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2 Kings 24

1Inhisdaysבְּיָמָ֣יוbe.ya.MavH3117Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֖רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֑לba.VelH894cameup,andJehoiakimיְהוֹיָקִ֥יםye.ho.ya.KimH3079becameH1961hisservantH5650threeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141:thenheturnedוַיָּ֖שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725andrebelledH4775againsthim.

2AndJehovahsentH7971againsthimbandsגְּדוּדֵ֣יge.du.DeiH1416oftheChaldeansכַשְׂדִּים֩khas.DimH3778,andbandsגְּדוּדֵ֨יge.du.DeiH1416oftheSyrians,andbandsגְּדוּדֵ֣יge.du.DeiH1416oftheMoabites,andbandsגְּדוּדֵ֣יge.du.DeiH1416ofthechildrenofAmmonעַמּ֔וֹןa.MonH5983,andsentH7971themagainstJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֖הbi.hu.DahH3063todestroyלְהַֽאֲבִיד֑וֹle.ha.'a.vi.DoH6it,accordingtothewordכִּדְבַ֣רkid.VarH1697ofJehovah,whichhespakebyhisservantsעֲבָדָ֥יו'a.va.DavH5650theprophetsהַנְּבִיאִֽים׃ha.ne.vi.'ImH5030.

3Surelyאַ֣ךְ׀'akhH389atthecommandmentofJehovahcamethisuponJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֔הbi.hu.DahH3063,toremoveלְהָסִ֖ירle.ha.SirH5493themoutofhissight,forthesinsבְּחַטֹּ֣אתbe.cha.TotH2403ofManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֔הme.na.ShehH4519,accordingtoallthathedid,

4andalsoוְגַ֤םve.GamH1571fortheinnocentהַנָּקִי֙ha.na.KiH5355bloodדַּֽם־dam-H1818thatheshedשָׁפָ֔ךְsha.FakhH8210;forhefilledוַיְמַלֵּ֥אvay.ma.Le'H4390Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389withinnocentנָקִ֑יna.KiH5355bloodדָּ֣םdamH1818:andJehovahwouldאָבָ֥ה'a.VahH14notpardon.

5Nowtherestוְיֶ֛תֶרve.Ye.terH3499oftheactsofJehoiakimיְהוֹיָקִ֖יםye.ho.ya.KimH3079,andallthathedid,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthechroniclesofthekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063?

6SoJehoiakimיְהוֹיָקִ֖יםye.ho.ya.KimH3079sleptwithhisfathersH1;andJehoiachinיְהוֹיָכִ֥יןye.ho.ya.KhinH3078hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

7Andthekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714camenotagainעוֹד֙'OdH5750anymoreoutofhislandמֵֽאַרְצ֑וֹme.'ar.TzoH776;forthekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֗לba.VelH894hadtakenH3947,fromthebrookofEgyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714untotheriverנְהַר־ne.har-H5104Euphratesפְּרָ֔תpe.RatH6578,allthatpertainedtothekingלְמֶ֥לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃ פmitz.Ra.yimH4714.

8Jehoiachinיְהוֹיָכִ֣יןye.ho.ya.KhinH3078waseighteenyearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389threeוּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הu.she.lo.ShahH7969monthsחֳדָשִׁ֔יםcho.da.ShimH2320:andhismother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasNehushtathedaughterבַת־vat-H1323ofElnathanאֶלְנָתָ֖ן'el.na.TanH494ofJerusalemמִירוּשָׂלִָֽם׃mi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

9Andhedidthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah, accordingtoallthathisfatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1haddone.

10Atthattimeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256theservantsעַבְדֵ֛י'av.DeiH5650ofNebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֥רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894cameH935uptoJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,andthecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892wasbesieged.

11AndNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֥רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894cameH935untothecityהָעִ֑ירha.'IrH5892,whilehisservantsוַעֲבָדָ֖יוva.'a.va.DavH5650werebesiegingit;

12andJehoiachinיְהוֹיָכִ֤יןye.ho.ya.KhinH3078thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063wentH3318outtothekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894,he,andhismotherוְאִמּ֔וֹve.'i.MoH517,andhisservantsוַעֲבָדָ֖יוva.'a.va.DavH5650,andhisprincesH8269,andhisofficers:andthekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894tookH3947himintheeighthyearבִּשְׁנַ֥תbish.NatH8141ofhisreignלְמָלְכֽוֹ׃le.ma.le.KhoH4427.

13AndhecarriedoutthenceallthetreasuresH214ofthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJehovah,andthetreasuresH214oftheking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004,andcutוַיְקַצֵּ֞ץvay.ka.TzetzH7112inpiecesallthevesselsH3627ofgoldהַזָּהָ֗בha.za.HavH2091,whichSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֤הshe.lo.MohH8010kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478hadmadeH6213inthetempleofJehovah,asJehovahhadsaidH1696.

14AndhecarriedawayallJerusalemיְ֠רוּשָׁלִַםYe.ru.sha.limH3389,andalltheprincesH8269,andallthemightyגִּבּוֹרֵ֣יgi.bo.ReiH1368menH1368ofvalor,eventenעֲשֶׂ֤רֶתa.sa.rahH6235thousandאֲלָפִים֙'a.la.FimH505captives,andallthecraftsmenH2796andthesmithsוְהַמַּסְגֵּ֑רve.ha.mas.GerH4525;noneremainedH7604, savethepoorest sortofthepeopleעַם־'am-H5971ofthelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

15AndhecarriedawayJehoiachinיְהוֹיָכִ֖יןye.ho.ya.KhinH3078toBabylonבָּבֶ֑לָהba.Ve.lahH894;andtheking’sהַ֠מֶּלֶךְHa.Me.lekhH4428motherאֵ֣ם'emH517,andtheking’sהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428wivesH802,andhisofficers,andthechief menofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,carriedheintocaptivityfromJerusalemמִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םmi.ru.sha.LimH3389toBabylonבָּבֶֽלָה׃ba.Ve.lahH894.

16AndallthemenH376ofmight,evensevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651thousandאֲלָפִ֗ים'a.la.FimH505,andthecraftsmenH2796andthesmithsוְהַמַּסְגֵּר֙ve.ha.mas.GerH4525athousandאֶ֔לֶף'E.lefH505,allofthemstrongandaptforwarמִלְחָמָ֑הmil.cha.MahH4421,eventhemthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֛לba.VelH894broughtH935captivetoBabylonבָּבֶֽלָה׃ba.Ve.lahH894.

17Andthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֛לba.VelH894madeMattaniahמַתַּנְיָ֥הma.tan.YahH4983,Jehoiachin’sfather’s brother,kingH4428inhisstead,andchangedH5437hisnameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034toZedekiahצִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃ פtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667.

18Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667wastwentyעֶשְׂרִ֨ים'es.RimH6242andoneH259yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427elevenyearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389:andhismother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasHamutalחֲמוּטַ֥לcha.mi.talH2537thedaughterבַּֽת־bat-H1323ofJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414ofLibnahמִלִּבְנָֽה׃mi.liv.NahH3841.

19Andhedidthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah, accordingtoallthatJehoiakimיְהוֹיָקִֽים׃ye.ho.ya.KimH3079haddone.

20Forthroughtheangerאַ֣ף'afH639ofJehovahdiditcometopassinJerusalemבִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙vi.ru.sha.LimH3389andJudahוּבִ֣יהוּדָ֔הu.Vi.hu.DahH3063,untilhehadcastH7993themoutfromhispresenceH6440.AndZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667rebelledH4775againstthekingבְּמֶ֥לֶךְbe.Me.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶֽל׃ סba.VelH894.

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