1 'And the bright eighth waters which thou hast seen, this is the rectitude and uprightness of (2BA) 2 Hezekiah king of Judah and the grace (of God) which came upon him. For when Sennacherib was stirred up in order that he might perish, and his wrath troubled him in order that he might thereby (2BA)
2 Baruch 63:1–2
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2 Baruch 66:1–2
1 'And the bright tenth waters which thou hast seen: this is the purity of the generations of Josiah king of Judah, who was the only one at the time who submitted himself to the Mighty One with all (2BA) 2 his heart and with all his soul. And he cleansed the land from i… (2BA)
2 Baruch 63:10–11
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2 Baruch 64:1–2
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2 Baruch 59:11–12
11 hope: And the likeness of future torment, and the multitude of innumerable angels, and the flaming hosts, and the splendour of the lightning and the voice of the thunders, and the orders of the chiefs of the angels, and the treasuries of light, and the change… (2BA)
Isaiah 38:8–10
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2 Baruch 59:1–2
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Sirach 42:1–3
1 Don’t be ashamed of these things, and don’t sin to save face: (WEB) 2 of the law of the Most High and his covenant, of judgment to do justice to the ungodly, (WEB) 3 of reckoning with a partner and with travellers, of a gift from the inheritance of friends, (WEB)
2 Baruch 67:1–2
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