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1 Kings 16:15-18

15In the twenty-seventhבִּשְׁנַת֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וָשֶׁ֜בַעbish.Nat 'es.Rim va.She.va'H6242 H7651 H8141yearשָׁנָ֗הsha.NahH8141of Asa’sלְאָסָא֙le.'a.Sa'H609reignמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428over Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,Zimriזִמְרִ֛יzim.RiH2174reignedמָלַ֥ךְma.LakhH4427in Tirzahבְּתִרְצָ֑הbe.tir.TzahH8656for sevenשִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117.Now the troopsוְהָעָ֣םve.ha.'AmH5971were encampedחֹנִ֔יםcho.NimH2583againstעַֽל־'al-H5921Gibbethonגִּבְּת֖וֹןgi.be.TonH1405אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834of the Philistinesלַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃la.pe.lish.TimH6430,

16and the peopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971in the campהַחֹנִ֣ים לֵאמֹ֔רha.cho.Nim le.MorH2583 H559heardוַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvai.yish.Ma'H8085that Zimriזִמְרִ֔יzim.RiH2174had conspiredקָשַׁ֣רka.SharH7194אֶת־'et-H853against the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andוְגַ֖םve.GamH1571struck him downהִכָּ֣הhi.KahH5221.So there in the campבַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃Ba.ma.cha.NehH4264that veryהַה֖וּאha.Hu'H1931dayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117,allכָֽל־khol-H3605Israelיִ֠שְׂרָאֵלYis.ra.'elH3478אֶת־'et-H853proclaimed Omriעָמְרִ֨י'a.me.RiH6018,the commanderשַׂר־sar-H8269of the armyצָבָ֧אtza.Va'H6635,kingוַיַּמְלִ֣כוּvai.yam.Li.khuH4427overעַל־'al-H5921Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478.

17Then Omriעָמְרִ֛י'a.me.RiH6018andעִמּ֖וֹi.MoH5973allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605the Israelitesיִשְׂרָאֵ֥לYis.ra.'ElH3478marched upוַיַּעֲלֶ֥הvai.ya.'a.LehH5927from Gibbethonמִֽגִּבְּת֑וֹןmi.gi.be.TonH1405and besiegedוַיָּצֻ֖רוּ עַל־vai.ya.Tzu.ru 'al-H6696 H5921Tirzahתִּרְצָֽה׃tir.TzahH8656.

18וַיְהִ֞יvay.HiH1961When Zimriזִמְרִי֙zim.RiH2174sawכִּרְא֤וֹתkir.'otH7200thatכִּֽי־ki-H3588the cityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892was capturedנִלְכְּדָ֣הnil.ke.DahH3920,he enteredוַיָּבֹ֖א אֶל־vai.ya.Vo' 'el-H935 H413the citadelאַרְמ֣וֹן'ar.MonH759of the royalהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428palaceבֵּית־beit-H1004בֵּֽית־beit-H1004מֶ֛לֶךְMe.lekhH4428and burned it downוַיִּשְׂרֹ֨ף בָּאֵ֖שׁvai.yis.Rof ba.'EshH8313 H784upon himselfעָלָ֧יו'a.LavH5921אֶת־'et-H853.So he diedוַיָּמֹֽת׃vai.ya.MotH4191

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