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Texts -- 2 Chronicles 14:15 (NET)

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14:15 They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen in charge of the livestock . They carried off many sheep and camels and then returned to Jerusalem .

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  • Ackroyd, Peter R. I and II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah. London: SCM Press, 1973.Aharoni, Yohanan, and Michael Avi-Yonah. The Macmillan Bible Atlas. Revised ed., New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1977.Albright, William F. The...
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