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2 Chronicles 12:2-5

2וַיְהִ֞יvay.HiH1961In the fifthהַֽחֲמִישִׁית֙ha.cha.mi.ShitH2549yearבַּשָּׁנָ֤הba.sha.NahH8141of Rehoboam’sרְחַבְעָ֔םre.chav.'AmH7346reignלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428,becauseכִּ֥יkiH3588they had been unfaithfulמָעֲל֖וּma.'a.LuH4603to the LORDבַּיהוָֽה׃ba.Yah.wehH3068,Shishakשִׁישַׁ֥קshi.ShakH7895kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Egyptמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714attackedעָלָ֛ה עַל־'a.Lah 'al-H5927 H5921Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389

3with 1,200בְּאֶ֤לֶף וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙be.'E.lef u.ma.Ta.yimH505 H3967chariotsרֶ֔כֶבRe.khevH7393,60,000וּבְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶףu.ve.shi.Shim 'E.lefH8346 H505horsemenפָּרָשִׁ֑יםpa.ra.ShimH6571,and countlessוְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֗רve.'Ein mis.ParH369 H4557troopsלָעָ֞םla.'AmH5971whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834cameבָּ֤אוּBa.'uH935with himעִמּוֹ֙i.MoH5973out of Egyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714—Libyansלוּבִ֥יםlu.VimH3864,Sukkitesסֻכִּיִּ֖יםsu.ki.YimH5525,and Cushitesוְכוּשִֽׁים׃ve.khu.ShimH3569.

4He capturedוַיִּלְכֹּ֛דvai.yil.KodH3920אֶת־'et-H853the fortifiedהַמְּצֻר֖וֹתha.me.tzu.RotH4694אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834citiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892of Judahלִֽיהוּדָ֑הli.hu.DahH3063and cameוַיָּבֹ֖אvai.ya.Vo'H935as far asעַד־'ad-H5704Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

5Then Shemaiahוּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤הu.she.ma'.YahH8098the prophetהַנָּבִיא֙ha.na.Vi'H5030cameבָּ֣אba'H935toאֶל־'el-H413Rehoboamרְחַבְעָ֔םre.chav.'AmH7346and the leadersוְשָׂרֵ֣יve.sa.ReiH8269of Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834had gatheredנֶאֶסְפ֥וּne.'es.FuH622atאֶל־'el-H413Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389because ofמִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.NeiH6440Shishakשִׁישָׁ֑קshi.ShakH7895,and he said toוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559them, “This is whatכֹּה־koh-H3541the LORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068saysאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559: ‘Youאַתֶּם֙'a.TemH859have forsaken Meעֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם'a.zav.TemH5800אֹתִ֔י'o.TiH853;thereforeוְאַף־ve.'af-H637,Iאֲנִ֛י'a.NiH589have forsakenעָזַ֥בְתִּי'a.Zav.tiH5800youאֶתְכֶ֖ם'et.KhemH853into the handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of Shishakשִׁישָֽׁק׃shi.ShakH7895.’”

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