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2 Kings 12:5-8

5Let everyמֵאֵ֣תme.'EtH376 H854priestH3548receiveיִקְח֤וּyik.ChuH3947itfrom his constituencyמַכָּר֑וֹma.ka.RoH4378,and let it be usedוְהֵ֗םve.HemH1992to repairיְחַזְּקוּ֙ye.cha.ze.KuH2388אֶת־'et-H853any damageH3605 H834 H919foundיִמָּצֵ֥אyi.ma.Tze'H4672in the templeשָׁ֖םshamH1004 H8033.”

6By the twenty-thirdבִּשְׁנַ֨ת עֶשְׂרִ֧ים וְשָׁלֹ֛שׁbish.Nat 'es.Rim ve.sha.LoshH6242 H7969 H8141yearשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141of the reignלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428of Joashיְהוֹאָ֑שׁye.ho.'AshH3060,howeverוַיְהִ֗יvay.HiH1961,the priestsH3548H853had not yetלֹֽא־lo'-H3808repairedH2388the damageH919to the templeH1004.

7So KingH4428JoashH3060calledוַיִּקְרָא֩vai.yik.Ra'H7121Jehoiadaלִיהוֹיָדָ֤עli.ho.ya.Da'H3077H3548and the other priestsH3548and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֔םvai.Yo.mer 'a.le.HemH559 H413, “Whyמַדּ֛וּעַma.Du.a'H4069have you notאֵינְכֶ֥ם'ein.KhemH369repairedH2388H853the damageH919to the templeH1004?Now, thereforeוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258,takeתִּקְחוּ־tik.chu-H3947no moreאַל־'al-H408moneyכֶ֙סֶף֙khe.sefH3701fromמֵאֵ֣תme.'EtH854your constituencyמַכָּֽרֵיכֶ֔םma.ka.rei.KhemH4378,butכִּֽי־ki-H3588hand it overתִּתְּנֻֽהוּ׃ti.te.Nu.huH5414for the repairH919of the templeH1004.”

8So the priestsH3548agreedוַיֵּאֹ֖תוּvai.ye.'O.tuH225that they would notלְבִלְתִּ֤יle.vil.TiH1115receiveH3947moneyH3701fromH854the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971and that they would notוּלְבִלְתִּ֥יu.le.vil.TiH1115repairH2388the temple themselvesH853 H919 H1004.

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