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1 Kings 20:12-16

12Anditcametopass,whenBen-hadadheardH8085thismessage,ashewasH1961drinkingשֹׁתֶ֛הsho.TehH8354,heandthekingsוְהַמְּלָכִ֖יםve.ha.me.la.KhimH4428,inthepavilions,thathesaidH559untohisservantsעֲבָדָיו֙'a.va.DavH5650,Setשִׂ֔ימוּSi.muH7760yourselvesinarray.Andtheysetוַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּvai.ya.Si.muH7760themselvesinarrayagainstthecityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

13And,behold,aprophetנָבִ֣יאna.Vi'H5030camenearuntoAhabאַחְאָ֣ב'ach.'AvH256kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֒Yis.ra.'ElH3478,andsaidH559,Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saithJehovah, Hast thouseenהְֽרָאִ֔יתָhe.ra.'I.taH7200allthisgreatהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419multitudeהֶהָמ֥וֹןhe.ha.MonH1995?behold,Iwilldeliveritintothyhandבְיָֽדְךָ֙ve.ya.de.KhaH3027thisdayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117;andthou shaltknowוְיָדַעְתָּ֖ve.ya.da'.TaH3045thatIamJehovah.

14AndAhabאַחְאָב֙'ach.'AvH256saidH559,Bywhom?AndhesaidH559,Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saithJehovah,Bytheyoungבְּנַעֲרֵ֖יbe.na.'a.ReiH5288menH5288oftheprincesH8269oftheprovincesH4082.ThenhesaidH559,Whoshallbeginthebattleהַמִּלְחָמָ֖הha.mil.cha.MahH4421?Andheanswered, Thou.

15Thenhemusteredוַיִּפְקֹ֗דvai.yif.KodH6485theyoungנַעֲרֵי֙na.'a.ReiH5288menH5288oftheprincesH8269oftheprovincesH4082,andtheywereH1961twoשְׁנַ֣יִםshe.Na.yimH8147hundredמָאתַ֖יִםma.Ta.yimH3967andthirty-two:andafterthemhemusteredפָּקַ֧דpa.KadH6485allthepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971,evenallthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,beingsevenשִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtH7651thousandאֲלָפִֽים׃'a.la.FimH505.

16AndtheywentH3318outatnoonH6672.ButBen-hadadH1130wasdrinkingשֹׁתֶ֨הsho.TehH8354himselfdrunkH8354inthepavilions,heandthekingsוְהַמְּלָכִ֛יםve.ha.me.la.KhimH4428,thethirtyשְׁלֹשִֽׁים־she.lo.shim-H7970andtwoוּשְׁנַ֥יִםu.she.Na.yimH8147kingsמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428thathelpedעֹזֵ֥ר'o.ZerH5826him.

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