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2 Chronicles 18:3-5

3Ahabאַחְאָ֣ב'ach.'AvH256kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478askedוַיֹּ֜אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559אֶל־'el-H413Jehoshaphatיְהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙ye.ho.sha.FatH3092kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, “Will you goהֲתֵלֵ֥ךְha.te.LekhH1980with meעִמִּ֖י'i.MiH5973against Ramoth-gileadרָמֹ֣ת גִּלְעָ֑דra.Mot gil.'AdH7418 H1568?”And Jehoshaphat repliedוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Iכָּמ֤וֹנִיka.Mo.niH3644amas youכָמ֙וֹךָ֙kha.Mo.khaH3644are,and my peopleוּכְעַמְּךָ֣u.khe.'a.me.KhaH5971areyour peopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971; we will joinyouוְעִמְּךָ֖ve.'i.me.KhaH5973in the warבַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ba.mil.cha.MahH4421.”

4But Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טye.ho.sha.FatH3092also saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toאֶל־'el-H413the kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, “Pleaseנָ֥אna'H4994inquireדְּרָשׁ־de.rosh-H1875firstכַיּ֖וֹםkhai.YomH3117אֶת־'et-H853for the wordדְּבַ֥רde.VarH1697of the LORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.”

5So the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֥לYis.ra.'ElH3478אֶֽת־'et-H853assembledוַיִּקְבֹּ֨ץvai.yik.BotzH6908the prophetsהַנְּבִאִים֮ha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,fourאַרְבַּ֣ע'ar.Ba'H702hundredמֵא֣וֹתme.'otH3967menאִישׁ֒'ishH376,and asked themוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Should we goהֲנֵלֵ֞ךְha.ne.LekhH1980to warלַמִּלְחָמָ֖הla.mil.cha.MahH4421againstאֲלֵהֶ֗ם'a.le.HemH413אֶל־'el-H413Ramoth-gileadרָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָ֛דra.Mot gil.'AdH7418 H1568,orאִם־'im-H518should we refrainאֶחְדָּ֑ל'ech.DalH2308?” “Go upעֲלֵ֔ה'a.LehH5927,”they repliedוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “and Godהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430will deliver itוְיִתֵּ֥ןve.yi.TenH5414into the handבְּיַ֥דbe.YadH3027of the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.”

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