He brought out the Asherah image from the temple of Yahweh outside of Jerusalem to the Wadi of the Kidron and burnt it there; then he pulverized it to dust and threw its dust upon the tombs of the children of the people.

And Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by Azubah his wife and by Jerioth. And these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

And the sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim. And Seled died without children.

And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. And Jether died without children.

And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the children of Jerahmeel.

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children. But all their families did not multiply like the men of Judah.

The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

And Shaharaim fathered children in the fields of Moab after he had sent them away—Hushim and Baara, his wives.

Now these are the names of the children who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek all the commandments of Yahweh your God so that you may take possession of this good land and bestow it as an inheritance to your children after you forever."

then may you yourself hear from the heavens, your dwelling place, and forgive and give to each according to all his ways, since you know the heart of the children of humankind,

And all Judah was standing before Yahweh, and also their little children, their wives, and their children.

behold, Yahweh is inflicting a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions,

But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the law, in the scroll of Moses, where Yahweh commanded, saying, "Fathers shall not be put to death on account of the sons, and the sons shall not be put to death on account of the fathers, but each shall be put to death for his own sin."

For when you return to Yahweh, your brothers and your children will find compassion before their captors and return to this land, for Yahweh your God is gracious and compassionate, and he will not turn away his face from you if you return to him."

that they may offer incense offerings to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and his children.