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2 Kings 18:1-5

1וַֽיְהִי֙vay.HiH1961In the thirdשָׁלֹ֔שׁsha.LoshH7969yearבִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.NatH8141of the reignמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Hosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַle.ho.She.a'H1954sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Elahאֵלָ֖ה'e.LahH425over Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֥הchiz.ki.YahH2396sonבֶן־ven-H1121of Ahazאָחָ֖ז'a.ChazH271became kingמָלַ֛ךְ מֶ֥לֶךְma.Lakh Me.lekhH4427 H4428of Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

2He wasהָיָ֣הha.YahH1961twenty-fiveעֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ'es.Rim ve.cha.MeshH6242 H2568years oldבֶּן־ שָׁנָה֙ben- sha.NahH1121 H8141when he became kingבְמָלְכ֔וֹve.ma.le.KhoH4427,and he reignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427in Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389twenty-nineוְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ve.'es.Rim va.Te.sha'H6242 H8672yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141.His mother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034was Abiאֲבִ֖י'a.ViH21,the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Zechariahזְכַרְיָֽה׃ze.khar.YahH2148.

3And he didוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213what wasrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477in the eyesבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,just asכְּכֹ֥לke.KholH3605אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834his fatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1Davidדָּוִ֥דda.VidH1732had doneעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213.

4ה֣וּא׀hu'H1931He removedהֵסִ֣ירhe.SirH5493אֶת־'et-H853the high placesהַבָּמ֗וֹתha.ba.MotH1116,shatteredוְשִׁבַּר֙ve.shi.BarH7665אֶת־'et-H853the sacred pillarsהַמַּצֵּבֹ֔תha.ma.tze.VotH4676,and cut downוְכָרַ֖תve.kha.RatH3772אֶת־'et-H853the Asherah polesהָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑הha.'a.she.RahH842.He also demolishedוְכִתַּת֩ve.khi.TatH3807the bronzeהַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁתha.ne.Cho.shetH5178snakeנְחַ֨שׁne.ChashH5175calledוַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-H7121Nehushtanנְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃ne.chush.TanH5180thatאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834Mosesמֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehH4872had madeעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213,forכִּ֣יkiH3588up toעַד־'ad-H5704thatהָהֵ֙מָּה֙ הָי֤וּha.He.mah ha.YuH1992 H1961timeהַיָּמִ֤יםhai.ya.MimH3117the Israelitesבְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ve.nei- Yis.ra.'ElH1121 H3478had burned incenseמְקַטְּרִ֣יםme.ka.te.RimH6999to it.

5Hezekiah trustedבָּטָ֑חba.TachH982in the LORDבַּיהוָ֥הba.Yah.wehH3068,the Godאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478.Noלֹא־lo'-H3808kingמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063וַאֲשֶׁ֥רva.'a.SherH834הָיָ֣הha.YahH1961wasהָי֖וּha.YuH1961like himכָמֹ֗הוּ בְּכֹל֙kha.Mo.hu be.KholH3644 H3605,either before himלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440or after himוְאַחֲרָ֞יוve.'a.cha.RavH310.

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