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2 Kings 10:18-25

18AndJehuיֵהוּא֙ye.Hu'H3058gatheredוַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץvai.yik.BotzH6908allthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971togetherH6908,andsaidH559untothem,Ahabאַחְאָ֕ב'ach.'AvH256servedH5647Baalהַבַּ֖עַלha.Ba.'alH1168alittleמְעָ֑טme.'AtH4592;butJehuיֵה֖וּאye.Hu'H3058willserveH5647himmuchהַרְבֵּֽה׃har.BehH7235.

19NowH6258thereforeוְעַתָּ֣הve.'a.TahH6258callH7121untomealltheprophetsנְבִיאֵ֣יne.vi.'EiH5030ofBaalהַבַּ֡עַלha.Ba.'alH1168,allhisworshippers,andallhispriestsכֹּהֲנָיו֩ko.ha.NavH3548;letnonebewanting:forIhaveagreatגָּד֥וֹלga.DolH1419sacrificeזֶ֨בַחZe.vachH2077todotoBaalלַבַּ֔עַלla.Ba.'alH1168; whosoevershallbewanting,heshallnotliveיִֽחְיֶ֑הyich.YehH2421.ButJehuוְיֵהוּא֙ve.ye.Hu'H3058diditinsubtlety,totheintentthathemightdestroyהַאֲבִ֖ידha.'a.VidH6theworshippersofBaalהַבָּֽעַל׃ha.Ba.'alH1168.

20AndJehuיֵה֗וּאye.Hu'H3058saidH559,SanctifyH6942asolemnH6116assemblyעֲצָרָ֛ה'a.tza.RahH6116forBaalלַבַּ֖עַלla.Ba.'alH1168.Andtheyproclaimedוַיִּקְרָֽאוּ׃vai.yik.Ra.'uH7121it.

21AndJehuיֵהוּא֙ye.Hu'H3058sentH7971throughallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478:andalltheworshippersofBaalהַבַּ֔עַלha.Ba.'alH1168cameH935,sothattherewasnotamanH376leftH7604thatcameH935not.AndtheycameH935intothehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofBaalהַבַּ֔עַלha.Ba.'alH1168;andthehouseבֵית־veit-H1004ofBaalהַבַּ֖עַלha.Ba.'alH1168wasfilledוַיִּמָּלֵ֥אvai.yi.ma.Le'H4390fromoneH376endtoanother.

22AndhesaidH559untohimthatwasoverthevestry,BringH3318forthH3318vestmentsforalltheworshippersofBaalהַבָּ֑עַלha.Ba.'alH1168.AndhebroughtH3318themforthH3318vestments.

23AndJehuיֵה֛וּאye.Hu'H3058wentH935,andJehonadabthesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofRechabרֵכָ֖בre.KhavH7394,intothehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofBaalהַבָּ֑עַלha.Ba.'alH1168;andhesaidH559untotheworshippersofBaalהַבַּ֗עַלha.Ba.'alH1168,Searchחַפְּשׂ֤וּcha.pe.SuH2664,andlookH7200thattherebehereפֹּ֤הpohH6311withyounoneoftheservantsמֵעַבְדֵ֣יme.'av.DeiH5650ofJehovah,buttheworshippersofBaalהַבַּ֖עַלha.Ba.'alH1168onlyH905.

24AndtheywentH935intooffersacrificesH2077andburnt-offerings.NowJehuוְיֵה֞וּאve.ye.Hu'H3058hadappointedH7760himfourscoremenאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376without,andsaidH559,Ifanyofthemenהָאִ֤ישׁha.'IshH376whomIbringH935intoyourhandsיְדֵיכֶ֔םye.dei.KhemH3027escapeיִמָּלֵט֙yi.ma.LetH4422,hethatlettethhimgoH935,hislifeנַפְשׁ֖וֹnaf.ShoH5315shallbeforthelifeנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃naf.ShoH5315ofhim.

25AnditcameH935topass,assoonashehadmadeH6213anendH3615ofofferingtheburnt-offering,thatJehuיֵ֠הוּאYe.hu'H3058saidH559totheguardandtothecaptains,GoH3318in,andslaythem;letnonecomeH935forthH3318.Andtheysmotethemwiththeedgeoftheswordחָ֑רֶבCha.revH2719;andtheguardandthecaptainscastH7993themout,andwentH3318tothecityעִ֥יר'irH5892ofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofBaalהַבָּֽעַל׃ha.Ba.'alH1168.

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