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2 Chronicles 32:9-31

9AfterthisdidSennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֨יבsan.che.RivH5576kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֤וּר'a.ShurH804sendH7971hisservantsעֲבָדָיו֙'a.va.DavH5650toJerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔יְמָהye.Ru.sha.Lay.mahH3389(nowhewasbeforeLachishלָכִ֔ישׁla.KhishH3923,andallhispowerwithhim), untoHezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,anduntoallJudahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063thatwereatJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

10Thusכֹּ֣הkohH3541saithSennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֖יבsan.che.RivH5576kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurH804, WhereondoyetrustH982,thatyeabidethesiegeבְּמָצ֖וֹרbe.ma.TzorH4692inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389?

11DothnotHezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396persuadeyou,togiveלָתֵ֣תla.TetH5414youovertodieלָמ֛וּתla.MutH4191byfamineH7458andbythirstוּבְצָמָ֖אu.ve.tza.Ma'H6772,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,JehovahourGodאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430willdeliverיַצִּילֵ֕נוּya.tzi.Le.nuH5337usoutofthehandמִכַּ֖ףmi.KafH3709ofthekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּֽׁוּר׃'a.ShurH804?

12HathnotthesameHezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396takenawayH5493hishighבָּמֹתָ֖יוba.mo.TavH1116placesH1116andhisaltarsמִזְבְּחֹתָ֑יוmiz.be.cho.TavH4196,andcommandedJudahלִֽיהוּדָ֤הli.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוְלִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ve.li.ru.sha.LimH3389,sayingH559, Yeshallworshipbeforeoneאֶחָ֛ד'e.ChadH259altarמִזְבֵּ֧חַmiz.Be.achH4196,anduponitshallyeburnincenseH6999?

13Knowתֵדְע֗וּte.de.'UH3045yenotwhatIandmyfathersוַאֲבוֹתַ֔יva.'a.vo.TaiH1havedoneuntoallthepeoplesH5971ofthelandsהָאֲרָצ֑וֹתha.'a.ra.TzotH776?Werethegodsאֱלֹהֵי֙'e.lo.HeiH430ofthenationsגּוֹיֵ֣go.YeH1471ofthelandsהָאֲרָצ֔וֹתha.'a.ra.TzotH776inanywiseableH3201todeliverלְהַצִּ֥ילle.ha.TzilH5337theirlandאַרְצָ֖ם'ar.TzamH776outofmyhandמִיָּדִֽי׃mi.ya.DiH3027?

14Whowasthereamongallthegodsאֱלֹהֵ֞י'e.lo.HeiH430ofthosenationsהַגּוֹיִ֤םha.go.YimH1471whichmyfathersאֲבוֹתַ֔י'a.vo.TaiH1utterly destroyed,thatcoulddeliverלְהַצִּ֥ילle.ha.TzilH5337hispeopleעַמּ֖וֹa.MoH5971outofmyhandמִיָּדִ֑יmi.ya.DiH3027,thatyourGodאֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם'e.Lo.hei.KhemH430shouldbeableH3201todeliverלְהַצִּ֥ילle.ha.TzilH5337yououtofmyhandמִיָּדִֽי׃mi.ya.DiH3027?

15NowH6258thereforeוְעַתָּ֡הve.'a.TahH6258letnotHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֜הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396deceiveיַשִּׁיא֩ya.Shi'H5377you,norpersuadeyouafterthismanner,neitherbelieveתַּאֲמִ֣ינוּta.'a.Mi.nuH539yehim;fornogodאֱֽלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם'elo.hei.KhemH430ofanynationגּ֣וֹיGoyH1471orkingdomוּמַמְלָכָ֔הu.mam.la.KhahH4467wasableיוּכַ֗לyu.KhalH3201todeliverלְהַצִּ֥ילle.ha.TzilH5337hispeopleעַמּ֛וֹa.MoH5971outofmyhandמִיָּדִ֖יmi.ya.DiH3027,andoutofthehandוּמִיַּ֣דu.mi.YadH3027ofmyfathersאֲבוֹתָ֑י'a.vo.TaiH1:howmuchlessshallyourGodH430deliverיַצִּ֥ילוּya.Tzi.luH5337yououtofmyhandמִיָּדִֽי׃mi.ya.DiH3027?

16Andhisservantsעֲבָדָ֔יו'a.va.DavH5650spakeyetH5750moreagainstJehovahGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,andagainsthisservantעַבְדּֽוֹ׃av.DoH5650Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֥הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396.

17HewroteH3789alsolettersוּסְפָרִ֣יםu.se.fa.RimH5612,torailonJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andtospeakagainsthim,sayingH559,Asthegodsכֵּֽאלֹהֵ֞יke.lo.HeiH430ofthenationsגּוֹיֵ֤go.YeH1471ofthelandsהָאֲרָצוֹת֙ha.'a.ra.tzOtH776,whichhavenotdeliveredהִצִּ֤ילוּhi.Tzi.luH5337theirpeopleעַמָּם֙'a.MamH5971outofmyhandמִיָּדִ֔יmi.ya.DiH3027,soכֵּ֣ןkenH3651shallnottheGodאֱלֹהֵ֧י'e.lo.HeiH430ofHezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֛הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396deliverיַצִּ֞ילya.TzilH5337hispeopleעַמּ֖וֹa.MoH5971outofmyhandמִיָּדִֽי׃mi.ya.DiH3027.

18Andtheycriedwithaloudvoiceבְקוֹל־ve.kol-H6963intheJews’languageuntothepeopleעַ֤ם'amH5971ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimH3389thatwereonthewallהַֽחוֹמָ֔הha.cho.MahH2346,toaffrightthem,andtotroublethem;thattheymighttakeH3920thecityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

19AndtheyspakeoftheGodאֱלֹהֵ֖י'e.lo.HeiH430ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,asofthegodsאֱלֹהֵי֙'e.lo.HeiH430ofthepeoplesH5971oftheearthH776, whicharetheworkמַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.SehH4639ofmen’sH120handsיְדֵ֥יye.DeiH3027.

20AndHezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,andIsaiahוִֽישַֽׁעְיָ֧הוּvi.sha'.Ya.huH3470theprophetהַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'H5030thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAmozאָמ֛וֹץ'a.MotzH531,prayedוַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֞לvai.yit.pa.LelH6419becauseofthis,andcriedH2199toheavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ פha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

21AndJehovahsentH7971anangelמַלְאָ֔ךְmal.'AkhH4397,whocutoffallthemightyגִּבּ֥וֹרgi.BorH1368menH1368ofvalor,andtheleadersH8269andcaptains,inthecampבְּמַחֲנֵ֖הbe.ma.cha.NehH4264ofthekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurH804.Sohereturnedוַיָּשָׁב֩vai.ya.ShavH7725withshameבְּבֹ֨שֶׁתbe.Vo.shetH1322offaceפָּנִ֜יםpa.NimH6440tohisownlandלְאַרְצ֗וֹle.'ar.TzoH776.AndwhenhewascomeH935intothehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofhisgodאֱלֹהָ֔יו'e.lo.HavH430,theythatcameH935forthH7971fromhisownbowelsH4578slewhimtherewiththeswordבֶחָֽרֶב׃ve.Cha.revH2719.

22ThusJehovahsavedH3467Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֜הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396andtheinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiH3427ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389fromthehandמִיַּ֛דmi.YadH3027ofSennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֥יבsan.che.RivH5576thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804,andfromthehandוּמִיַּד־u.mi.yad-H3027ofallothers,andguidedthemoneveryside.

23Andmanyוְ֠רַבִּיםVe.ra.bimH7227broughtH935giftsH4503untoJehovahtoJerusalemלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םli.Ru.sha.LimH3389,andpreciousH4030thingstoHezekiahלִֽיחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּli.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063;soH3651thathewasexaltedinthesightofallnationsהַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.YimH1471fromthenceforth.

24Inthosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396wassickחָלָ֥הcha.LahH2470evenuntodeathH4191:andheprayedוַיִּתְפַּלֵּל֙vai.yit.pa.LelH6419untoJehovah;andhespake untohim,andgaveH5414himasignוּמוֹפֵ֖תu.mo.FetH4159.

25ButHezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396renderednotagainaccordingtothebenefitdoneuntohim;forhisheartלִבּ֑וֹli.BoH3820wasH1961liftedup:thereforetherewasH1961wrathקֶ֔צֶףKe.tzefH7110uponhim,anduponJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃vi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

26NotwithstandingHezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396humbledH3665himselffortheprideofhisheartלִבּ֔וֹli.BoH3820,bothheandtheinhabitantsוְיֹשְׁבֵ֣יve.yo.she.VeiH3427ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,sothatthewrathקֶ֣צֶףKe.tzefH7110ofJehovahcameH935notupontheminthedaysבִּימֵ֖יbi.MeiH3117ofHezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּֽהוּ׃ye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396.

27AndHezekiahלִֽיחִזְקִיָּ֛הוּli.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396hadexceedingmuchH7235richesH6239andhonorוְכָב֖וֹדve.kha.VodH3519:andheprovidedhimtreasuriesוְאֹֽצָר֣וֹתve.'o.tza.RotH214forsilverלְכֶ֨סֶףle.Khe.sefH3701,andforgoldוּלְזָהָ֜בu.le.za.HavH2091,andforpreciousיְקָרָ֗הye.ka.RahH3368stonesוּלְאֶ֣בֶןu.le.'E.venH68,andforspicesH1314,andforshieldsוּלְמָ֣גִנִּ֔יםu.le.Ma.gi.NimH4043,andforallmannerofgoodlyvesselsH3627;

28store-houses alsofortheincreaseofgrainדָּגָ֖ןda.GanH1715andnewוְתִיר֣וֹשׁve.ti.Ro.oshH8492wineH8492andoilוְיִצְהָ֑רve.yitz.HarH3323;andstallsוְאֻֽרָוֹת֙ve.'u.ra.VotH723forallmannerofbeasts,andflocksוַעֲדָרִ֖יםva.'a.da.RimH5739infolds.

29Moreoverheprovidedhimcitiesוְעָרִים֙ve.'a.RimH5892,andpossessionsH7399offlocksצֹ֥אןtzonH6629andherdsוּבָקָ֖רu.va.KarH1241inabundanceלָרֹ֑בla.RoH7230;forGodאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430hadgivenH5414himveryמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966muchsubstance.

30ThissameHezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396alsostoppedH5640theupperהָֽעֶלְי֔וֹןha.'el.YonH5945springofthewatersמֵימֵ֤יmei.MeiH4325ofGihonגִיחוֹן֙gi.chOnH1521,andbroughtthemstraightH3474downonthewestמַּעְרָ֖בָהma'.Ra.vahH4628sideofthecityלְעִ֣ירle.'IrH5892ofDavidדָּוִ֑ידda.VidH1732.AndHezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396prosperedinallhisworksH4639.

31HowbeitinthebusinessoftheambassadorsoftheprincesH8269ofBabylonבָּבֶ֗לba.VelH894,whosentH7971untohimtoinquireofthewonderH4159thatwasH1961doneinthelandבָאָ֔רֶץva.'A.retzH776,Godהָֽאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430leftH5800him,totryhim,thathemightknowלָדַ֖עַתla.Da.'atH3045allthatwasH1961inhisheartבִּלְבָבֽוֹ׃bil.va.VoH3824.

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