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2 Chronicles 10:6-8

6Then Kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Rehoboamרְחַבְעָ֗םre.chav.'AmH7346consultedוַיִּוָּעַ֞ץvai.yi.va.'AtzH3289withאֶת־'et-H854the eldersהַזְּקֵנִים֙ha.ze.ke.NimH2205whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834had servedהָי֣וּ עֹֽמְדִ֗ים לִפְנֵי֙ha.Yu 'o.me.Dim lif.NeiH1961 H5975 H6440his fatherאָבִ֔יו'a.VivH1Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohH8010duringבִּֽהְיֹת֥וֹbih.yo.ToH1961his lifetimeחַ֖יchaiH2416. “Howאֵ֚יךְ'eikhH349do youאַתֶּ֣ם'a.TemH859advise meנֽוֹעָצִ֔יםno.'a.TzimH3289to respondלְהָשִׁ֥יב דָּבָֽר׃le.ha.Shiv da.VarH7725 H1697to theseהַזֶּ֖הha.ZehH2088peopleלָֽעָם־la.'om-H5971?”he askedלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559.

7They repliedוַיְדַבְּר֨וּvay.da.be.RuH1696אֵלָ֜יו'e.LavH413לֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, “Ifאִם־'im-H518you will beתִּֽהְיֶ֨הtih.YehH1961kindלְט֜וֹבle.TovH2896to theseהַזֶּה֙ha.ZehH2088peopleלְהָעָ֤םle.ha.'AmH5971and please themוּרְצִיתָ֔םu.re.tzi.TamH7521by speakingוְדִבַּרְתָּ֥ve.di.bar.TaH1696kindטוֹבִ֑יםto.VimH2896wordsדְּבָרִ֣יםde.va.RimH1697to themאֲלֵהֶ֖ם'a.le.HemH413,they will beוְהָי֥וּve.ha.YuH1961yourservantsעֲבָדִ֖ים'a.va.DimH5650foreverכָּל־ הַיָּמִֽים׃kol- hai.ya.MimH3605 H3117.”

8But Rehoboam rejectedוַֽיַּעֲזֹ֛בvai.ya.'a.ZoH5800אֶת־'et-H853the adviceעֲצַ֥ת'a.TzatH6098of the eldersהַזְּקֵנִ֖יםha.ze.ke.NimH2205אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834יְעָצֻ֑הוּye.'a.Tzu.huH3289;instead, he consultedוַיִּוָּעַ֗ץvai.yi.va.'AtzH3289אֶת־'et-H854the young menהַיְלָדִים֙hay.la.DimH3206whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834had grown upגָּדְל֣וּga.de.LuH1431with himאִתּ֔וֹ'i.ToH854and servedהָעֹמְדִ֖יםha.'o.me.DimH5975himלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440.

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