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The Pulpit Commentary — 2 Chronicles
Philip Chapman Barker [d.1904] · 404,925 words · 452 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — 2 Chronicles — Section 61
or white linen-a drees not prescribed by the LA.w for the singers, but not forbidden (l.lorthe!m)-and fumislrnd with cymbals, trurnpots, and other instruments of mnsic (cf. 1 Chron. xxv. 1). 'fhe priests, a hundred and twenty in number, and the Levitical singers, probably two hundred and eighty-eight (1 Chron. xxv. 7),…
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EXPOSITION. CHAPTER VI. Ver. 3.-Reading l>otween the lines, this verse shows us that the face of Solomon had The first thirty-nine verses of this chapter been turned to the symbol of God's presence (less the thirteenth) correspond very closely while he addressed to him the words of ou; with the thirty-eight verses…
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dollvorecl from OBrlhly fooling, o.nd sheltered Ver. JB.-Dwell with men (Ps. cxxxii. just now from Bolf and human o.mbition, 14). H aven and the heaven of heavens. Solomon wns in n. vmy high degree" in the Solomon's conception of th1J infinite God spirit" (Rev. i. 10) on this grent clBy. 'fhe comes plainly to view hero…
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,Tewish rnM for " certain purpose in the 46-53). The prayer is remarkn.blo fill the Divine government and oounsol, and also RB more RB the la.et of the wholo series and one reveRling Yery significRntly th&t that setting so oodly ominous I The last claus~ of ver. npa.rt mis nothing but a method and meRns 36, carrying…
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possibly more recondite principleR of ever-enduring application and value. Let us, then, observe from this whole service of dedication the following suggestions. I. How THE INEFFABLE NATURE PERMITS ITSELF TO BE REPRESENTED AS HAVING LO0AL HADITATION ON EARTH. If that infinite, spiritual Nature or Bein'" did of old …
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indi~~olubly the welfare of a people's outer life and the Divine favour. They illustrate forcibly the dependence of the former on the latter. They remind us how this was at one time the chief way, probably at all time a necessary and leading way (as bodily pain is for the individual), to teach the fear of God and no…
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hie omniscience, taken in connection with our human liberty, how little can we compre- hend I how soon do we find ourselves beyond our depth, involved in difficulties which are hopelessly insoluble I II. Hie REVELATION OF HIMSELF m JESUS CmtIBT. "His rich, his free redemption" is, o.e ho.e been so.id or sung, "dark th…
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action, our tongue or our hand; but we are masters of our own thoughts; our desires and purposes are our own. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" (see Mark vii. 21, 22; Matt,. xxvi. 12, 41). 2. 'l'here is an ascending sea.le in our motives, reaching from the very low to the very high. Men may have enough of t…
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thue favouring in us the idea and the spirit of worship. Here, as everywhere, is action and reacUon, Our heart prompte ue to worship, and this devout desire leads us to assume the aUitude of devotion; then the bodily attitude helps, in its way and measure, to sustnin the spirit in its reverential mood. l I. OVERT AOT1…
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face in vain." 3. One 1vho is ready to forgive. "When thou heareet, forgive." We should meet continually with God under a blessed sense of son~hip, e.s those "whose transgressions he.ve been forgiven," and who are as children at home with their Father, as redeemed ones with their Saviour. 'l'his is the true basis of co…
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inheritance from him. Even that which may, at first sight, seem to disconnect it from him, viz. the element of national courage, energy, industry, struggle, suffering,-this also is " of the Lord." III. NATIONAL Acn'IVITY. Solomon prayed (ver. 84) that, when God's people" went out to war," their prayers for victory mig…
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snid,' God be praised.'" We cannot supply our own need; we find our own "iusnfficiency for ourselves;" we must look beyond ourselves, and in what direction? Man often fails us. 1. We cannot speak to him, either because we cannot get his ear, or because we do not care to divulge our secret grief to any human heart whats…
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at tho mercy of o.ny tyrannous ha.bit we may have contracted I We are in the land of tbo enemy; his bonds are upon our soul. III. Oun nEPENTANOE AND RETURN. 1. Distress leads to thoughtfulness. "They bethink themselves." We "come to ourselves" (Luke xv. 17), as those who were created to consider and net reasonably ; w…
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been finished (Ps. cxxvii. 1). 2. As a ma,·k of special favowr to Jerusalem. "In o.11 places where I record my Name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee" had Jehov1<h so.id upon the mount (Exod. xx. 24), while Moses on the plains of Mo~b had reminded them that" unto the place which the Lord their God should …
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Representative. Though Solomon prayed for himself and in his own name, he never- theless acted as the official mouthpiece of his people, who in this whole work were asso- ciated with him. Though from this it cannot be inferred that earthly sovereigns in general (or even Christian sovereigns in particular) have a right …
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(Heh. ix. 7). It is now true that only through the blood of Jesus can one dn,v near to God (l'kb. x. 19). r,_. THE coNTENTS oF THE PRAYER. A fourfold petition. 1. For DatJid's house- tb~t 1t sh?~ld never want a man to sit upon the throne (ver. 16). Jehovah bad promised this ~ond_1t1onally on David's children provin…
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been negatived by the fact of man's fallen and degraded condition, with which the holiness and justice of God must have for ever, apart from an atonement, seemed impossible. II. REVELATION ANSWERS, YEB ! 1, God has already dwelt with man in the past. (1) Symbolically, under the Hebrew dispensation, with its ark dwelli…
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lv. 7). (3) The.t he would restore his banished ones t.o their own land, and so show himself e. faithful e.nd covenant-keeping God '(Deut. vii. 9; Neh, i. 6; Dan. ix. 4; 1 Kings viii. 23). III. THE CRY OF THE FAMISHED. (Vers. 26, 27.) 1. The distress pictured. Solo- mon imagines e. state of matters that in Oriental…
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waye, which hne nlwsye been the Divine principle of dealing with men (Job xxxiv. 11) under the New Testament dispeneation (Rom. ii. 6; Matt. xvi. 27) quite as much as under the Old (Ps. !xii. 12; Prov. xxiv. 12; Jer. xvii. 10; Ezek. xxxiii. 20). (2) The arguments employed in support of these requests were founded on…
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it must be sinoe God has sent them to the field. But all appeals to Heaven from battalions prcp_e.ring to plunge into strife have not equal ground to rest upon. Neither kings nor parlrnmcnts, neither soldiers nor private persons, neither Christian Churches nor Christian individuals, should go to fight unless sure th…
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them to retnrn from H in his own time and way; and (3) forgiveness of their sins, sinco without this all other blessings are in vain. Loarn: 1. '!.'hat good prayers, while never prolix, vague, or ramblin"', are always full, specific, and well arranged. 2. That the loftiest prayer a human lip can utter is that of inter…
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is made_ i~ this 11lace.''. The temple_ was designed_ to be a place of prayer for nll peoplo (ha. )"1'1 •. , ; Matt.. xx1. 13 ; Mark x1. 17; Luke x1x. 46), for all people to resort to with supphcat10ns for themselves and on behalf of all sorts of people; the like characteristics belong t.o the ~Chnrc~ of -~he New Te…
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EXPOSITION. does with the language of the last verses ot CHAPTER VII. eh. v. This chapter is occupied with three sub- Ver. 3.-For he is good (so eh. v. 13; jects. First, the description of Heaven's 1 Chron. xvi. 34). acceptance of the dedicated temple by fire Vera. 4, 5.-These two verses bring us a.gain into compan…
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for the former numher, e.nd an ox a.piece for purports to speak of the fiUCLl completion of the IRt.ter (a computation itself necessarily tile temple and the king's hoUBe or pnlnoo, under the mRrk), and allow several days to with e.11 whatsoever that WRB necessary to be co1•ered by the ldlling e.nd sacrificing, them…
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the Authorized Version, must be understood testifying itself in the crucifixillh of Christ to refer to the.removing of drought by rain. (see also, as comments on the expressions of On the other hand, tb& Authorized Version these two verses, Lev. xxvi. 14 · Deut. iv. is, in ver. 15, unfortuna.te in the unneces- 26, 27; …
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11ecration of it was another, and though, indeed, it was not even such fire as this tho.t by itself did the consecration or was of the essence of it, yet it was the evidence of it and the visible sign and act of it. The fire of holy feelincr, of devoutness of devo~ tion, of lo~•~, of pure ad_oring worship, is no~ of…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-3.-The Divine approval. The incident here recorded was one that must have lived for ever in the memory of those who witnessed it. The occasion itself was of surpassing interest; all the accessories were fitted to deepen the impression; and when the miraculous fire cam!) down from h…
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Son as our Saviour, Lord, and Friend. 3. \Vill awaken our dce~est joy and call forth our most fervent praise. We too shall celebrate the " goodness ' and the "mercy" of th_e Lord; his praise will be continually upon our lips. 4. Must be maintained by f&1thfulness unto the end. For it is only when we "abide in him," …
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the Holy SpirWs grace and patience which we should have, to which we may all of us attain, we shall Jet there he e. glad and generous overflow of offering unto God, We shall let our praise, our contribution, our endeavour, be multiplied. There will be no narrow regulation, but a broad and open spontaneity in our servic…
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turies the chosen place and method of Divine manifestation. It was : 1. The sacred place, "chose~ and sanctified" of God, the recognized Rpot where God was to be approached, where his presence WM markedly and peculiarly felt, where sacrifice and prayer were to be offered t-0 him, and where pardon and grace were to b…
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fearful fulfilment of the solemn warning of the text. God deals with families and with notions now as he dicl with his own people. If they walk in truth, in wisdom, in righteousness, in godliness, they are established; but if they depart from faith and purity, they fall. History will furnish ample illustration of the d…
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before him their supplications. 1. With ,-everent humility, "Bowing themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement," as they did in the wilderness when, on Aaron's first offerings being preseuted, "a fire came out from before the Lord, and con- Bumed upon tbe altar the burnt offering and the fa.t" (Lev, ix…
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Vere. 8-11.-A great festival. I. TnE O00ASION. 1. The dedicat1,1Y11, of the altar. Probably e. pa.rt is here put for the whole. The writer means by the dedication of the lliLBr the dediclltion of the whole temple. That this should have been followed by a fee.st we.s appropriate, since (1) e.11 le.hour carried to a succ…
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acceptanr~ of his 1waye1· on behalf of Israel. "I have heard thy prayer" (ver. 12). On a similar basis Jehovah grounds his covenant with Christ concerning the Church of the New Testament, viz. his acceptance of Christ's mediation and intercession-" 'l'hou art [o~( .' this is'] my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleas…
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bility is that, ae cities on the borderland, in the south (Ezek. xlvii. 19; xlviii. 28; eh, they wore whe.t had been e.t present un• xx. 2), is intended. Our text, howeveT, in the ocoupied by Israelites, were all the likelier present place offers no choice while that in in bnd repa.ir, and, unve.lued by 1-Iire.m, King…
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"le'l"J'." in ver. 21 of the pamllel probnbly Ver. 15.-Considering the l&et climee of explams the suddenly mentioned similar the previous verse, the king probably designa l&ngn&ge of its fifteenth verae, and a.go.in David, not Solomou. The oommandment,,, betrays the collected and copied nature of ooncerning the trea…
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HOMILETICS. VerL 1-18.-7'ie/ormaeive inftuenr,e of the (Jhurck. In the exceeding abundance cif suggestion of homiletic matter that characterizes Scripture, and even its historic books, there is naturally so much the less temptation to strain its sacred contents twhich at orr. vm. 1-lR.] 'l'HE SECOND BOOK OF THE CHRON…
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Ver. 11.-Doubiful 'IIU1,rria,ge alliance. There was more astuteness than wisdom in the alliance which Solomon effected between the daughter of Pharaoh and himself. It is -probable that he congratulated himself greatly thereupon, and that at first it was a source of much gladness of heart to him. But the end did not …
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holy hearts will be the home of a happiness which grows and deepens with passing years, with mutue.l service, and with united efforts to train and bless.-C. Vere. 12-16.-Peifecting the sanctuary. It was indeed a great thing to be able to write that "the house of the Lord was perfected" (ver. 16). Much had to be done h…
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both becomingly e.nd rightly. In all undertakings, national, political, social commercial as well as individua.l 11.nd religious, not only should God's glory be the g~vorning e.i~ (1 Cor. x. 31), but God's claims should receive the earliest recognition. God first and self second (not vice versa) is the true order, w…
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(xlvii. 19; xlviii. 28) as forming part of the eouthern boundary of Palestine, bas been cln.imml n.s the 'fndmor here alluded to (Thenius, Bahr, Schrader), on the ground that in 1 Kings ix. 17, 18 t,he building of Tamar is associated with the building of Gezer, Beth-boron, o.nd Baalath, and that Tamar is stated to have…
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Mamre, an Amorite chieftain, with two brothers, was confederate with Abraham (Gen. xiv. 13). (3) The Perizzites. Either highlanders or dwellers in the hills &nd woods of Palestine (Josephus), or rustics living in the open country and in villages, as opposed to the Canaanites, who occupied walled towns (Kalisch)-if t…
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may be a precious gm of Heaven, and moral sweetness desirable in one who is to be a. wife; but nothing can compensate for the absence of religion. "Favour is deceitful," etc. (Prov. xxxi. 30). III. Trrrn QUEEN'S WEDDING, 1. Celebrated early in the king's reign (1 Kin"'s iii. 1), and doubtless with becoming splendour. …
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Vers.12-16.-The house of the Lordperfectei. I. THE BACRIFIOES ARRANGED. (Vere. 12, 13.) 1. The _r,lace on which these shouui henceforth be offered. "The altar of Jehovah before the porch. ' Hitherto Solomon and others had presented burnt offerings before the tabernacle at Gibeon (eh. i. 3) and elsewhere (2 Sam. vi. …
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men; at the north, four; at the south, four; at the storehouses in the vicinity of the south gate, two and two, i.e. four; at Parbar towards the west, six; in all, twenty-four at the different gates (1 Chron. xxvi. 17, 18). 3. Their work. 'ro keep the gates- esteemed an honourable service, and called ministering in the…
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EXPOSITION. Luke xi. 31 (see e..lso Smith's I Bible Dic- CHAPTER IX. tionary,' iii 1232). The hard questions con- The writer is about to take his leave of sisted in riddles (Judg. xiv. 2) and enigmas Solomon and the glowing memories of bis and primitive~asuistry,in which the Arabians golden reign; and, whether be de…
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11 ; Ezek. xxviii. 13), agate, amethyst, ligu:re antithesis with the 8landing (i.e. the stand- (Exod. xxxix. 12), beryl, jasper, onyx (Gen. ing-place) here rendered 'inadequately or ii. 12; Exod. xxxix. 6, 18; Ezek. xxviii. incorrectly, the attende.noe of his ministers. 18), ruby (Job xxviii. 18; Prov. iii. 15), '1.'he…
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by historians (see, among many others, bounty, "besicle" all that belonged ns nn Herod., iii. 113; Diod., iii. 46; Strabo, xvi. 4, equiveJent for "what she had brought." § J 9). Much of a.II this so-termed giving was She got so much sheer gift, beside nil that, e,idently matter of exchange, The queen acco1·ding to the…
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ma11eh (ace 1 Kings x. 17), or pound, meant " Tarshish " ( the suhs~quent Tarte,,us) 100 beko.e, i.e. 50 shekels. Thus the targets, covered e. district in South Spain, as well as or shields, ho.d six manehe of gold to their named o. town and river, and stretcherl nppo- plating ecich, o.nd the lesser bucklers (ne we sit…
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0 'Tlrn~HUTUB. calls aleo timely attention to The pa.Mllel mentions one thousand four EzPk. xx..-ii. IS. whero we read, "They hundred as the number of tho oba.riots (oh, bron,::hl. thee R prPMnt. horns of ivory anti i. 14), Both ap-ee in twelve thousRnd BI! ebnny" (Hebrew, Ohethiv, o•.i;i,y); Keri, the number of ho…
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because. thoro is nothing in the motives and methods brought into play in the effective short history on tho page but what wo readily sympathize with. These even a<ld interest to tho m11in subject. The instances of the action of fame in unfavourable matter may perhaps seem to preponderate; but perhaps, also, this ma…
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genuinely rejoice with those who rejoice-that rarer thing, even, than to weep with those who weep! And, after bestowing her lavish Eastern gifts, can return to her home, alike_ wiser a~d happier. Amid all the dim light of knowledge, and dimmer l!ght of relig10n, of f1utb, and of love, we cannot doubt that we have an e…
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her. She desired" to commune with him of all that was in her heart" (ver. 1), and she did ao; and she gathered from him a great store of knowledge and of truth. She doubtless learned for the first time the fundamental truths of religion-perhaps also the elements of pure morality. It is probable that she went back to he…
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w:is (or is) the ,alue of it? We may consider the extent to which the plentifulness of silver and gold is- I. A ~ouncE OF PRESE1'"T GRATJFIOATJON. Undoubtedly Solomon, his courtiers, and hi~ subjects did_ find a pleasure in the fact that all these objects were "of beaten gold," that gold and silver met their eye ev…
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]rnve felt constrained to be silent, or, if he spoke at all, to use the Iangnaar, of con rc~sion. 'l'hcre had been mnch grandeur bnt little godliness in his reign. Ancl°what had been tho proved value of it? 1. The delight it had ministered to him had been of a less noblo and less elevating kind, if not actually ignoble…
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her d0ubts resolved, her questions answered, and her anxieties allayed by one who seC'nll'd specially upraised as an embodiment and teacher of wisdom. 4. The grandeur of her trai'.n. Attended by " a great company " of followers, courtiers, and servants, as well as by a numerous cavalcade of camels bearing the produc…
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hnd equnlled her expectations-fancy had not deceived; (3) it had far exceeded both the roport of it and her own expectations regarding it (ver. 6)-her sense of wonder was more than sn.tisfier.; (4) it was so overpowering that it left no spirit in her (ver. 4)-her hope of rivalling it was gone. 4. The sentiments she exp…
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until plundered by Shisbak (eh. xii. 9; 1 Kings xiv. 26). (2) In fashioning a state throne, made of ivory and overlaid with pure gold (ver. 17); i.e. the woodwork, not the ivory, wns covered with the metal. 'l'he throne l1ad six steps and II golden foot- stool (:ver. 18); eaoh step had on either side a _lion, P:obab…
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EXPOSITION. nine years, n.c. 726-697) ; of Amaziah CHAPTER X. (twenty-nine years, B.O. 838-809) ; of This chapter begins the fourlh and last Jehoshaphat (twenty-five years, B.c. 918- great division of the work once called in 893); o.nd of Rehoboam (seventeen years, its unity, "The Chronicles." This fonrth B.c. 979-9…
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up, we shall obtRin too le.rge a re!ltllt, e.s been pruumably accepted as his heir o.nd they nftcn or al waye overlapped one e.nother, successor inJerumlem and o,11 Judma) Reho- ttnd, of conrse, did not fall into exact boam, now somewhat later on, repairs t.o yenrs. The initial d11te we take RB B.O. 9i9, Shechem (th…
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