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Sefer Divrei Yahuah el Ezra Beit Yisra’el — Chapter 7 - The Kings and the Corruption of the Age

Work ID: 6a9dd1d1060c3df42a76bcac · Chapter ID: 6a9dd1d2a04ac4115694a5dd · Canonical title: Sefer Divrei Yahuah el Ezra Beit Yisra’el

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The later cycles contain kings whose names are frequently hidden by single letters or corrupted forms.

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Some rulers are mighty but displease Yahuah by conduct and character.

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One king dies in war with his army.

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Another ruler is described as morally good but dies upon his bed.

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Kingdoms then pass into the hands of other peoples.

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A sequence of seventeen kings is introduced by letters rather than full names.

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One ruler is described as powerful, gentle, fearing Elohim, loving faithfulness and mercy, and walking according to divine law.

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Under him many rock-hewn sanctuaries are constructed in the Christian substratum of the text.

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He defeats powerful enemies, subdues lands, and his reign is marked by abundance and relief for the poor.

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A later relative seizes the kingdom; under him evil, lawlessness, hypocrisy, corrupt courts, false oaths, exile, enslavement, adultery, and violence increase.

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A poisonous influence called Bantan spreads through the souls and hearts of Adam, turning many toward foreign worship and lawlessness.

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Priestly figures in the inherited layer are condemned for abandoning the dignity entrusted to them and corrupting sexual and communal order.

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Three kings rise against one another.

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Earthquakes, famine, sickness, and death strike many lands.

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A later ruler called Sa is described as righteous and fearing Elohim, but the manuscript's chronology around him is uncertain.

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