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1 Kings 16:9-20

9Andhisservantעַבְדּ֣וֹav.DoH5650Zimriזִמְרִ֔יzim.RiH2174,captainofhalfמַחֲצִ֣יתma.cha.TzitH4276hischariotsH7393,conspiredagainsthim. NowhewasinTirzahבְתִרְצָה֙ve.tir.TzahH8656,drinkingשֹׁתֶ֣הsho.TehH8354himselfdrunkH8354inthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofArza,whowasoverthehouseholdהַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitH1004inTirzahבְּתִרְצָֽה׃be.tir.TzahH8656:

10andZimriזִמְרִי֙zim.RiH2174wentH935inandsmotehim,andkilledhim,inthetwentyעֶשְׂרִ֣ים'es.RimH6242andseventhyearבִּשְׁנַת֙bish.NatH8141ofAsaלְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,andreignedH4427inhisstead.

11Anditcametopass,whenhebegantoreignH4427,assoonashesatH3427onhisthroneכִּסְא֗וֹkis.'OH3678,thathesmoteallthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'H1201:heleftH7604himnotasingle man-child,neitherofhiskinsfolks,norofhisfriendsוְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ve.re.'E.huH7453.

12ThusdidZimriזִמְרִ֔יzim.RiH2174destroyוַיַּשְׁמֵ֣דvai.yash.MedH8045allthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֑אba'.Sha'H1201,accordingtothewordכִּדְבַ֤רkid.VarH1697ofJehovah,whichhespakeagainstBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'H1201byJehuיֵה֥וּאye.Hu'H3058theprophetהַנָּבִֽיא׃ha.na.Vi'H5030,

13forallthesinsH2398ofBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'H1201,andthesinsH2398ofElahאֵלָ֣ה'e.LahH425hissonבְנ֑וֹve.NoH1121,whichtheysinnedH2398,andwherewiththeymadeIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478tosinH2398,toprovokeלְהַכְעִ֗יסle.hakh.'IsH3707Jehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,toangerH3707withtheirvanitiesבְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם׃be.hav.lei.HemH1892.

14Nowtherestוְיֶ֛תֶרve.Ye.terH3499oftheactsofElahאֵלָ֖ה'e.LahH425,andallthathedid,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthechroniclesofthekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478?

15Inthetwentyעֶשְׂרִ֨ים'es.RimH6242andseventhyearH8141ofAsaלְאָסָא֙le.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063didZimriזִמְרִ֛יzim.RiH2174reignH4427sevenH7651daysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117inTirzahבְּתִרְצָ֑הbe.tir.TzahH8656.Nowthepeopleוְהָעָ֣םve.ha.'AmH5971wereencampedחֹנִ֔יםcho.NimH2583againstGibbethonגִּבְּת֖וֹןgi.be.TonH1405,whichbelongedtothePhilistinesלַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃la.pe.lish.TimH6430.

16Andthepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971thatwereencampedהַחֹנִ֣יםha.cho.NimH2583heardH8085sayלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Zimriזִמְרִ֔יzim.RiH2174hathconspired,andhathalsoוְגַ֖םve.GamH1571smittenthekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428: whereforeallIsraelיִ֠שְׂרָאֵלYis.ra.'elH3478madeOmriעָמְרִ֨י'a.me.RiH6018,thecaptainofthehostH6635,kingH4428overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478thatdayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117inthecampבַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃Ba.ma.cha.NehH4264.

17AndOmriעָמְרִ֛י'a.me.RiH6018wentH5927upfromGibbethonמִֽגִּבְּת֑וֹןmi.gi.be.TonH1405,andallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֥לYis.ra.'ElH3478withhim,andtheybesiegedTirzahתִּרְצָֽה׃tir.TzahH8656.

18AnditcameH935topass,whenZimriזִמְרִי֙zim.RiH2174sawH7200thatthecityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892wasH1961takenH3920,thathewentH935intothecastleoftheking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּית־beit-H1004,andburnttheking’sמֶ֛לֶךְMe.lekhH4428houseבֵּֽית־beit-H1004overhimwithfireבָּאֵ֖שׁba.'EshH784,anddiedH4191,

19forhissinsH2398whichhesinnedH2398indoingthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,inwalkinginthewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֔םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379,andinhissinH2398whichhedid,tomakeH6213Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478tosinH2398.

20Nowtherestוְיֶ֙תֶר֙ve.Ye.terH3499oftheactsofZimriזִמְרִ֔יzim.RiH2174,andhistreasonH7195thathewrought,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthechroniclesofthekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478?

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