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2 Chronicles 24

1Joashיֹאָ֣שׁyo.'AshH3101wassevenשֶׁ֤בַעShe.va'H7651yearsשָׁנִים֙sha.NimH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427fortyוְאַרְבָּעִ֣יםve.'ar.ba.'ImH705yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389:andhismother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasZibiahצִבְיָ֖הtziv.YahH6645,ofBeer-sheba.

2AndJoashיוֹאָ֛שׁyo.'AshH3101didthatwhichwasrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477intheeyesבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869ofJehovahallthedaysיְמֵ֖יye.MeiH3117ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֥עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077thepriestהַכֹּהֵֽן׃ha.ko.HenH3548.

3AndJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֖עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077tookH5375forhimtwoשְׁתָּ֑יִםshe.Ta.yimH8147wivesH802;andhebegatsonsבָּנִ֥יםba.NimH1121anddaughtersוּבָנֽוֹת׃u.va.NotH1323.

4Anditcametopassafterthis,thatJoashיוֹאָ֔שׁyo.'AshH3101wasH1961mindedtorestorethehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofJehovah.

5AndhegatheredH6908togetherH6908thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548andtheLevitesוְהַלְוִיִּם֒ve.hal.vi.YimH3881,andsaidH559tothem,Goצְא֣וּtze.'UH3318outuntothecitiesלְעָרֵ֪יle.'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֟הye.hu.DahH3063,andgatherH6908ofallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֨לYis.ra.'ElH3478moneyכֶּ֜סֶףKe.sefH3701torepairלְחַזֵּ֣ק׀le.cha.ZekH2388thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofyourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430fromyearשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141toyearבְּשָׁנָ֔הbe.sha.NahH8141;andseethatyehastenH4116thematterלַדָּבָ֑רla.da.VarH1697. HowbeittheLevitesהַֽלְוִיִּֽם׃Hal.vi.YimH3881hastenedH4116itnot.

6Andthekingהַמֶּלֶךְ֮ha.me.leKhH4428calledH7121forJehoiadaלִֽיהוֹיָדָ֣עli.ho.ya.Da'H3077thechiefהָרֹאשׁ֒ha.roShH7218,andsaidH559untohim,Whyמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ma.Du.a'H4069hast thounotrequiredH1875oftheLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.YimH3881tobringלְהָבִ֞יאle.ha.Vi'H935inoutofJudahמִֽיהוּדָ֣הmi.hu.DahH3063andoutofJerusalemוּמִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗םu.mi.ru.sha.LimH3389thetaxמַשְׂאַת֙mas.'AtH4864ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehH4872theservantעֶֽבֶד־'e.ved-H5650ofJehovah,andoftheassemblyוְהַקָּהָ֖לve.ha.ka.HalH6951ofIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,forthetentלְאֹ֖הֶלle.'O.helH168ofthetestimonyהָעֵדֽוּת׃ha.'e.DutH5715?

7Forthesonsבָּנֶ֥יהָba.Nei.haH1121ofAthaliahעֲתַלְיָ֙הוּ֙'a.tal.Ya.huH6271,thatwickedwoman,hadbrokenH6555upthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430;andalsoוְגַם֙ve.GamH1571allthededicatedthingsקָדְשֵׁ֣יka.de.SheiH6944ofthehouseבֵית־veit-H1004ofJehovahdidtheybestow upontheBaalim.

8Sothekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commanded,andtheymadeH6213achestאֲר֣וֹן'a.RonH727,andsetH5414itwithoutatthegateבְּשַׁ֥עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179ofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofJehovah.

9AndtheymadeH5414aproclamationק֞וֹלKolH6963throughJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֣הbi.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗םu.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389,tobringלְהָבִ֤יאle.ha.Vi'H935inforJehovahthetaxמַשְׂאַ֞תmas.'AtH4864thatMosesמֹשֶׁ֧הmo.ShehH4872theservantעֶֽבֶד־'e.ved-H5650ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430laiduponIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478inthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ba.mid.BarH4057.

10AndalltheprincesH8269andallthepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971rejoicedH8055,andbroughtH935in,andcastH7993intothechestלָאָר֖וֹןla.'a.RonH727,untiltheyhadmadeH8055anendH3615.

11AnditwasH1961so,that,atwhattimeבְּעֵת֩be.'EtH6256thechestהָֽאָר֜וֹןha.'a.RonH727wasH1961broughtH935untotheking’sהַמֶּלֶךְ֮ha.me.leKhH4428officersוּפְקִיד֙u.fe.KidH6496bythehandבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027oftheLevitesהַלְוִיִּם֒hal.vi.YimH3881,andwhentheysawH7200thattherewasH1961muchmoneyהַכֶּ֗סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701,theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428scribeסוֹפֵ֤רso.FerH5608andthechiefH7218priest’sכֹּהֵ֣ןko.HenH3548officerH6496cameH935andemptiedthechestהָ֣אָר֔וֹןha.'a.RonH727,andtookH5375it,andcarriedH5375ittoitsplaceמְקֹמ֑וֹme.ko.MoH4725again.Thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541theydiddayלְי֣וֹם׀le.YomH3117bydayבְּי֔וֹםbe.YomH3117,andgatheredוַיַּֽאַסְפוּ־vai.ya.'as.fu-H622moneyכֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefH3701inabundanceלָרֹֽב׃la.RoH7230.

12Andthekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andJehoiadaוִֽיהוֹיָדָ֗עvi.ho.ya.Da'H3077gaveH5414ittosuchasdidtheworkמְלֶ֙אכֶת֙me.Le.khetH4399oftheserviceעֲבוֹדַ֣תa.vo.DatH5656ofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofJehovah;andtheyhiredH7936masonsandcarpenterstorestorethehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJehovah,andalsoוְ֠גַםVe.gamH1571suchaswroughtironבַרְזֶל֙var.ZelH1270andbrasstorepairלְחַזֵּ֖קle.cha.ZekH2388thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofJehovah.

13Sotheworkmenwrought,andtheworkH4399ofrepairingwentH5927forwardintheirhandsבְּיָדָ֑םbe.ya.DamH3027,andtheysetH5975upthehouseבֵּ֧יתbeitH1004ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430initsstate,andstrengthenedוַֽיְאַמְּצֻֽהוּ׃Vay.'a.me.Tzu.huH553it.

14AndwhentheyhadmadeH6213anendH3615,theybroughtH935therestH7605ofthemoneyהַכֶּ֗סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701beforethekingהַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andJehoiadaוִֽיהוֹיָדָ֜עvi.ho.ya.Da'H3077, whereofwereH1961madeH6213vesselsH3627forthehouseלְבֵית־le.veit-H1004ofJehovah,evenvesselsH3627wherewithtoministerandtoofferH5927,andspoons,andvesselsH3627ofgoldזָהָ֖בza.HavH2091andsilverוָכָ֑סֶףva.Kha.sefH3701.AndtheyofferedH5927burnt-offeringsinthehouseבְּבֵית־be.veit-H1004ofJehovahcontinuallyתָּמִ֔ידta.MidH8548allthedaysיְמֵ֥יye.MeiH3117ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָֽע׃ פye.ho.ya.Da'H3077.

15ButJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֛עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077waxedoldandwasfullofdaysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117,andhediedH4191;ahundredמֵאָ֧הme.'AhH3967andthirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970yearsשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141oldwashewhenhediedH4191.

16AndtheyburiedH6912himinthecityבְעִיר־ve.'ir-H5892ofDavidדָּוִ֖ידda.VidH1732amongthekingsהַמְּלָכִ֑יםha.me.la.KhimH4428,becausehehaddonegoodטוֹבָה֙to.VahH2896inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,andtowardGodהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430andhishouseוּבֵיתֽוֹ׃ סu.vei.ToH1004.

17Nowafterthedeathמוֹת֙mOtH4194ofJehoiadaיְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עye.Ho.ya.Da'H3077cameH935theprincesH8269ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,andmadeH8085obeisancetothekingלַמֶּ֑לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428.Thenאָ֛ז'azH227thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428hearkened untothem.

18Andtheyforsookthehouseבֵּ֤יתbeitH1004ofJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430oftheirfathersH1,andservedH5647theAsherimandtheidolsהָֽעֲצַבִּ֑יםha.'a.tza.BimH6091:andwrathקֶ֗צֶףKe.tzefH7110cameuponJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םvi.Ru.sha.LimH3389forthistheirguiltiness.

19YethesentH7971prophetsנְבִאִ֔יםne.vi.'ImH5030tothem,tobringלַהֲשִׁיבָ֖םla.ha.shi.VamH7725themagainuntoJehovah;andtheytestifiedH5749againstthem:buttheywouldnotgiveH238earהֶאֱזִֽינוּ׃ סhe.'e.Zi.nuH238.

20AndtheSpiritוְר֣וּחַve.Ru.achH7307ofGodאֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430cameuponZechariahזְכַרְיָה֙ze.khar.YahH2148thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֣עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548;andhestoodH5975abovethepeopleלָעָ֑םla.'AmH5971,andsaidH559untothem,Thusכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541saithGodהָאֱלֹהִ֗יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,Whyלָמָה֩la.MahH4100transgressH5674yethecommandmentsמִצְוֹ֤תmitz.VotH4687ofJehovah,sothatyecannotprosperתַצְלִ֔יחוּtatz.Li.chuH6743?becauseyehaveforsakenJehovah,hehathalsoforsakenyou.

21Andtheyconspiredagainsthim,andstonedH7275himwithstonesאֶ֖בֶן'E.venH68atthecommandmentH4687ofthekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428inthecourtH2691ofthehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofJehovah.

22ThusJoashיוֹאָ֣שׁyo.'AshH3101thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428rememberedזָכַ֞רza.KharH2142notthekindnesswhichJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֤עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077hisfatherאָבִיו֙'a.VivH1haddonetohim,butslewH2026hissonבְּנ֑וֹbe.NoH1121.AndwhenH834hediedH4191,hesaidH559,JehovahlookH7200uponit,andrequireוְיִדְרֹֽשׁ׃ פve.yid.RoshH1875it.

23AnditcameH935topassattheendoftheyearהַשָּׁנָ֗הha.sha.NahH8141,thatthearmyoftheSyrianscameH935upagainsthim:andtheycameH935toJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םvi.Ru.sha.LimH3389,anddestroyedוַיַּשְׁחִ֛יתוּvai.yash.Chi.tuH7843alltheprincesH8269ofthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971fromamongthepeopleמֵעָ֑םme.'AmH5971,andsentH7971allthespoilH7998ofthemuntothekingלְמֶ֥לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofDamascusדַּרְמָֽשֶׂק׃dar.Ma.sekH1834.

24ForthearmyH2428oftheSyrianscameH935withasmallH4705companyofmenH376;andJehovahdeliveredaveryH3966greathostintotheirhandבְּיָדָ֥םbe.ya.DamH3027,becausetheyhadforsakenJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430oftheirfathersH1.Sotheyexecutedjudgmentשְׁפָטִֽים׃she.fa.TimH8201uponJoashיוֹאָ֖שׁyo.'AshH3101.

25Andwhentheyweredepartedfromhim(fortheyleftH5800himverysick),hisownservantsעֲבָדָ֗יו'a.va.DavH5650conspiredagainsthimforthebloodבִּדְמֵי֙bid.MeiH1818ofthesonsבְּנֵי֙be.NeiH1121ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֣עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548,andslewH2026himonhisbedמִטָּת֖וֹmi.ta.ToH4296,andhediedH4191;andtheyburiedH6912himinthecityבְּעִ֣ירbe.'IrH5892ofDavidדָּוִ֔ידda.VidH1732,buttheyburiedH6912himnotinthesepulchresofthekingsהַמְּלָכִֽים׃ סha.me.la.KhimH4428.

26Andthesearetheythatconspiredagainsthim:Zabadזָבָ֗דza.VadH2066thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofShimeathשִׁמְעָת֙shim.'AtH8100theAmmonitess,andJehozabadוִיה֣וֹזָבָ֔דvi.Ho.za.VadH3075thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofShimriththeMoabitess.

27Nowconcerninghissonsוּבָנָ֞יוu.va.NavH1121,andthegreatnessH7230oftheburdens laiduponhim,andtherebuildingofthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,behold,theyarewrittenH3789inthecommentaryofthebookH5612ofthekingsהַמְּלָכִ֑יםha.me.la.KhimH4428.AndAmaziahאֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ'a.matz.Ya.huH558hissonבְנ֖וֹve.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

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