Hezekiah – Part 8
After These Things
2 Chronicles 32:1
After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. (2 Chronicles 32:)
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5)
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. (Proverbs 3:5)
We dwell in the past, we look forward to the future, but both bring a spirit of complacency for the present. The most dangerous part of the spiritual life is the present, it is this day, this hour, this minute, this second that must be reckoned with. It is not what I have done, or what I will do, but what I am doing right now. If we lose sight of Christ in all that we are, we begin a slide of self deception. It might be little at first, we might allow a small amount of error to go by us in order to keep the unity of the brethren, and thus, the slide begins.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. (Ephesians 6:10)
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (Ephesians 6:11)
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12)
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (Ephesians 6:13)
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; (Ephesians 6:14)
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; (Ephesians 6:15)
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. (Ephesians 6:16)
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: (Ephesians 6:17)
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; (Ephesians 6:18)
And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, (Ephesians 6:19)
Paul, through the Spirit of grace, leads us to the present. We cannot let the truth of God slide away. If we compromise the least of all truths, we deny all. We are to be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might. It is not one part of armor that makes a whole, it is all the armor of God, all the truths of God that makes a whole.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7)
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. (Philippians 4:8)
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. (Philippians 4:9)
In these two Scriptures of Ephesians and Philippians we have two aspects of a soldier. In Ephesians, the soldier is in his full armor, and fighting the good fight of God. In Philippians we see the repose of the soldier as he surveys the victory and the reason for the victory. Once more we are reminded of the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, (Proverbs 22:20)
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? (Proverbs 22:21)
To understand the fullness of Chapter 32 of 2nd Chronicles, we must look at 2 Kings 18:7. And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. This verse brings us to the outward conflict, all the work up to this point was preparing the people to meet their God. They must now go forth, and meet the enemy of God. Note, that before the conflict how many times the word of God is mentioned when they were preparing to meet God, it was mentioned many times; however, in Chapter 32 of 2 Chronicles, and 2nd Kings, Chapter 18:7 and onward, we have a lack of the mention of the word of God. In this section of Hezekiah’s life, the Spirit of God is speaking to us through the absence of the mention of the Word of God. Outwardly harassed, the enemies of God tried to direct Hezekiah away from God’s Word to man’s reasoning, and man’s fallacy. They tried to make the heavens dark, and the voice of God silent, of course, this they cannot do; for even when we neglect God, He does not neglect us, His children. We might have to learn some tough and sad lessons, but He will not forsake His ransomed, whether it be Hezekiah’s reign over Israel, or the Holy Spirit’s reign over the Bride of Christ, which is the true Church.
We now come to Hezekiah’s wars, and his dealing with the Assyrian king. When Hezekiah came to power, Shalmaneser was king of Assyria. It was Shalmaneser who had defeated the ten tribes of the north, which were called ‘Israel’ at that time. Shalmaneser took them into captivity, and spread the people throughout his kingdom, read 2nd Kings 18:11
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. (2 Kings 18:9)
And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. (2 Kings 18:10)
And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: (2 Kings 18:11)
The start of Shalmaneser’s invasion took place in the 4th year of Hezekiah’s rule, and ended in the 6th year. Now there seems to be a discrepancy of time; however, the longer you look with the eyes of the Holy Spirit, the scales fall off from your heart and mind. Example, in our age, the 12 months after the time of our birth are not counted until we reach the first year, then we are considered to be 1 year old; however, the first day that we are born we are part of that year, and that day can be considered in our first year. And things that took place in that first day can be referred as in our first year. This will help us in understanding time periods in the Scriptures. The first day that Hezekiah came to the throne time started counting in his reign. The first day was just as much part of his first year as the last day of that same year, though the year had not yet ended. In some instances, a year is ascribed on the first day of birth, or in the first day of the reign of a king. So when I am born, I start out my life in the first day, 12 months later I begin my second year; yet, I have only been breathing for one year, and so many minutes and hours, but I am still in my second year. If someone asks me, I would say that I am one year old, but if I referred to a time reference after the 1 year, I would say, my second year. I am 70, but I am in my 71st year, so also, in Scripture, we have a time of reference, and a time of origin. We should always be aware of this difference in reference and the time of origin; there are never any discrepancies in the Word of God because it was written by God the Holy Spirit.
Now back to Hezekiah . . . what was Hezekiah doing in this space of time from his first year to his 14th year? He had rebelled against the king of Assyria, and would no longer serve him, or pay tribute to him. Hezekiah had cleared a path from Jerusalem to the Philistines on the coast of the Mediterranean, even unto Gaza. He had destroyed the idols in his path, and had removed those who had opposed Jehovah. The outward battle had begun, and he was successful up to this point in time. In the 4th year of Hezekiah’s reign, Shalmaneser came down against Samaria and besieged it for 3 long years. Then in the 6th year Samaria was taken. There is no mention of any activity during this period of time. We are told in verse 12 of 2nd Kings, chapter 18 Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. This is why the northen kingdom of Israel was taken into captivity, for they would not hear the words of Moses, the servant of Jehovah. They had rebelled against Jehovah, and among all their 19 kings, there was not 1 godly king among them; so, they went into captivity. We now come to, ‘should of, would of, could of,’ what was our king Hezekiah doing at this time? After the death of Shalmaneser, Sennacherib came to the throne, and we now have a new king in Assyria. He is a king of intimidation and invasion, and had destroyed all the nations around him, and had also taken Samaria and all the 10 northern tribes of Israel; and once more inserting his people into the land. Remember, Hezekiah had rebelled against Shalmaneser, verse 7 of 2nd Kings 18, but now Sennacherib had not only come through Samaria but had come up against the fenced cities of Judah. This took place in the 14th year of Hezekiah’s reign. If we consider the 1st year of his reign and all that was accomplished, we see that much had taken place after the first year.
Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. (2 Kings 18:13)
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. (2 Kings 18:14)
We see a different Hezekiah, one who now feared man, not trusting God when he told the king of Assyria that which thou puttest on me will I bear. In the very first year of the reign of Hezekiah he had stood against his own countrymen, he had stood against the idols of Baal, and all the evil around him. Now he bows to the evil principality and the powers to be. Hezekiah took the gold from the doors of the house of the Lord. He was the one who had given the orders to repair those very same doors, and he supplied the gold to cover those doors. Do we see that same early conviction now? No. We see a monarch in fear and not trusting in the Almighty God. Hezekiah also emptied the silver from the house of God and out of his own treasury.
Gold always speaks of God’s holiness and righteousness, as well as His Deity. When approaching the temple, the doors of gold would reflect the God of Israel, that this was God’s dwelling place, this was a holy and righteous place. The silver would speak of God’s power of redemption, all the posts of the Tabernacle in the days of Moses had silver plates or sockets that kept a separation from the earth to the Tabernacle. This is a symbol of the separation of the redeemed from this earth.
Hezekiah took all this wealth and sent it to Sennacherib, king of Assyria. When will man ever learn? Evil cannot be appeased, you must destroy it. Did it work for Hezekiah? No. Has appeasement ever worked for any nation of this world? No. In the end Sennacherib still came against Jerusalem; but first, this master of intimidation sent his messengers to blaspheme the God of heaven and earth. He put his own heathen gods over the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. Read the boasting of Rabshakeh very carefully in 2nd King, Chapter 18. Has the world changed in our age? Do not the kings and leaders of this world deny the God of heaven? They remove His words, they blasphemed His name, and they set up other gods before Him; whether it be wealth, or political power, the nations of this world today are in rebellion against the most High God of heaven and earth. In the days of Hezekiah, he tried to appease this evil, did the evil leave? No. The evil wanted a deeper cut into Hezekiah’s kingdom, they not only had taken the gold and the silver, but now, Sennacherib was there to take Hezekiah’s people and his throne. Rabshakeh told Hezekiah’s representative or ambassador, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; (2 Timothy 4:3)
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (2 Timothy 4:4)
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. (2 Timothy 4:5)
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.(2 Timothy 4:6)
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:(2 Timothy 4:7)
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. (2 Timothy 4:8)
The Apostle Paul takes us to a deep rooted faith and trust of the child of God, and it is this example that the Apostle tells us to follow as he followed Christ.
This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (1 Timothy 1:15)
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. (1 Timothy 1:16)
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. (1 Timothy 1:17)
The Rabshakeh’s of the world will come against us, they will try to distract us, and attempt to deceive us through their boasting as well as by their threats. When a child of Satan boasts of great things that he is doing for God, make sure you know what God he is talking about. Remember, Satan is called, ‘the god of this world,’ and he is also called an ‘angel of light.’ And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. (2 Corinthians 11:14) Deception comes in many different forms, and in very subtle ways. It may not only be a loud voice, but it is also very often a soft spoken word surrounded with an inviting smile. The Rabshakeh’s of this world have been trying to overthrow the God of heaven for many millenniums, but our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Our God is invincible, He upholds all things by the word of His power. This is Omnipotent power, for by Him were all things created, and for Him all things exist. I’m always reminder of the word’s found in 1st Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: It is not that our faith might be tried, but assuredly it will be tried, and it will be tried with fire. We will have tribulation in this life, as in Job, with God there was never a question that Job was a servant of God. For in the beginning of the Book of Job, God Himself, gives us His testimony of His servant Job. (Job 1:8) And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? This is the testimony that all who would live godly strive for; yet, with Job, he saw tribulation, he saw affliction, he saw the loss of all things, he endured all that Satan could throw at him in all realms of his life. And in this suffering, Job could say, For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth: (Job 19:25) (The 10 ‘I know‘s’ in Job: 9:2, 28; 10:13; 13:2, 18; 19:25; 21:27; 30:23; 32:22; 42:2) The faith of Job is measured in the grace that was bestowed upon him in all his sufferings. Have not we been called by the same Spirit, the same God, the same Christ? Did not Job embrace the same faith, and the same God? Is not Hebrews chapter 11 full of men who walked by faith in the one God, and the one Savior, Jesus Christ? Does not God embrace the names that are in Hebrews, chapter 11 as He embraced Job? Are not all these examples of men who walked by faith, and were led by the Spirit of God; although they lived in different times, and diverse manners, the same faith prevailed in their lives, as it does in our lives today. God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. (Hebrews 11:40)
It seems that Hezekiah’s faith was shaken, but it was not lost. Jehovah was still there, the heart of the king had to met with Jehovah, but while the king delayed, he will suffer reproach, as also will his God.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (Isaiah 53:3)
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. (Isaiah 53:4)
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)
Have you ever entered into the sufferings of Christ? Have you ever been sorrowful for His sufferings? Now the Lord of glory has entered into your suffering, He entered in as the man of sorrows, He was acquainted with our grief, He has carried both our grief and sorrow, and He was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities, the chastening or the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His divine stripes that He received at the hand of God the Father, through those stripes we are healed. All this and His sorrow as well. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou [wilt]. (Matthew 26:39) Then in Isaiah 63, In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. In all our affliction He was afflicted. This is such a wonderful truth, it should stir the heart when mused upon that our Creator humbled Himself unto death, even the death of the cross. In our study of the Book of Hebrews, we have the same truth concerning the Lord Jesus Christ in that He, the great High Priest has suffered for us.
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; (Hebrews 5:7)
Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. (Hebrews 5:10)
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;(Hebrews 8:1)
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. (Hebrews 8:2)
The sum of the matter is that we have a great High Priest who has suffered in all points as we; then beyond our sufferings, He suffered on the cross the suffering of Psalm 22. The suffering of Gethsemane, and the suffering in the hours of darkness on the cross, how great the darkness to Him who was, and is, all light and life.
He was afflicted in Hezekiah’s affliction. The world had come up against His king. The Assyrian king saw Hezekiah as a weak king of a weak nation, they had no respect for Hezekiah or his God. Chapter 32:10-14
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? (2 Chronicles 32:10)
Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? (2 Chronicles 32:11)
Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it? (2 Chronicles 32:12)
Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand? (2 Chronicles 32:13)
Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? (2 Chronicles 32:14)
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living God. Sennacherib was doing just that, he alone was setting himself up for great destruction. This vain and proud monarch could only see the power that he wielded against the world. He worshiped the gods of stone, the gods of wood which only leads to the worship of man, and man’s vanity and pride. He might be the most powerful monarch on earth; yet, one prayer can render him powerless, and turn his gods into molten ashes. He tried his best to compare our ever living God to his heathen want-to-be’s, they could not stand before our God. I give you an example in 1st Samuel when the Philistines took the ark of God from the Israelites and placed it in the temple of their fish-god, Dagon. As they slept that night, God toppled Dagon with his face in the dust of the ground in front of the Ark of the Covenant. When the Philistines awoke and found their god humbled before the Ark of the Covenant, they refused to believe this Omnipotent power. They then set this monster Dagon back onto his feet, and in that very night, God again toppled him; however, this time God cut of his hands, and his head. When the Philistines awoke they found their god destroyed. They could only think how they could get rid of this Ark of God. And all the time that the Ark of God was among them, they were judged by God by His divine power. You cannot rail against the God of heaven and get away with it. There will be a recompense.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. (Galatians 6:7)
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (Galatians 6:8)
The seeds of destruction of Sennacherib were sown. The Spirit of God would move all the pieces into place; although the Israelites were weak, their God was strong, and divine judgment was about to take place. Remember that it was in the 14th year of Hezekiah’s reign, everything to this point had been going well. Could not this have brought in a spirit of complacency over the king and over the people of Jerusalem? Jehovah knew how to draw his king and the people of Jerusalem back unto Himself. What a wonder, when all is against us, and we have no power, He simply says to His children, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you. In the days of Jehoshaphat, one of the other kings who walked in the ways of David, he was faced with a great conflict against his army. The Spirit of God came upon Jahaziel, and in his prophecy he declared to Jehoshaphat . . .
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you. (2 Chronicles 20:17)
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. (2 Chronicles 20:18)
God is not slack concerning His promises to us ward. He is long suffering, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)
We now see an opportunity for Sennacherib to repent and turn to the living God. According to his own letter, he knew, and had heard, about the God of the Hebrews; yet, he denied Him and would not repent. I was witnessing to a young man, his soul was in deep water, and he threw a question at me, he asked me how I knew that it wasn’t too late for him to be saved? I simply said, ‘God would not waste my time if it was too late for you.’ Then, to kick the chair out from under his question, I said, ‘however, this could be your final call.’ God is not willing that any should perish, He has done all that He could on the cross of Calvary. He has suffered the greatest suffering that both man and God could suffer, for Jesus Christ was both the Son of man, and the Son of God.
Hezekiah was in the trial of his faith, would it be much more precious than gold which perisheth? He put himself in a dilemma with God, instead of trusting the Almighty, he attempted to buy off the evil. Rabshakeh was now standing before them condemning Hezekiah and Jehovah in one breathe, little did Rabshakeh know what was coming from the divine God of Hezekiah. But first, Jehovah had to bring the heart of Hezekiah to trust completely in Him. The clouds move at God’s will, a whisper of His wind sails them across the skies. The sun, moon, and stars move through the blackness of space at His will. The proud waves are stayed at His voice, ‘thus far and no further.’ In 2 Kings 18: 19 we read these words, And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah and the other messengers returned from Rabshakeh, their clothes rent in despair. This is where Hezekiah faced his lack of faith. He rent his own garments and covered himself with sackcloth when he heard their report. The king’s heart must have sunk when he saw them, and he understood the depth of the trouble that his kingdom was facing. The gold and silver that he had sent to redeem them is gone. There is only one that the king can turn to, he sees the only help for his kingdom, as he wrapped himself in the symbol of death, as sackcloth was a symbol of death. His wisdom had not prevailed, his strength had not prevailed, his power was spent, so he cried out to Jehovah. He now goes into the house of the Lord; but that’s not all, he sent Eliakim to Isaiah, the prophet, the son of Amos to tell him of this day of great trouble. ‘For the children had come to the birth, and there was no strength to bring forth.’ The labor pains of war was upon them, and their nation had no strength. In the face of such an adversary, there was only one solution . . . to fall on their faces before Jehovah and pray. Have you ever been there? Then a still small voice says in sweet grace, ‘what took you so long?’ What a weapon is prayer against an evil world. How many Sennacheribs have been overthrown by the prayers of the humbled. Prayer can stop the heavens, for Elijah prayer earnestly and it rained not for 3 years and 6 months.
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. (James 5:17)
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. (James 5:18)
In the Book of James we have the recorded prayer of Elijah brought to our attention. It is the fervent effectual prayer of a righteous man. I might add that this prayer is in reference to praying one for another, and we should also pray for the souls of this world. Are we there yet?
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. (Luke 4:24)
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; (Luke 4:25)
In Luke’s gospel we have the Lord speaking about His own rejection. He referred to both prophets Elijah and Elisha, and it was Elijah who was sent outside of Israel; Elisha sent to Naaman who was a foreign general; and Elijah sent to a widow and her son in Zidon in the town of Zarephath. Both Elijah and Elisha were rejected by the people of Israel. And now, there stood one amongst them whom they knew not, the Lord of glory had come down, and they, Israel, would not receive their day.
In the day of Hezekiah, he humbled himself before Jehovah, and he reached out to Isaiah, a righteous man. As the leader of Jerusalem, and the people of Israel, Hezekiah sought an answer from the Lord through humble prayer. The greatest weapon that the child of God has is prayer, and how little it is used. Hezekiah had to come to the end of himself before he was drawn into the presence of God. Prayer without faith has no results, but prayer with faith can move the spiritual mountain, and can be a mighty weapon in the heart of the child of God.
I think it’s time to prayerfully pause. I will continue with the next article tomorrow, with the result of godly prayer. Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that [is] with him: for there be more with us than with him: There be more with us than with them. Amen.
Copyright 2015, Michael Haigh
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