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1 Kings 16:21-26

21Thenאָ֧ז'azH227wereH1961thepeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478dividedH2505intotwoparts:halfH2677ofthepeopleהָעָ֜םha.'AmH5971followedTibniתִבְנִ֤יtiv.NiH8402thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofGinathגִּינַת֙gi.NatH1527,tomakehimkingלְהַמְלִיכ֔וֹle.ham.li.KhoH4427;andhalfH2677followedOmriעָמְרִֽי׃'a.me.RiH6018.

22Butthepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971thatfollowedOmriעָמְרִ֔י'a.me.RiH6018prevailedוַיֶּחֱזַ֤קvai.ye.che.ZakH2388againstthepeopleהָעָ֕םha.'AmH5971thatfollowedTibniתִּבְנִ֣יtiv.NiH8402thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofGinathגִּינַ֑תgi.NatH1527:soTibniתִּבְנִ֔יtiv.NiH8402diedH4191,andOmriעָמְרִֽי׃ פ'a.me.RiH6018reignedH4427.

23Inthethirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֨יםshe.lo.ShimH7970andfirstyearH8141ofAsaלְאָסָא֙le.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063beganOmriעָמְרִי֙'a.me.RiH6018toreignH4427overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andreignedH4427twelveyearsH8141:sixשֵׁשׁ־shesh-H8337yearsH8141reignedH4427heinTirzahבְּתִרְצָ֖הbe.tir.TzahH8656.

24AndheboughtH7069thehillהָהָ֥רha.HarH2022Samariaשֹׁמְר֛וֹןsho.me.RonH8111ofShemerשֶׁ֖מֶרShe.merH8106fortwotalentsבְּכִכְּרַ֣יִםbe.khi.ke.Ra.yimH3603ofsilverכָּ֑סֶףKa.sefH3701;andhebuiltH1129onthehillהָהָ֔רha.HarH2022,andcalledוַיִּקְרָ֗אvai.yik.Ra'H7121thenameשֵׁ֤םshemH8034ofthecityהָעִיר֙ha.'IrH5892whichhebuiltH1129,afterthenameשֶׁם־shem-H8034ofShemerשֶׁ֔מֶרShe.merH8106,theownerofthehillהָהָ֥רha.HarH2022,Samariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111.

25AndOmriעָמְרִ֛י'a.me.RiH6018didthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,anddealtwickedlyaboveallthatwerebeforehim.

26Forhewalkedinallthewayדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙de.rekhH1870ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֣םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNebatנְבָ֔טne.VatH5028,andinhissinsהֶחֱטִ֖יאhe.che.Ti'H2398wherewithhemadeIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478tosinH2398,toprovokeלְהַכְעִ֗יסle.hakh.'IsH3707Jehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,toangerH3707withtheirvanitiesבְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם׃be.hav.lei.HemH1892.

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