of Olives shall split from east to west, and one part of the Mount shall shift to the north and the other to the south, [forming] a huge gorge. And the Valley in the Hills shall be stopped up …;34 it shall be stopped up as it was stopped up as a result of the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah.”35 The occurrence of this earthquake, which was interpreted as a fulfillment of some of his prophetic oracles,36 most probably authenticated his being accepted as a true prophet and thus was
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