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2 Kings 18:1-12

1Nowitcametopassinthethirdyearבִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.NatH8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַle.ho.She.a'H1954sonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofElahאֵלָ֖ה'e.LahH425kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,thatHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֥הchiz.ki.YahH2396thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAhazאָחָ֖ז'a.ChazH271kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063begantoreignH4427.

2Twentyעֶשְׂרִ֨ים'es.RimH6242andfiveוְחָמֵ֤שׁve.cha.MeshH2568yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldwashewhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427twentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםve.'es.RimH6242andnineוָתֵ֙שַׁע֙va.Te.sha'H8672yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389:andhismother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasAbithedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofZechariahזְכַרְיָֽה׃ze.khar.YahH2148.

3Andhedidthatwhichwasrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477intheeyesבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869ofJehovah, accordingtoallthatDavidדָּוִ֥דda.VidH1732hisfatherH1haddone.

4HeremovedH5493thehighהַבָּמ֗וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116,andbrakethepillarsהַמַּצֵּבֹ֔תha.ma.tze.VotH4676,andcutוְכָרַ֖תve.kha.RatH3772downtheAsherahהָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑הha.'a.she.RahH842:andhebrakeinpiecesthebrazenserpentthatMosesמֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehH4872hadmadeH6213;foruntothosedaysהַיָּמִ֤יםhai.ya.MimH3117thechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478didburnincenseH6999toit;andhecalledוַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-H7121itNehushtan.

5Hetrustedבָּטָ֑חba.TachH982inJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478;sothatafterhimwasH1961nonelikehimamongallthekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,noramongthemthatwerebeforehim.

6ForheclavetoJehovah;hedepartedH5493notfromfollowinghim,butkeptH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֔יוmitz.vo.TavH4687,whichJehovahcommandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872.

7AndJehovahwasH1961withhim; whithersoeverhewentH3318forthH3318heprospered:andherebelledH4775againstthekingבְּמֶֽלֶךְ־be.Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804,andservedH5647himnot.

8HesmotethePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֛יםpe.lish.TimH6430untoGazaעַזָּ֖ה'a.ZahH5804andthebordersH1366thereof,fromthetowerמִמִּגְדַּ֥לmi.mig.DalH4026ofthewatchmenנוֹצְרִ֖יםnotz.RimH5341tothefortifiedcityעִ֥יר'irH5892.

9Anditcametopassinthefourthהָֽרְבִיעִית֙ha.re.vi.'ItH7243yearבַּשָּׁנָ֤הba.sha.NahH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396,whichwasH1961theseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יתha.she.vi.'ItH7637yearהַשָּׁנָ֣הha.sha.NahH8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַle.ho.She.a'H1954sonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofElahאֵלָ֖ה'e.LahH425kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,thatShalmaneserשַׁלְמַנְאֶ֧סֶרshal.man.'E.serH8022kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804cameupagainstSamariaשֹׁמְר֖וֹןsho.me.RonH8111,andbesiegedit.

10Andattheendמִקְצֵה֙mik.TzehH7097ofthreeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141theytookH3920it:inthesixthyearבִּשְׁנַת־bish.nat-H8141ofHezekiahלְחִזְקִיָּ֑הle.chiz.ki.YahH2396,whichwastheninthyearשְׁנַת־she.nat-H8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙le.ho.She.a'H1954kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Samariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111wastakenH3920.

11Andthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804carriedIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478awayuntoAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּרָה'a.Shu.rahH804,andputtheminHalahבַּחְלַ֧חbach.LachH2477,andontheHaborוּבְחָב֛וֹרu.ve.cha.VorH2249,theriverנְהַ֥רne.HarH5104ofGozanגּוֹזָ֖ןgo.ZanH1470,andinthecitiesוְעָרֵ֥יve.'a.ReiH5892oftheMedes,

12becausetheyobeyednotthevoiceבְּקוֹל֙be.kOlH6963ofJehovahtheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430,buttransgressedhiscovenantבְּרִית֔וֹbe.ri.ToH1285,evenallthatMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872theservantעֶ֣בֶד'E.vedH5650ofJehovahcommandedצִוָּ֔הtzi.VahH6680,andwouldnothearH8085it,nordoit.

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