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God was always sending prophets to the Israelites
This introduces the prophets of God as new characters. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-participants)
Israelites
This could be translated here as, “the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.” All of the descendants of Jacob, including those in the kingdom of Judah, continued to be called “Israelites.”
The prophets heard messages from God and then told them to the people.
This is background information about what the prophets did. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)