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2 Chronicles 28:16-25

16Atthattimeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256didkingהַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahazאָחָ֛ז'a.ChazH271sendH7971untothekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804tohelpלַעְזֹ֥רla'.ZorH5826him.

17Foragainוְע֥וֹדve.'odH5750theEdomitesאֲדוֹמִ֖ים'a.do.MimH130hadcomeבָּ֑אוּBa.'uH935andsmittenJudahבִיהוּדָ֖הvi.hu.DahH3063,andcarriedawaycaptivesשֶֽׁבִי׃She.viH7628.

18ThePhilistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּ֣יםu.fe.lish.TimH6430alsohadinvadedthecitiesבְּעָרֵ֨יbe.'a.ReiH5892ofthelowland,andoftheSouthH5045ofJudahלִֽיהוּדָה֒li.hu.DahH3063,andhadtakenH3920Beth-shemeshH1053,andAijalonאַיָּל֜וֹן'ai.ya.LonH357,andGederothהַגְּדֵר֗וֹתha.ge.de.RotH1450,andSocowiththetownsthereof,andTimnahתִּמְנָ֣הtim.NahH8553withthetownsthereof,Gimzoalsoandthetownsthereof:andtheydweltH3427there.

19ForJehovahbroughtJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063lowbecauseofAhazאָחָ֣ז'a.ChazH271kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478;forhehaddealt wantonlyinJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֔הbi.hu.DahH3063,andtrespassed soreagainstJehovah.

20AndTilgath-pilneserkingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurH804cameH935untohim,anddistressedhim,butstrengthenedחֲזָקֽוֹ׃cha.za.KoH2388himnot.

21ForAhazאָחָז֙'a.ChazH271tookawayaportionoutofthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJehovah,andoutofthehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andoftheprincesH8269,andgaveH5414ituntothekingלְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804:butithelpedhimnot.

22Andinthetimeוּבְעֵת֙u.ve.'EtH6256ofhisdistressdidhetrespassyetmoreagainstJehovah,thissamekingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahazאָחָֽז׃'a.ChazH271.

23ForhesacrificedH2076untothegodsלֵֽאלֹהֵ֣יle.lo.HeiH430ofDamascusדַרְמֶשֶׂק֮dar.me.SekH1834, whichsmotehim;andhesaidH559,Becausethegodsאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430ofthekingsמַלְכֵֽי־mal.khei-H4428ofSyriahelpedמַעְזְרִ֣יםma'.ze.RimH5826them,thereforewillIsacrificeH2076tothem,thattheymayhelpוְיַעְזְר֑וּנִיve.ya'.ze.Ru.niH5826me.ButtheywereH1961theruinofhim,andofallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

24AndAhazאָחָ֜ז'a.ChazH271gatheredוַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622togetherthevesselsH3627ofthehouseבֵית־veit-H1004ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֗יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,andcutוַיְקַצֵּץ֙vay.ka.TzetzH7112inpiecesthevesselsH3627ofthehouseבֵית־veit-H1004ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,andshutH5462upthedoorsדַּלְת֣וֹתdal.TotH1817ofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofJehovah;andhemadeH6213himaltarsמִזְבְּח֛וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196ineverycornerפִּנָּ֖הpi.NahH6438ofJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

25AndineverycityH5892ofJudahלִֽיהוּדָה֙li.hu.DahH3063hemadeH6213highבָמ֔וֹתva.MotH1116placesH1116toburnincenseH6999untootherאֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimH312godsלֵֽאלֹהִ֣יםle.lo.HimH430,andprovokedH3707toangerH3707Jehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofhisfathersH1.

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