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2 Chronicles 24:19

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Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
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  1. 2 Chronicles 36:15–16Rank 1 from verse 19
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    15And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

    16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

  2. 2 Kings 17:13–15Rank 2 from verse 19
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    13Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

    14Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God.

    15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.

  3. Isaiah 28:23Rank 3 from verse 19
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    23¶ Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

  4. Isaiah 42:23Rank 4 from verse 19
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    23Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?

  5. Isaiah 51:4Rank 5 from verse 19
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    4¶ Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

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2 Chronicles 24:19

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

again

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Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

testified

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of testify, meaning to bear witness, declare solemnly, or give evidence of something known.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ear

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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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24:15¶ But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

24:16And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

24:17Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

24:18And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

24:19Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

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24:20And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you.

24:21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.

24:22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and require it.

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