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2 Kings 21:1-9

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.

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