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2 Kings 21

1Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֣הme.na.ShehH4519wastwelveyearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427fiveוְחָמֵשׁ֙ve.cha.MeshH2568andfiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁ֤יםva.cha.mi.ShimH2572yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389:andhismother’sאִמּ֖וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034wasHephzibah.

2Andhedidthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah, aftertheabominationsכְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת֙ke.to.'a.VotH8441ofthenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471whomJehovahcastoutbeforethechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

3ForhebuiltH1129againthehighהַבָּמ֔וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116whichHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396hisfatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1haddestroyedאִבַּ֖ד'i.BadH6;andherearedupaltarsמִזְבְּחֹ֜תmiz.be.ChotH4196forBaalלַבַּ֗עַלla.Ba.'alH1168,andmadeH6213anAsherahאֲשֵׁרָה֙'a.she.RahH842,asdidAhabאַחְאָב֙'ach.'AvH256kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andworshippedallthehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,andservedH5647them.

4AndhebuiltH1129altarsמִזְבְּחֹ֖תmiz.be.ChotH4196inthehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004ofJehovah, whereofJehovahsaidH559,InJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389willIputאָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimH7760mynameשְׁמִֽי׃she.MiH8034.

5AndhebuiltH1129altarsמִזְבְּח֖וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196forallthehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064inthetwoבִּשְׁתֵּ֖יbish.TeiH8147courtsofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofJehovah.

6AndhemadeH6213hissonבְּנוֹ֙be.NoH1121topassוְהֶעֱבִ֤ירve.he.'e.VirH5674throughthefireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784,andpractised augury,andusedenchantments,anddealtwiththemthathadfamiliar spirits,andwithwizards:hewroughtmuchH7235evilהָרַ֛עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,toprovokeלְהַכְעִֽיס׃le.hakh.'IsH3707himtoangerH3707.

7AndhesetH7760thegravenimageפֶּ֥סֶלPe.selH6459ofAsherahהָאֲשֵׁרָ֖הha.'a.she.RahH842,thathehadmadeH6213,inthehouseבַּבַּ֗יִתba.Ba.yitH1004ofwhichJehovahsaidH559toDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732andtoSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohH8010hissonבְנ֔וֹve.NoH1121,Inthishouseבַּבַּ֨יִתba.Ba.yitH1004,andinJerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֗םu.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389,whichIhavechosenH977outofallthetribesH7626ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,willIputH7760mynameשְׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034foreverלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769;

8neitherwillIcausethefeetרֶ֣גֶלRe.gelH7272ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478towanderלְהָנִיד֙le.ha.NidH5110anymoreH4480outofthelandH127whichIgaveH5414theirfathersH1,ifonlyרַ֣ק׀rakH7535theywillobserveH8104todoaccordingtoallthatIhavecommandedצִוִּיתִ֔יםtzi.vi.TimH6680them,andaccordingtoallthelawהַ֨תּוֹרָ֔הha.to.RahH8451thatmyservantעַבְדִּ֥י'av.DiH5650Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680them.

9Buttheyhearkenednot:andManassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehH4519seducedthemtodothatwhichisevilהָרָ֔עha.Ra'H7451moreמִן־min-H4480thandidthenationsהַ֨גּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471whomJehovahdestroyedהִשְׁמִ֣ידhish.MidH8045beforethechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

10AndJehovahspakebyhisservantsעֲבָדָ֥יו'a.va.DavH5650theprophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֖יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

11BecauseManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֤הme.na.ShehH4519kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063hathdonetheseabominationsהַתֹּעֵב֣וֹתha.to.'e.VotH8441,andhathdonewickedlyaboveallthattheAmoritesH567did,thatwerebeforehim,andhathmadeH6213Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063alsoגַֽם־gam-H1571tosinוַיַּחֲטִ֥אvai.ya.cha.Ti'H2398withhisidolsבְּגִלּוּלָֽיו׃ פbe.gi.lu.LavH1544;

12thereforeלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saithJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Behold,Ibringמֵבִ֣יאme.Vi'H935suchevilH7451uponJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389andJudahוִֽיהוּדָ֑הvi.hu.DahH3063,thatwhosoever hearethofit,bothhisearsאָזְנָֽיו׃'a.ze.NavH241shalltingleתִּצַּ֖לְנָהti.Tzal.nahH6750.

13AndIwillstretchוְנָטִ֣יתִיve.na.Ti.tiH5186overJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389thelineofSamariaשֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111,andtheplummetofthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofAhabאַחְאָ֑ב'ach.'AvH256;andIwillwipeH4229Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389asaman wipethadishH6747, wipingitandturningוְהָפַ֖ךְve.ha.FakhH2015itupsidedownH5186.

14AndIwillcastofftheremnantשְׁאֵרִ֣יתshe.'e.RitH7611ofmineinheritanceנַחֲלָתִ֔יna.cha.la.TiH5159,anddeliverthemintothehandבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027oftheirenemiesאֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֑ם'o.ye.vei.HemH341;andtheyshallbecomeוְהָי֥וּve.ha.YuH1961apreyH957andaspoilלְבַ֛זle.VazH957toalltheirenemiesאֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃'o.ye.vei.HemH341;

15becausetheyhavedonethatwhichisevilהָרַע֙ha.Ra'H7451inmysight,andhaveprovokedH3707metoangerמַכְעִסִ֖יםmakh.'i.SimH3707,sincethedayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117theirfathersH1cameforthH3318outofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,evenuntothisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

16MoreoverManassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehH4519shedשָׁפַ֤ךְsha.FakhH8210innocentנָקִ֜יna.KiH5355bloodדָּ֨םdamH1818veryמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966muchהַרְבֵּ֣הhar.BehH7235,tillhehadfilledמִלֵּ֥אmi.Le'H4390Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389fromoneendtoanother;besideshissinהֶחֱטִ֣יאhe.che.Ti'H2398wherewithhemadeH6213Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063tosinH2398,indoingthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah.

17Nowtherestוְיֶ֨תֶרve.Ye.terH3499oftheactsofManassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehH4519,andallthathedid,andhissinH2398thathesinnedH2398,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthechroniclesofthekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063?

18AndManassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehH4519sleptwithhisfathersH1,andwasburiedH6912inthegardenבְּגַן־be.gan-H1588ofhisownhouseבֵּית֖וֹbei.ToH1004,inthegardenבְּגַן־be.gan-H1588ofUzza:andAmonאָמ֥וֹן'a.MonH526hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

19Amonאָמ֣וֹן'a.MonH526wastwentyעֶשְׂרִ֨ים'es.RimH6242andtwoוּשְׁתַּ֤יִםu.she.Ta.yimH8147yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427twoוּשְׁתַּ֣יִםu.she.Ta.yimH8147yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389:andhismother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasMeshullemeththedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofHaruzofJotbah.

20Andhedidthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,asdidManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֥הme.na.ShehH4519hisfatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1.

21Andhewalkedוַיֵּ֕לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980inallthewayהַדֶּ֖רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870thathisfatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1walkedהָלַ֣ךְha.LakhH1980in,andservedH5647theidolsהַגִּלֻּלִים֙ha.gi.lu.LimH1544thathisfatherאָבִ֔יו'a.VivH1servedH5647,andworshippedthem:

22andheforsookJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofhisfathersH1,andwalkedהָלַ֖ךְha.LakhH1980notinthewayבְּדֶ֥רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofJehovah.

23Andtheservantsעַבְדֵֽי־'av.dei-H5650ofAmonאָמ֖וֹן'a.MonH526conspiredagainsthim,andputH4191thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428todeathH4191inhisownhouseבְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃be.vei.ToH1004.

24Butthepeopleעַם־'am-H5971ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776slewallthemthathadconspiredagainstkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Amonאָמ֑וֹן'a.MonH526;andthepeopleעַם־'am-H5971ofthelandהָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzH776madeJosiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977hissonבְנ֖וֹve.NoH1121kingH4428inhisstead.

25Nowtherestוְיֶ֛תֶרve.Ye.terH3499oftheactsofAmonאָמ֖וֹן'a.MonH526whichhedid,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthechroniclesofthekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063?

26AndhewasburiedH6912inhissepulchreinthegardenבְּגַן־be.gan-H1588ofUzza:andJosiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977hissonבְנ֖וֹve.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

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