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1 Chronicles 19:6-18

6AndthechildrenofAmmonעַמּ֔וֹןa.MonH5983sawH7200thattheyhadmadethemselvesodiousהִֽתְבָּאֲשׁ֖וּhit.ba.'a.ShuH887toDavidדָּוִ֑ידda.VidH1732;andHanunחָ֠נוּןCha.nunH2586andthechildrenofAmmonעַמּ֜וֹןa.MonH5983sentH7971athousandאֶ֣לֶף'E.lefH505talentsכִּכַּר־ki.kar-H3603ofsilverכֶּ֗סֶףKe.sefH3701tohireלִשְׂכֹּ֣רlis.KorH7936themchariotsH7393andhorsemenוּפָרָשִֽׁים׃u.fa.ra.ShimH6571outofMesopotamia,andfromtheSyriansofMaacahמַעֲכָה֙ma.'a.KhahH4601,andfromZobahוּמִצּוֹבָ֔הu.mi.tzo.VahH6678.

7AndtheyhiredH7936thirty-twothousandאֶ֜לֶף'E.lefH505chariotsרֶ֗כֶבRe.khevH7393,andthekingמֶ֤לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofMaacahמַעֲכָה֙ma.'a.KhahH4601andhispeopleעַמּ֔וֹa.MoH5971;andtheycameH935andencampedוַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.NuH2583beforeMedebaמֵידְבָ֑אmeid.Va'H4311.AndthechildrenofAmmonעַמּ֗וֹןa.MonH5983gatheredנֶאֶסְפוּ֙ne.'es.FuH622togetherfromtheircitiesמֵעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔םme.'A.rei.HemH5892,andcameH935tobattleלַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ פla.mil.cha.MahH4421.

8AndDavidדָּוִ֑ידda.VidH1732heardH8085[ofit],andhesentH7971Joabיוֹאָ֔בyo.'AvH3097,andallthehostH6635,themightyH1368menH1368.

9AndthechildrenofAmmonעַמּ֔וֹןa.MonH5983cameבָּ֔אוּBa.'uH935out,andputthebattleמִלְחָמָ֖הmil.cha.MahH4421inarrayattheentranceפֶּ֣תַחPe.tachH6607ofthecityהָעִ֑ירha.'IrH5892;andthekingsוְהַמְּלָכִ֣יםve.ha.me.la.KhimH4428thathadcomeH935werebythemselvesonthefieldH7704.

10AndJoabיוֹאָ֗בyo.'AvH3097sawH7200thatthefrontofthebattleהַמִּלְחָמָ֛הha.mil.cha.MahH4421wasH1961againsthimbeforeandbehind;andhechoseH977outofallthechoicemenH970ofIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,andputtheminarrayagainsttheSyrians;

11andtherestיֶ֣תֶרYe.terH3499ofthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971hegaveH5414intothehandבְּיַ֖דbe.YadH3027ofAbishaiאַבְשַׁ֣י'av.ShaiH52hisbrotherאָחִ֑יו'a.ChivH251,andtheysetH5414themselvesinarrayagainstthechildrenofAmmonעַמּֽוֹן׃a.MonH5983.

12AndhesaidH559,IftheSyriansbeH1961toostrongתֶּחֱזַ֤קte.che.ZakH2388forme,thenthou shalthelpme;andifthechildrenofAmmonעַמּ֛וֹןa.MonH5983beH1961toostrongיֶֽחֶזְק֥וּye.chez.KuH2388forthee,thenIwillhelpthee.

13BestrongH2388,andletusshewourselvesvaliantforourpeopleעַמֵּ֔נוּ'a.Me.nuH5971,andforthecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892ofourGodאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430;andJehovahwilldowhatisgoodהַטּ֥וֹבha.TovH2896inhissight.

14AndJoabיוֹאָ֜בyo.'AvH3097andthepeopleוְהָעָ֧םve.ha.'AmH5971thatwerewithhimdrewH5066nearinfrontoftheSyrianstothebattleלַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.MahH4421;andtheyfledH5127beforehim.

15AndwhenthechildrenofAmmonעַמּ֤וֹןa.MonH5983sawH7200thattheSyriansfledH5127,theylikewisefledH5127beforeAbishaiאַבְשַׁ֣י'av.ShaiH52hisbrotherאָחִ֔יו'a.ChivH251,andenteredintothecityהָעִ֑ירָהha.'I.rahH5892.AndJoabיוֹאָ֖בyo.'AvH3097cameH935toJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ פye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

16AndwhentheSyrianssawH7200thattheywereroutedbeforeIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֒Yis.ra.'ElH3478,theysentH7971messengersמַלְאָכִ֔יםmal.'a.KhimH4397,anddrewforthH3318theSyriansthatwerebeyondtheriverהַנָּהָ֑רha.na.HarH5104;andShophachוְשׁוֹפַ֛ךְve.sho.FakhH7780thecaptainofthehostH6635ofHadarezer [wentH3318]beforethem.

17AnditwastoldH5046Davidלְדָוִ֗ידle.da.VidH1732;andhegatheredוַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622allIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,andpassedH5674overtheJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383,andcameH935uponthem,andset[thebattleמִלְחָמָ֔הmil.cha.MahH4421]inarrayagainstthem.AndDavidדָּוִ֜ידda.VidH1732putthebattleH4421inarrayagainsttheSyrians,andtheyfoughtH3898withhim.

18AndtheSyriansfledH5127frombeforeIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֒Yis.ra.'ElH3478;andDavidדָּוִ֜ידda.VidH1732slewH2026oftheSyrianssevenשִׁבְעַ֤תshiv.'AtH7651thousandאֲלָפִים֙'a.la.FimH505[in]chariotsH7393,andfortyוְאַרְבָּעִ֥יםve.'ar.ba.'ImH705thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505footmen,andslewH2026Shophachשׁוֹפַ֥ךְsho.FakhH7780thecaptainofthehostH6635.

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