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2 Chronicles 24:17-25

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.

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