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2 Chronicles 12

1Anditcametopass,whenthekingdomמַלְכ֤וּתmal.KhutH4438ofRehoboamרְחַבְעָם֙re.chav.'AmH7346wasH1961establishedכְּהָכִ֞יןke.ha.KhinH3559,andhewasH1961strong,thatheforsookthelawתּוֹרַ֣תto.RatH8451ofJehovah,andallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478withhim.

2Anditcametopassinthefifthהַֽחֲמִישִׁית֙ha.cha.mi.ShitH2549yearבַּשָּׁנָ֤הba.sha.NahH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Rehoboamרְחַבְעָ֔םre.chav.'AmH7346,thatShishakשִׁישַׁ֥קshi.ShakH7895kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714cameupagainstJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,becausetheyhadtrespassedagainstJehovah,

3withtwelvehundredוּמָאתַ֙יִם֙u.ma.Ta.yimH3967chariotsרֶ֔כֶבRe.khevH7393,andthreescorethousandH505horsemenפָּרָשִׁ֑יםpa.ra.ShimH6571.Andthepeopleלָעָ֞םla.'AmH5971werewithoutnumberמִסְפָּ֗רmis.ParH4557thatcameH935withhimoutofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714:theLubim,theSukkiim,andtheEthiopians.

4AndhetookH3920thefortifiedcitiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892whichpertainedtoJudahלִֽיהוּדָ֑הli.hu.DahH3063,andcameH935untoJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

5NowShemaiahוּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤הu.she.ma'.YahH8098theprophetהַנָּבִיא֙ha.na.Vi'H5030cameH935toRehoboamרְחַבְעָ֔םre.chav.'AmH7346,andtotheprincesH8269ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,thatweregatheredנֶאֶסְפ֥וּne.'es.FuH622togethertoJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389becauseofShishakשִׁישָׁ֑קshi.ShakH7895,andsaidH559untothem,Thusכֹּה־koh-H3541saithJehovah, Yehaveforsakenme,thereforehaveIalsoוְאַף־ve.'af-H637leftH5800youinthehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofShishakשִׁישָֽׁק׃shi.ShakH7895.

6ThentheprincesH8269ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478andthekingוְהַמֶּ֑לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428humbledH3665themselves;andtheysaidH559,Jehovahisrighteousצַדִּ֥יק׀tza.DikH6662.

7AndwhenJehovahsawH7200thattheyhumbledH3665themselves,thewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahcametoShemaiahשְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה׀she.ma'.YahH8098,sayingלֵאמֹ֛רle.MorH559,TheyhavehumbledH3665themselves:Iwillnotdestroyאַשְׁחִיתֵ֑ם'ash.chi.TemH7843them;butIwillgrantthemsomedeliveranceלִפְלֵיטָ֔הlif.lei.TahH6413,andmywrathH2534shallnotbeH1961pouredתִתַּ֧ךְti.TakhH5413outuponJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389bythehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofShishakשִׁישָֽׁק׃shi.ShakH7895.

8NeverthelesstheyshallbeH1961hisservantsH5650,thattheymayknowוְיֵדְעוּ֙ve.ye.de.'UH3045myserviceעֲב֣וֹדָתִ֔יa.Vo.da.TiH5656,andtheserviceוַעֲבוֹדַ֖תva.'a.vo.DatH5656ofthekingdomsמַמְלְכ֥וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467ofthecountries.

9SoShishakשִׁישַׁ֥קshi.ShakH7895kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרַיִם֮mitz.ra.YimH4714cameH5927upagainstJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַם֒ye.ru.sha.LimH3389,andtookH3947awayH3947thetreasuresH214ofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofJehovah,andthetreasuresH214oftheking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004:hetookH3947allawayH3947:hetookH3947awayH3947alsotheshieldsמָגִנֵּ֣יma.gi.NeiH4043ofgoldהַזָּהָ֔בha.za.HavH2091whichSolomonשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃she.lo.MohH8010hadmadeH6213.

10Andkingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Rehoboamרְחַבְעָם֙re.chav.'AmH7346madeH6213intheirsteadshieldsמָגִנֵּ֖יma.gi.NeiH4043ofbrass,andcommittedthemtothehandsיַד֙yadH3027ofthecaptainsoftheguardH8104,thatkeptH8104thedoorH6607oftheking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004.

11AnditwasH1961so,that,asoftasthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428enteredintothehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJehovah,theguardcameH935andbarethem,andbroughtH935thembackH7725intotheguard-chamber.

12AndwhenhehumbledH3665himself,thewrathofJehovahturnedשָׁ֤בshavH7725fromhim,soasnottodestroyלְהַשְׁחִ֖יתle.hash.ChitH7843himaltogether:andmoreoverinJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֔הbi.hu.DahH3063therewereH1961goodטוֹבִֽים׃ סto.VimH2896thingsדְּבָרִ֥יםde.va.RimH1697found.

13Sokingהַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Rehoboamרְחַבְעָ֛םre.chav.'AmH7346strengthenedוַיִּתְחַזֵּ֞קvai.yit.cha.ZekH2388himselfinJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389,andreignedH4427:forRehoboamרְחַבְעָ֨םre.chav.'AmH7346wasfortyאַרְבָּעִ֣ים'ar.ba.'ImH705andoneוְאַחַ֣תve.'a.ChatH259yearsשָׁנָה֩sha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427,andhereignedH4427seventeenyearsשָׁנָ֣ה׀sha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389,thecityהָ֠עִירHa.'irH5892whichJehovahhadchosenH977outofallthetribesH7626ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,toputלָשׂ֨וּםla.SumH7760hisnameשְׁמ֥וֹshe.MoH8034there:andhismother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasNaamahנַעֲמָ֖הna.'a.MahH5279theAmmonitess.

14Andhedidthatwhichwasevilהָרָ֑עha.Ra'H7451,becausehesetnothisheartלִבּ֔וֹli.BoH3820toseekלִדְר֖וֹשׁlid.Ro.oshH1875Jehovah.

15NowtheactsofRehoboamרְחַבְעָ֗םre.chav.'AmH7346,firstH7223andlastH314,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthehistoriesofShemaiahשְׁמַֽעְיָ֧הshe.ma'.YahH8098theprophetהַנָּבִ֛יאha.na.Vi'H5030andofIddoוְעִדּ֥וֹve.'i.DoH5714theseerהַחֹזֶ֖הha.cho.ZehH2374,afterthemannerH1697ofgenealogiesH3187?Andtherewerewarsוּמִלְחֲמ֧וֹתu.mil.cha.MotH4421betweenRehoboamרְחַבְעָ֛םre.chav.'AmH7346andJeroboamוְיָרָבְעָ֖םve.ya.ra.ve.'AmH3379continually.

16AndRehoboamרְחַבְעָם֙re.chav.'AmH7346sleptwithhisfathersH1,andwasburiedH6912inthecityבְּעִ֣ירbe.'IrH5892ofDavidדָּוִ֑ידda.VidH1732:andAbijahאֲבִיָּ֥ה'a.vi.YahH29hissonבְנ֖וֹve.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

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