The verb is often translated as to hear.
When the verb takes an indirect object, its meaning becomes to listen to,
and therefore we get the translation to obey,
or to pay heed.
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The verb is often translated as to hear.
When the verb takes an indirect object, its meaning becomes to listen to,
and therefore we get the translation to obey,
or to pay heed.
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12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him. And the people feared the LORD.