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2 Chronicles 20:3-12

3AndJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֛טye.ho.sha.FatH3092fearedH3372,andsetH5414himselftoseekלִדְר֣וֹשׁlid.Ro.oshH1875untoJehovah;andheproclaimedוַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-H7121afastצ֖וֹםTzomH6685throughoutallJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

4AndJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063gatheredוַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּvai.yi.ka.ve.TzuH6908themselvestogetherH6908,toseekלְבַקֵּ֖שׁle.va.KeshH1245helpofJehovah:evenoutofallthecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063theycameH935toseekלְבַקֵּ֥שׁle.va.KeshH1245Jehovah.

5AndJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טye.ho.sha.FatH3092stoodH5975intheassemblyבִּקְהַ֧לbik.HalH6951ofJudahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םvi.ru.sha.LimH3389,inthehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004ofJehovah,beforethenewהַחֲדָשָֽׁה׃ha.cha.da.ShahH2319courtH2691;

6andhesaidH559,OJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430ofourfathersH1, artnotthouGodאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430inheavenבַּשָּׁמַ֔יִםba.sha.Ma.yimH8064?andartnotthourulerמוֹשֵׁ֔לmo.ShelH4910overallthekingdomsמַמְלְכ֣וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467ofthenationsהַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimH1471?andinthyhandוּבְיָדְךָ֙u.ve.ya.de.KhaH3027ispowerandmight,sothatnoneisabletowithstand thee.

7Didstnotthou,OourGodאֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,driveouttheinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵי֙yo.she.VeiH3427ofthislandהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776beforethypeopleעַמְּךָ֣'a.me.KhaH5971Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andgiveH5414ittotheseedH2233ofAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֥ם'av.ra.HamH85thyfriendאֹֽהַבְךָ֖'o.hav.KhaH157foreverלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769?

8AndtheydweltH3427therein,andhavebuiltH1129theeasanctuaryמִקְדָּ֖שׁmik.DashH4720thereinforthynameלְשִׁמְךָ֥le.shim.KhaH8034,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

9IfevilH7451comeתָּב֨וֹאta.Vo'H935uponus,theswordחֶרֶב֮che.RevH2719,judgment,orpestilenceוְדֶ֣בֶרve.De.verH1698,orfamineוְרָעָב֒ve.ra.'AvH7458,wewillstandנַֽעַמְדָ֞הna.'am.DahH5975beforethishouseהַבַּ֤יִתha.Ba.yitH1004,andbeforethee (forthynameשִׁמְךָ֖shim.KhaH8034isinthishouseבַּבַּ֣יִתba.Ba.yitH1004),andcryוְנִזְעַ֥קve.niz.'AkH2199unto theeinouraffliction,andthou wilthearוְתִשְׁמַ֥עve.tish.Ma'H8085andsaveוְתוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ve.to.Shi.a'H3467.

10AndnowH6258,behold,thechildrenofAmmonעַמּ֨וֹןa.MonH5983andMoabוּמוֹאָ֜בu.mo.'AvH4124andmountSeirשֵׂעִ֗ירse.'IrH8165,whomthou wouldestnotletIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478invade,whentheycameH935outofthelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,buttheyturnedH5493asideסָ֥רוּSa.ruH5493fromthem,anddestroyedהִשְׁמִידֽוּם׃hish.mi.DumH8045themnot;

11behold,howtheyrewardus,tocomeH935tocastusoutofthypossessionH3423,whichthou hastgivenustoinheritH3423.

12OourGodאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuH430, wilt thounotjudgeH8199them?forwehavenomightagainstthisgreatהָרָ֛בha.RavH7227companythatcomethagainstus;neitherknowנֵדַע֙ne.Da'H3045wewhattodo:butoureyesעֵינֵֽינוּ׃'ei.Nei.nuH5869areuponthee.

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