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1 Kings 15:9-15

9In the twentiethעֶשְׂרִ֔ים'es.RimH6242yearוּבִשְׁנַ֣תu.vish.NatH8141of Jeroboam’sלְיָרָבְעָ֖םle.ya.ra.ve.'AmH3379reignמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428over Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Asaאָסָ֖א'a.Sa'H609became kingמָלַ֥ךְ מֶ֥לֶךְma.Lakh Me.lekhH4427 H4428of Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063,

10and he reignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427in Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389forty-oneוְאַרְבָּעִ֤ים וְאַחַת֙ve.'ar.ba.'Im ve.'a.ChatH705 H259yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141.His grandmother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034was Maacahמַעֲכָ֖הma.'a.KhahH4601daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Abishalomאֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם׃'a.vi.sha.LomH53.

11And Asaאָסָ֛א'a.Sa'H609didוַיַּ֧עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213what was rightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477in the eyesבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,as his fatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1Davidכְּדָוִ֖דke.da.VidH1732had done.

12He banishedוַיַּעֲבֵ֥רvai.ya.'a.VerH5674the male shrine prostitutesהַקְּדֵשִׁ֖יםha.ke.de.ShimH6945fromמִן־min-H4480the landהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776and removedוַיָּ֙סַר֙vai.Ya.sarH5493אֶת־'et-H853allכָּל־kol-H3605the idolsהַגִּלֻּלִ֔יםha.gi.lu.LimH1544thatאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834his fathersאֲבֹתָֽיו׃'a.vo.TavH1had madeעָשׂ֖וּ'a.SuH6213.

13He alsoוְגַ֣ם׀ve.GamH1571אֶת־'et-H853removedוַיְסִרֶ֙הָ֙vay.si.Re.haH5493his grandmotherאִמּ֗וֹ'i.MoH517Maacahמַעֲכָ֣הma.'a.KhahH4601from her position as queen motherמִגְּבִירָ֔הmi.ge.vi.RahH1377becauseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834she had madeעָשְׂתָ֥ה'a.se.TahH6213a detestableמִפְלֶ֖צֶתmif.Le.tzetH4656Asherah poleלָאֲשֵׁרָ֑הla.'a.she.RahH842.Asaאָסָא֙'a.Sa'H609אֶת־'et-H853chopped downוַיִּכְרֹ֤תvai.yikh.RotH3772the poleמִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּmif.latz.TahH4656and burnedוַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ףvai.yis.RofH8313it in the Kidronקִדְרֽוֹן׃kid.RonH6939Valleyבְּנַ֥חַלbe.Na.chalH5158.

14The high placesוְהַבָּמ֖וֹתve.ha.ba.MotH1116were notלֹא־lo'-H3808removedסָ֑רוּSa.ruH5493,butרַ֣קrakH7535Asa’sאָסָ֗א'a.Sa'H609heartלְבַב־le.vav-H3824wasהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961fully devotedשָׁלֵ֛םsha.LemH8003toעִם־'im-H5973the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068allכָּל־kol-H3605his daysיָמָֽיו׃ya.MavH3117.

15And he broughtוַיָּבֵא֙vai.ya.Ve'H935אֶת־'et-H853into the houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068the silverכֶּ֥סֶףKe.sefH3701and goldוְזָהָ֖בve.za.HavH2091and the articlesוְכֵלִֽים׃ve.khe.LimH3627that heקָדְשֵׁ֣יka.de.SheiH6944and his fatherאָבִ֔יו'a.VivH1had dedicatedוְקָדְשֵׁ֖יve.ka.de.sheiH6944.

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