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One king succeeds another—Some of the kings are righteous; others are wicked—When righteousness prevails, the people are blessed and prospered by the Lord.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
Shez,
who
was
a
descendant
of
Heth—for
a
Heth
had
perished
by
the
famine,
and
all
his
household
save
it
were
Shez—wherefore,
Shez
began
to
build
up
again
a
broken
people.
2 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Shez
did
remember
the
destruction
of
his
fathers,
and
he
did
build
up
a
righteous
kingdom;
for
he
remembered
what
the
Lord
had
done
in
bringing
Jared
and
his
brother
a
across
the
deep;
and
he
did
walk
in
the
ways
of
the
Lord;
and
he
begat
sons
and
daughters.
3 And
his
eldest
son,
whose
name
was
Shez,
did
a
rebel
against
him;
nevertheless,
Shez
was
smitten
by
the
hand
of
a
robber,
because
of
his
exceeding
riches,
which
brought
peace
again
unto
his
father.
4 And
it
came
to
pass
that
his
father
did
build
up
many
cities
upon
the
face
of
the
land,
and
the
people
began
again
to
spread
over
all
the
face
of
the
land.
And
Shez
did
live
to
an
exceedingly
old
age;
and
he
begat
Riplakish.
And
he
died,
and
Riplakish
reigned
in
his
stead.
5 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Riplakish
did
not
do
that
which
was
right
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
for
he
did
have
many
wives
and
a
concubines,
and
did
lay
that
upon
men's
shoulders
which
was
grievous
to
be
borne;
yea,
he
did
b
tax
them
with
heavy
taxes;
and
with
the
taxes
he
did
build
many
spacious
buildings.
6 And
he
did
erect
him
an
exceedingly
beautiful
throne;
and
he
did
build
many
prisons,
and
whoso
would
not
be
subject
unto
taxes
he
did
a
cast
into
prison;
and
whoso
was
not
able
to
pay
taxes
he
did
cast
into
prison;
and
he
did
cause
that
they
should
labor
continually
for
their
support;
and
whoso
refused
to
labor
he
did
cause
to
be
put
to
death.
7 Wherefore
he
did
obtain
all
his
fine
work,
yea,
even
his
fine
a
gold
he
did
cause
to
be
refined
in
prison;
and
all
manner
of
fine
b
workmanship
he
did
cause
to
be
wrought
in
prison.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
he
did
afflict
the
people
with
his
whoredoms
and
abominations.
8 And
when
he
had
reigned
for
the
space
of
forty
and
two
years
the
people
did
rise
up
in
rebellion
against
him;
and
there
began
to
be
war
again
in
the
land,
insomuch
that
Riplakish
was
killed,
and
his
descendants
were
driven
out
of
the
land.
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