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2 Chronicles 21:1-8

1AndJehoshaphatיְהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙ye.ho.sha.FatH3092sleptwithhisfathersH1,andwasburiedH6912withhisfathersH1inthecityבְּעִ֣ירbe.'IrH5892ofDavidדָּוִ֑ידda.VidH1732:andJehoramיְהוֹרָ֥םye.ho.RamH3088hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

2Andhehadbrethren,thesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טye.ho.sha.FatH3092:AzariahH5838,andJehielוִֽיחִיאֵל֙vi.chi.'ElH3171,andZechariahוּזְכַרְיָ֣הוּu.ze.khar.Ya.huH2148,andAzariahH5838,andMichaelוּמִיכָאֵ֖לu.mi.kha.'ElH4317,andShephatiahוּשְׁפַטְיָ֑הוּu.she.fat.Ya.huH8203;allthesewerethesonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טye.ho.sha.FatH3092kingמֶ֥לֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

3Andtheirfatherאֲ֠בִיהֶם'A.vi.hemH1gaveH5414themgreatH7227giftsמַתָּנ֨וֹתma.ta.NotH4979,ofsilverלְכֶ֤סֶףle.Khe.sefH3701,andofgoldוּלְזָהָב֙u.le.za.HavH2091,andofpreciousH4030things,withfortifiedcitiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892inJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֑הbi.hu.DahH3063:butthekingdomהַמַּמְלָכָ֛הha.mam.la.KhahH4467gaveH5414hetoJehoramלִֽיהוֹרָ֖םli.ho.RamH3088,becausehewasthefirst-born.

4NowwhenJehoramיְהוֹרָ֜םye.ho.RamH3088wasrisenH6965upoverthekingdomמַמְלֶ֤כַתmam.Le.khatH4467ofhisfatherאָבִיו֙'a.VivH1,andhadstrengthenedוַיִּתְחַזַּ֔קvai.yit.cha.ZakH2388himself,heslewH2026allhisbrethrenwiththeswordבֶּחָ֑רֶבbe.Cha.revH2719,anddiversalsoוְגַ֖םve.GamH1571oftheprincesH8269ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

5Jehoramיְהוֹרָ֣םye.ho.RamH3088wasthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe.lo.ShimH7970andtwoוּשְׁתַּ֛יִםu.she.Ta.yimH8147yearsשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427eightוּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣הu.she.mo.NehH8083yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

6Andhewalkedinthewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְ׀be.De.rekhH1870ofthekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478,asdidthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofAhabאַחְאָ֔ב'ach.'AvH256;forhehadthedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofAhabאַחְאָ֔ב'ach.'AvH256towifeאִשָּׁ֑ה'i.ShahH802:andhedidthatwhichwasH1961evilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah.

7HowbeitJehovahwouldאָבָ֣ה'a.VahH14notdestroyלְהַשְׁחִית֙le.hash.ChitH7843thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofDavidדָּוִ֔ידda.VidH1732,becauseofthecovenantהַבְּרִ֔יתha.be.RitH1285thathehadmadeH3772withDavidלְדָוִ֑ידle.da.VidH1732,andashepromisedtogiveלָתֵ֨תla.TetH5414alampנִ֛ירnirH5216tohimandtohischildrenalway.

8Inhisdaysבְּיָמָיו֙be.ya.MavH3117Edomאֱד֔וֹם'e.DomH123revoltedfromunderthehandיַד־yad-H3027ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,andmadeakingמֶֽלֶךְ׃Me.lekhH4428overthemselves.

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