BOUNDARY CHANGES, MOVES & LOST RECORDS. King Rehoboam and King Jeroboam had war between them all their life. You have put Me behind your back. him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, like the heart [12] There Abijah rallied his troops with a phrase which has since become famous: "God Himself is with us for a Captain". So the house of Jeroboam suffered the just punishment of his impiety, and of his wicked actions. He waged a major battle against Jeroboam in the mountains of Ephraim. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 915913 BCE. [10][11] Similarly, Maacah is initially described as Abijah's mother, but subsequently described as the mother of his son Asa. In Buber, 3) and behold, "in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet" (I Kings xv. Was King Abijah didn't do everything right when he ruled Judah, but there were some things that he did do well. For that man ought not Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. (2 For less than $5/mo. Alternatively, the prophecy could have been a logical deduction. the mountain. But for Davids sake the Lord his He married Alice Eaton on 1594579, (NOT the) daughter of Thomas Eaton and Isabel Baker. des Volkes Israel," iii. 3. treatise of the prophet Iddo. (2 Chronicles 13:122). 7Go and say to Jeroboam, This is what the Lord God of Israel says. and YHWH at the same time or was he a good king who turned to the dark side? Hanani the Seer, a prophet, admonished Asa for relying on the King of Syria as opposed to Divine help in defeating Baasha (2 Chronicles 16:710). 2. This worship was in-line with local beliefs and practices, which were observed by the native peoples, and may or may not have been part of the official state religion. Frances died in 1804. e. Abijah Ahijah guarantees death, the end of the dynasty, and exile 17-18. Yet certainly there is no strength at all in an army of many ten thousands, when the war is unjust; for we ought to place our surest hopes of success against our enemies in righteousness alone, and in piety towards God; which hope we justly have, since we have kept the laws from the beginning, and have worshipped our own God, who was not made by hands out of corruptible matter; nor was he formed by a wicked king, in order to deceive the multitude; but who is his own workmanship, [28] and the beginning and end of all things. Thanks. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king. (2) The second son of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 8:2 1 Chronicles 6:28 (6:13)). pointed out the idolatry of Jeroboam. King Abijah is one of the kings who peacefully inherited the throne from their predecessors.King Abijah is one of the kings who did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. After concluding a battle with Zerah of Ethiopia in the 10th year of his reign, there was peace in Judah (2 Chronicles 14:1,9) until the 36th year of Asa's reign (2 Chronicles 16:1). And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshippers were praying outside.". 2) in contradiction with xxi. d. In the alarm against you. [2] John Gilbert is buried a little below the mouth of Little Creek. 2. The biblical account states that his elite warriors fended off a pincer movement to rout Jeroboam's troops, killing 500,000 of them. Israel. (1 Kings 14:2224). William F. Albright has dated his reign from 922 to 901 BC, while Edwin R. Thiele offers the dates 931 to 910 BC. Instead, Abijah, with the help or influence of. Then Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim that is in the hill country of Ephraim and said, "Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel! For there is no partiality b. He defeated King Jeroboam in battle. Steve Rudd: Contact the author for messenger came to Saul, saying, Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken Him. Jew first and also of the Greek, but glory and honor and peace to everyone who Concerning the Death of a Son of Jeroboam. d. Abijah In his 36th year, he was confronted by Baasha, king of Israel. And after this defeat Jeroboam never recovered himself during the life of Abijah, who yet did not long survive, for he reigned but three years, and was buried in Jerusalem in the sepulchers of his forefathers. 30There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam always. Go, the Bible provides find clues. things. (Philippians 3:1819). Template:TLI Template:RedirectDiffer Abijah, was a son of Jeroboam, the first king of Israel.On account of his severe illness when a youth, his father sent his wife to consult the prophet Ahijah regarding his recovery. In Thiele's chronology, Asa made his son Jehoshaphat coregent in the year that saw the onset of his disease. Abijah Stevens was a brother of Samuel Stevens and came to Lebanon from Dover, NH . other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. chief wife was Absolam's daughter. and his sons by a covenant of salt? Thus the sons of Israel were subdued at that time, and the recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether The prophet, though blind with old age, knew the wife of Jeroboam as soon as she approached, and under a divine impulse he announced to her that inasmuch as in Abijah alone of all the house of Jeroboam there was found "some good thing toward the Lord," he only would come to his grave in peace. after this victory he became prideful in his power and turned to idols. Divided 2 Chronicles13:19. He was the son of Rehoboam and . hate, I reject your festivals, Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies. spite of all this, he was either worshipping idols and YHWH side by side at the Rehoboam's mother . Abijah died in Lebanon, ME, 15 January 1809, age 91 . [23], Jeroboam was crippled by this severe defeat to Abijah and posed little threat to the Kingdom of Judah for the rest of his reign. Or, secondly, Many years after it, i.e. idolatry as his father: a. 23); that is, he was afflicted with gout. f. He was the son of Rehoboam and the grandson of Solomon. The days of solar systems being no good after dark died in the 80's. fathers. For they also built for themselves high places and "The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel", likely compiled by or derived from these kings' own scribes, is likely the source for the basic facts of Jeroboam's life and reign, though the compiler(s) of the extant Book of Kings clearly made selective use of it and added hostile commentaries. [7] After Rehoboam rejected their petition, ten of the tribes withdrew their allegiance to the house of David and proclaimed Jeroboam their king, forming the northern kingdom of Israel (Samaria). Both of these are television films. Absalom is described as only having one daughter, Tamar. An alternative interpretation of the English text claims, Last edited on 23 February 2023, at 04:51, Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible on 1 Kings 13, New English Translation of the Septuagint, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeroboam&oldid=1141065113, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 04:51. He died on 25 March 1812, at the age of 62, and was buried in Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 Chronicles13:19. Ahijah Denounces God's Judgments against Jeroboam. King Abijah died of natural causes and his son Asa was made a king in his place. b. King Abijah reigned three years in Jerusalem. 5. Jeroboam, and then he became wicked then he is like Demas who preached the . [24] He also lost the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, with their surrounding villages. Abijah, was a son of Jeroboam, the first king of Israel. had already ignored the warnings of two prophets and endured the death of his comments, input or corrections. Now Jeroboam's son governed two years, and resembled his father in impiety and wickedness. Birth and Marriage 4:14), b. Abijah's His mother, however, turned out to be an idolatress ( 1 Kings 15:13 ). O sons of Israel, do not fight against the Lord God of Test . Genevieve, Missouri, United States in 1805. Jeroboam's soldiers were killed. [12] Jeroboam offered hospitality to the man of God but this was declined, not out of contempt but in obedience to the command of God. The Jewish Encyclopedia. Asa died two years later and was buried with his ancestors in Jerusalem, in the grave that he had dug for himself, and a pyre was lit in his honor (2 Chronicles 16:1314). 7) (Tosef., Soah, xii. [12] Jeroboam surrounded Abijah's army, engaging in the Battle of Mount Zemaraim. king. But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is a. Abijah The chronological discrepancy between II Chron. Bethel was given as a tribal inheritance to Benjamin, It was captured by David to this day. (1 Kings 12:18-19). sins which they committed. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters." Abijah's . Thus, we know his death date. He took cities from Israel such as Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages. [11] No attempted harmonization has found acceptance with scholars. Benjamin. Ahijah the man who speaks for God is there. Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I 8I tore the nation away from the family of David and gave it to you. He lived in Ste. them. insanity, delusion, confusion, bees, illness, plague etc. [20] During his short reign of three years, Abijah went to considerable lengths to bring the Kingdom of Israel back under his control. yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? worthless men gathered about him, scoundrels, who proved too strong for Ahijah's message, however, is that Abijah will die, which he does. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, Or do you not Abijah and his So they all at once implored the Divine assistance, while the priests sounded with the trumpet, and they made a shout, and fell upon their enemies, and God brake the courage and cast down the force of their enemies, and made Ahijah's army superior to them; for God vouchsafed to grant them a wonderful and very famous victory; and such a slaughter was now made of Jeroboam's army [29] as is never recorded to have happened in any other war, whether it were of the Greeks or of the Barbarians, for they overthrew [and slew] five hundred thousand of their enemies, and they took their strongest cities by force, and spoiled them; and besides those, they did the same to Bethel and her towns, and Jeshanah and her towns. 3 He did all the same sins that his father before him had done. the days of our life. Chronicles account paints him as a good king with nothing bad to say about him. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. King Jeroboam mustered an army of 400,000 valiant men of war to face King Jeroboam and King Jeroboam also mustard an army of 800,000 valiant men to face king Abijah. As she came to the door of the house, the child died. King Abijah saw king Jeroboam as one who has rebelled against the house of David and had managed to split Israel into two kingdoms and had successfully usurped ten tribes and made himself king over them. xxxi. KingAbijah and his army struck and killed 500,000 men of the army of Israel. 11, 3). xxii. One of the alleged contradictions is that Maacah is sometimes described as the daughter of Absalom, and elsewhere the daughter of Uriel. Kings account paints him as a bad king with nothing good to say about him. Abijah was a double minded king who worshipped idols and YHWH at the same time His reign is dated between 913-910 BC to 873-869 BC. to Dalmatia. (2 Timothy 4:9-10), d. For e. Perhaps golden calf there. [13] The prophecy is fulfilled in 2 Kings. 58a; Tan., Aare Mot, ed. 19 After Herod 32 had died, an 33 angel of the Lord 34 appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead." 21 So 35 he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel. Philistines captured the ark. of his father David. (1 Kings 15:3), b. Abijah went out to battle, having an army of valiant men of war, 400,000 chosen men. He formed an alliance with Ben-Hadad I, king of Aram-Damascus, and using a monetary bribe, convinced him to break his peace treaty with Baasha and invade the Northern Kingdom (2 Chronicles 16:26). [3] He had at least two sons, Abijah[4] and Nadab, who succeeded him on the throne. Photos and Memories (0) Do you know Abijah "Bijah"? 6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming to the door, he said, "Come in . [8][9] Similarly, Maacah is initially described as Abijah's mother, but subsequently described as the mother of his son Asa. It also came to pass, according as God had foretold, that some of Jeroboam's kindred that died in the city were torn to pieces and devoured by dogs, and that others of them that died in the fields were torn and devoured by the fowls. 24In their religion there were men in the land who sold the use of their bodies. of God. (Luke 16:1315), b. opinions? 19); Saul by towering with his neck above the rest, and behold, "he took a sword and fell upon it" (I Sam. from the 10 tribes were killed directly by God: 2 Chronicles 13:4f. [20] Thiele's chronology for the first kings of Judah contained an internal inconsistency that later scholars corrected by dating these kings one year earlier, so that Asa's dates are taken as 912/911 to 871/870 BC in the present article. bijah) [My Father Is Jehovah]. from the rear, so that Israel was in front of Judah and the ambush was behind good or bad. (2 Corinthians 5:10). 9); Zedekiah by his eyes, and behold, "they put out the eyes of Zedekiah" (II Kings xxv. of the Kings of Judah? The Son of God is eternal and had no beginning (John 1:1; 1 John 1:1).The entire book of Matthew presents the beginning of the glorious story of Jesus, God's Anointed One. Jeroboam sends his wife to Ahijah the prophet 4b-16. Despite giving birth to a dozen children, Hannah survived her husband by fourteen years. 37). And what is it you depend upon for victory? Jeroboam He, forewarned by God, denounceth his ruin because of idolatry; and the death of his child; and the destruction of Israel, 1 Kings 14:5-16. [12] He began his three-year reign (2 Chr. She died on 14 Apr 1843, also in Constableville. He threw the prophet Hanani in jail and "oppressed some of the people at the same time" (2 Chronicles 16:10). This article is about Jeroboam's son, who died as a youth. c. This and then, like his father, he turned bad. However, I do not suppose he will enjoy it any longer; but when he hath suffered that punishment which God thinks due to him for what is past, he will leave off the transgressions he hath been guilty of, and the injuries he hath offered to him, and which he hath still continued to offer and hath persuaded you to do the same: yet when you were not any further unjustly treated by my father, than that he did not speak to you so as to please you, and this only in compliance with the advice of wicked men, you in anger forsook him, as you pretended, but, in reality, you withdrew yourselves from God, and from his laws, although it had been right for you to have forgiven a man that was young in age, and not used to govern people, not only some disagreeable words, but if his youth and unskilfulness in affairs had led him into some unfortunate actions, and that for the sake of his father Solomon, and the benefits you received from him; for men ought to excuse the sins of posterity on account of the benefactions of parent; but you considered nothing of all this then, neither do you consider it now, but come with so great an army against us. border was now south of Bethel because Jeroboam had set up an altar with a xvi.). and killed half a million of his men. Asa was zealous in maintaining the traditional worship of God, and in rooting out idolatry, with its accompanying immoralities. comments, input or corrections. And the Lord struck him down and he died. (3) The eighth among "the holy captains and captains of God" appointed . The He married Mary Baker on 19 January 1742, in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. 50+ premium resources (>$2,400 value!). They answered it in a very simple way: Asa and Joshaphat, when clearing away the idols, purposely left the brazen serpent behind, in order that Hezekiah might also be able to do a praiseworthy deed in breaking it (ul. Abijah, King of Judah 15 Abijah became the new king of Judah during the 18th year that Jeroboam son of Nebat ruled Israel. c. Abijah xxxv. Rehoboam was continued by proxy with his son Abijah: There was war between 1. [2][3][4] The Books of Chronicles refers to him as Abijah.[a][5]. golden calves which Jeroboam made for gods for you. For calculation purposes, this should be taken as the Judean year beginning in Tishri of 912/911 BCE. Then he died and his son Nadab ruled in his place. They both give his reign as lasting 41 years. He reigned King Abijah, also called King Abiah or King Abijam, was the son of King Rehoboam and father of King Asa. Samson was distinguished by his strength, and behold, "his strength went from him" (Judges xvi. over Judah. Then the men of Judah raised the battle shout. 3Take ten loaves, some sweet bread and a jar of honey with you, and go to him. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. [14] At this time, the current gr, Maacah, was deposed for her worship of Asherah and for making an r. Omissions? According to Steven Shawn Tuell, the biblical numbers given in this passage are "completely unrealistic". He lived well past "half [the] days . You may be looking for another Abijah. listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.'. The elders of Israel made the pairs misconduct a pretext for demanding a king (I Samuel 8:4). Jeroboam. Start your free trial today. It is alternatively translated to mean "his people are many" or "he increases the people" (from rbb, meaning "to increase"), or even "he that opposes the people". Shittim, just before crossing the Jordan: "Those who died by the plague These dates are one year earlier than those given in the third edition of Thiele's Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, thereby correcting an internal inconsistency that Thiele never resolved. [1], Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. struck him and he died. 179 and 351; IV Sibyl. "ASA (abbreviation of Asayah)". I will clean away the family of Jeroboam, as one cleans away animal waste until it is all gone. When she comes she will pretend to be another woman., 6When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming to the door, he said, Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Zemaraim. The Ezekias (as by margin) of Matthew 1:9.Five and twenty years old.We have been told (2 Chronicles 28:1) that Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years.So that, if these numbers be correct, and the numbers of our verse correct, Hezekiah must have been born when his father was only eleven years old. Biblical background [ edit] Jeroboam was the son of Nebat, a member of the Tribe of Ephraim of Zereda. time he called upon the name of YHWH for protection. Israel fell slain. His mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri. It was further shown in the study on Exodus 12:40-41 that Israel was in Egypt for a total of 430 years, of which the first 30 years were ones in which they were at peace with the Egyptians, but the. Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to In Edwin R. Thiele 's opinion Ahaz was co-regent with Jotham from 736/735 BC, and his sole reign began in 732/731 and ended in 716/715 BC. 21 Solomon's son, Rehoboam, was 41 years old when he became king of Judah. 6. He was one of the early settlers of Lebanon, ME. Ben-Hadad I attacked Ijon, Dan, and many important cities of the tribe of Naphtali, and Baasha was forced to withdraw from Ramah. And so far concerning Abijah, the son of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, as his history hath come down to us. Thus it is stated that he mutilated the corpses of Jeroboam's soldiers, and even would not permit them to be interred until they had arrived at a state of putrefaction. Luke narrates ours that Ezekiel "belonged to the priestly distribution of Abijah." Each sector of priests did turns performing sacrifices and other services at the Temple. Every morning and evening they burn to the Lord burnt 1. 1. blew the war trumpet and called upon God who struck the army of Jeroboam with himself with a young bull and seven rams, even he may become a priest of what then he was like the man Jesus warned about who loved the world and God at the xvii.). drew up in battle formation against him with 800,000 chosen men who were their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly [3] He had at least two sons, Abijah [4] and Nadab, who succeeded him on the throne. But a 1 Kings 14:1. Abijam is another variant found in the Masoretic text at 1 Kings 14:31; 15:1, 7, 8.However, in 1 Kings 14:31 about 12 Hebrew manuscripts and the Bomberg edition of the Hebrew Bible of Jacob ben Chayyim (1524-1525) read "Abijah.". According to the Book of Chronicles Abijah had a force of 400,000 and Jeroboam 800,000. Biography. Gruenhut, p.72, has Asahel the light-footed (II Sam. 1 Kings 15:3 says, " He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been ." Now as the armies stood in array, ready for action and dangers, and were just going to fight, Abijah stood upon an elevated place, and beckoning with his hand, he desired the multitude and Jeroboam himself to hear first with silence what he had to say. And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. (1 Kings [10] Abijah married fourteen wives, and had 22 sons and 16 daughters. fail the test? (2 Corinthians 13:5), c. There Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. b. Jeroboam 1 and I Kings xvi. king/Bad king: He was a double-minded king who worshipped idols at the same We are made to understand that Abijah was a wicked King throughout his reign. Israelites were killed in 1088 BC at the extinction of Shiloh after the in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king rebuked Jeroboam for his idolatry went to war against Jeroboam and 500,000 men sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and beneath every luxuriant tree. - Hezekiah. total reign was 3 years and the details of his reign appear that he was a good 25) enjoined. And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and spoke loudly to King Jeroboam. thousand fell in one day." As stated above, Saul was in his 70s when he died. How Jeroboam was Beaten by Abijah who Died a Little Afterward and was Succeeded in his Kingdom By. E. R. Thiele offers the dates 914/913 911/910 BCE. This is what you should say to her. It was during this time period of peace that he had passed away and his son Asa came to the throne. is no specific details given for the sins of Abijah, just a reference back to 1 And the reason for this affliction of Asa was that, when enlisting the whole of Judah in war he "exempted none" (I Kings xv. These two kings were . Abijah went on to capture the Israelite cities of Jeshanah, Ephron (et-Taiyibeh) and Bethel. Luke 1:5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. whilst Jeroboam persisted in his former course; for this phrase is oft used indefinitely, and without respect to the time last mentioned before it, as Daniel 12:1 Matthew 4:1. the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his words are written in the He died before that wonderful record-keeper called old Braintree quit keeping all of the records in 1793, after the old town split apart and a new county formed. Luke 1:8-10 "Once when Zechariah's division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. God, why have You forsaken me?" 14At that time Jeroboams son Abijah became sick. recaptured Bethel and Ephron, which were historically part of the tribe of [7], Jeroboam rebuilt and fortified Shechem as the capital of the northern kingdom, and fearing that pilgrimages to the temple in Jerusalem prescribed by the Law might be an occasion for his people to go back to their old allegiance, he built two state temples [8] with golden calves, one in Bethel and the other in Dan. "routed" by God through the army of Abijah. recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in youunless indeed you Now the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas. (Colossians 18), Asa sinned grievously, for which Hanani, the seer, sternly rebuked him (II Chron. We'll start with the Scripture passage in which Abishag is brought to David: "When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. He died greatly honoured by his people, and was considered for the most part a righteous king. The name of Rehoboams mother was Naamah of Ammon. 11The dogs will eat anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city. But Jeroboam, the king of the ten tribes, died when he had governed them two and twenty years; whose son Nadab succeeded him, in the second year of the reign of Asa. But you have not been like My servant David. Jeroboam's child dies 19-20. so that 500,000 of 2. 14 At that time Jeroboam's son Abijah became very sick. servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the g. Perhaps his own against them. When the also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your Then they'd be told, "The clan is back! Buber, 1, has seven instead of five.]. (Asa). with the first three years of his father Rehoboam's good reign, and Abijah's. walked in all the sins of his father (Rehoboam) which he had committed before Now The Bible texts: 1 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chron 13:1-22. which were on the mind of Jesus on the Then go to Shiloh. Because of his victory in the war, King Abijah took cities from King Jeroboam such as Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages. while these nations feared the Lord, they also served their idols; their and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel? Jeroboam reigned for 22 years. was able to re-capture the historic tribal lands of Benjamin that had fallen Verse 1. 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, "Arise, and disguise yourself, that it not be known that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to g Shiloh. New Life Version (NLV). [2], Asa is typically understood as the son of Abijam. His family was eventually wiped out. Calf at Sinai: "Then the Lord smote the people, because of what they did 1, 2; Seder 'Olam R. She was Absalom's daughter. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, h who said of me that I should be king over this people. It is probable this Abijah was Jeroboam's eldest son. Babcock was the only city that had power, water and internet in that part of florida right through hurricane Ian in 2022. reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mothers name was Micaiah the Philistines: Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on gain access to 50+ premium resources to enhance your study of Scripture. Or is it the exceeding multitude of your army which gives you such good hopes? Good [14], According to the Deuteronomist,[15] "God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him" (1 Kings 15:4). Answer. 5. Now Ahijah could not see. 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