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2 Chronicles 23:12-21

12AndwhenAthaliahעֲתַלְיָ֗הוּ'a.tal.Ya.huH6271heardH8085thenoiseofthepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971runningH7323andpraisingH1984thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, shecameH935tothepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971intothehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofJehovah:

13andshelookedH7200,and,behold,thekingהַמֶּלֶךְ֩ha.me.leKhH4428stoodעוֹמֵ֨דo.MedH5975byhispillarעַמּוּד֜וֹa.mu.DoH5982attheentranceבַּמָּב֗וֹאba.ma.Vo'H3996,andthecaptainsandthetrumpetsוְהַחֲצֹצְרוֹת֮ve.ha.cha.tzo.tze.rOtH2689bythekingהַמֶּלֶךְ֒ha.me.leKhH4428;andallthepeopleעַ֨ם'amH5971ofthelandהָאָ֜רֶץha.'A.retzH776rejoicedH8055,andblewtrumpetsבַּחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹתba.cha.Tzo.tze.RotH2689;thesingersוְהַמְשֽׁוֹרֲרִים֙ve.ham.sho.ra.RimH7891alsoplayedoninstrumentsבִּכְלֵ֣יbikh.LeiH3627ofmusic,andledthesingingH7891ofpraiseלְהַלֵּ֑לle.ha.LelH1984.ThenAthaliahעֲתַלְיָ֙הוּ֙'a.tal.Ya.huH6271rentherclothesבְּגָדֶ֔יהָbe.ga.Dei.haH899,andsaidH559,Treasonקֶ֥שֶׁרKe.sherH7195!treasonקָֽשֶׁר׃ סKa.sherH7195!

14AndJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֨עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֜ןha.ko.HenH3548broughtH935outthecaptainsofhundredsH3967thatweresetoverthehost,andsaidH559untothem,HaveherforthH3318betweentheranksהַשְּׂדֵר֔וֹתha.se.de.RotH7713;andwhoso followethher,lethimbeslainwiththeswordבֶּחָ֑רֶבbe.Cha.revH2719:forthepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548saidH559,SlayhernotinthehouseH1004ofJehovah.

15SotheymadeH7760wayforher;andshewentH935totheentranceמְב֥וֹאme.Vo'H3996ofthehorseH5483gateשַֽׁעַר־sha.'ar-H8179totheking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004:andtheyslewherthere.

16AndJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָע֙ye.ho.ya.Da'H3077madeH3772acovenantבְּרִ֔יתbe.RitH1285betweenhimself,andallthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971,andthekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,thattheyshouldbeH1961Jehovah’speopleלְעָ֖םle.'AmH5971.

17Andallthepeopleהָעָ֤םha.'AmH5971wentH935tothehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofBaalהַבַּ֙עַל֙ha.Ba.'alH1168,andbrakeitdownוַֽיִּתְּצֻ֔הוּvai.yi.te.Tzu.huH5422,andbrakehisaltarsמִזְבְּחֹתָ֥יוmiz.be.cho.TavH4196andhisimagesH6754inpieces,andslewH2026Mattanמַתָּן֙ma.TanH4977thepriestכֹּהֵ֣ןko.HenH3548ofBaalהַבַּ֔עַלha.Ba.'alH1168beforethealtarsהַֽמִּזְבְּחֽוֹת׃Ha.miz.be.ChotH4196.

18AndJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֨עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077appointedH7760theofficersofthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJehovahunderthehandH3027ofthepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548theLevitesהַלְוִיִּם֮hal.vi.YimH3881,whomDavidדָּוִיד֮da.VidH1732haddistributedinthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJehovah,toofferלְֽהַעֲל֞וֹתle.ha.'a.LotH5927theburnt-offeringsofJehovah,asitiswrittenH3789inthelawבְּתוֹרַ֥תbe.to.RatH8451ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872,withrejoicingandwithsinging,accordingtotheorderofDavidדָוִֽיד׃da.VidH1732.

19AndhesetH5975theportersatthegatesH8179ofthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJehovah,thatnonethatwasuncleanטָמֵ֖אta.Me'H2931inanythingshouldenterin.

20AndhetookH3947thecaptainsofhundredsH3967,andthenoblesH117,andthegovernorsofthepeopleבָּעָ֜םba.'AmH5971,andallthepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971ofthelandהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andbroughtH935downthekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428fromthehouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004ofJehovah:andtheycameH935throughtheupperהָֽעֶלְי֖וֹןha.'el.YonH5945gateשַׁ֥עַרSha.'arH8179untotheking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004,andsetthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428uponthethroneכִּסֵּ֥אki.Se'H3678ofthekingdomH4467.

21Soallthepeopleעַם־'am-H5971ofthelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776rejoicedH8055,andthecityוְהָעִ֣ירve.ha.'IrH5892wasquietH8252.AndAthaliahעֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ'a.tal.Ya.huH6271theyhadslainwiththeswordבֶחָֽרֶב׃ סve.Cha.revH2719.

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