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1 Kings 15

1Andintheeighteenthyearוּבִשְׁנַת֙u.vish.NatH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Jeroboamיָרָבְעָ֣םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNebatנְבָ֑טne.VatH5028beganAbijamאֲבִיָּ֖ם'a.vi.YamH38toreignH4427overJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

2Hereignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427threeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389;andhismother'snameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasMaachah,adaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofAbishalomאֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם׃'a.vi.sha.LomH53.

3Andhewalkedinallthesinsחַטֹּ֥אותcha.TotH2403ofhisfatherH1,whichhehaddonebeforehim;andhisheartלְבָב֤וֹle.va.VoH3824wasH1961notperfectH8003withJehovahhisGodאֱלֹהָ֔יו'e.lo.HavH430,astheheartכִּלְבַ֖בkil.VavH3824ofDavidדָּוִ֥דda.VidH1732hisfatherH1.

4ButforDavid'ssakeלְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anH4616JehovahhisGodאֱלֹהָ֥יו'e.lo.HavH430gaveH5414himalampנִ֖ירnirH5216inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389,settingH5414uphissonבְּנוֹ֙be.NoH1121afterhim,andestablishingJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389;

5becauseDavidדָוִ֛דda.VidH1732didthatwhichwasrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477inthesightofJehovah,andturnedH5493notasideסָ֞רsarH5493fromanythingthathecommandedצִוָּ֗הוּtzi.Va.huH6680himallthedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117ofhislife,exceptinthematterבִּדְבַ֖רbid.VarH1697ofUrijahtheHittiteהַחִתִּֽי׃ha.chi.TiH2850.

6AndtherehadbeenH1961warוּמִלְחָמָ֨הu.mil.cha.MahH4421betweenRehoboamרְחַבְעָ֛םre.chav.'AmH7346andJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֖םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379allthedaysיְמֵ֥יye.MeiH3117ofhislife.

7Andtherestוְיֶ֨תֶרve.Ye.terH3499oftheactsofAbijamאֲבִיָּם֙'a.vi.YamH38,andallthathedid,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthechroniclesofthekingsלְמַלְכֵ֣יle.mal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063?AndtherewasH1961warוּמִלְחָמָ֥הu.mil.cha.MahH4421betweenAbijamאֲבִיָּ֖ם'a.vi.YamH38andJeroboamיָרָבְעָֽם׃ya.ra.ve.'AmH3379.

8AndAbijamאֲבִיָּם֙'a.vi.YamH38sleptwithhisfathersH1;andtheyburiedH6912himinthecityבְּעִ֣ירbe.'IrH5892ofDavidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732.AndAsaאָסָ֥א'a.Sa'H609hissonבְנ֖וֹve.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

9Andinthetwentiethyearוּבִשְׁנַ֣תu.vish.NatH8141ofJeroboamלְיָרָבְעָ֖םle.ya.ra.ve.'AmH3379kingH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Asaאָסָ֖א'a.Sa'H609begantoreignH4427overJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063;

10andhereignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427forty-oneyearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389;andhismother'snameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasMaachah,daughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofAbishalomאֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם׃'a.vi.sha.LomH53.

11AndAsaאָסָ֛א'a.Sa'H609didwhatwasrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477inthesightofJehovah,asDavidכְּדָוִ֖דke.da.VidH1732hisfatherH1.

12AndheputawayH5493thesodomitesoutofthelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andremovedH5493alltheidolsהַגִּלֻּלִ֔יםha.gi.lu.LimH1544thathisfatherH1hadmadeH6213.

13Andalsoוְגַ֣ם׀ve.GamH1571Maachahhismotherאִמּ֗וֹ'i.MoH517heremovedH5493frombeingqueen,becauseshehadmadeH6213anidolfortheAsherahלָאֲשֵׁרָ֑הla.'a.she.RahH842;andAsaאָסָא֙'a.Sa'H609cutוַיִּכְרֹ֤תvai.yikh.RotH3772downheridol,andburnedוַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ףvai.yis.RofH8313itinthevalleyofKidronקִדְרֽוֹן׃kid.RonH6939.

14Butthehighוְהַבָּמ֖וֹתve.ha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116wereH1961notremovedH5493;onlyרַ֣קrakH7535, Asa'sheartלְבַב־le.vav-H3824wasH1961perfectH8003withJehovahallhisdaysיָמָֽיו׃ya.MavH3117.

15AndhebroughtH935intothehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJehovahthethingsקָדְשֵׁ֣יka.de.SheiH6944whichhisfatherאָבִ֔יו'a.VivH1haddedicated,andthethingsוְקָדְשֵׁ֖יve.ka.de.sheiH6944whichhehimselfhaddedicated,silverכֶּ֥סֶףKe.sefH3701andgoldוְזָהָ֖בve.za.HavH2091andvesselsH3627.

16AndtherewasH1961warוּמִלְחָמָ֨הu.mil.cha.MahH4421betweenAsaאָסָ֗א'a.Sa'H609andBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֥אba'.Sha'H1201kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478alltheirdaysיְמֵיהֶֽם׃ye.mei.HemH3117.

17AndBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֤אba'.Sha'H1201kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478cameH935upagainstJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,andbuiltH1129Ramahהָרָמָ֑הha.ra.MahH7414,inordertoletnonegoH3318outorcomeH935intoAsaלְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

18AndAsaאָ֠סָא'A.sa'H609tookH3947allthesilverהַכֶּ֨סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701andthegoldוְהַזָּהָ֜בve.ha.za.HavH2091thatwereleftH3498inthetreasuresH214ofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofJehovah,andinthetreasuresH214oftheking'shouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004,andgaveH5414themintothehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofhisservantsעֲבָדָ֑יו'a.va.DavH5650;andkingH4428Asaאָסָ֗א'a.Sa'H609sentH7971themtoBen-HadadH1130,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofTabrimmon,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHezion,kingH4428ofSyria,whodweltH3427atDamascusבְּדַמֶּ֖שֶׂקbe.da.Me.sekH1834,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

19Thereisaleaguebetweenmeandthee, [as]betweenmyfatherאָבִ֖י'a.ViH1andthyfatherאָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1;behold,Isendשָׁלַ֨חְתִּֽיsha.Lach.tiH7971theeapresentofsilverכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701andgoldוְזָהָ֔בve.za.HavH2091:goוְיַעֲלֶ֖הve.ya.'a.LehH5927,breakהָפֵ֗רָהha.Fe.rahH6565thyleaguewithBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֣אba'.Sha'H1201kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,thathemaydepartfromme.

20AndBen-HadadH1130hearkenedtokingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Asaאָסָ֗א'a.Sa'H609,andsentH7971thecaptainsofhisforcesagainstthecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andsmoteIjonעִיּ֣וֹןi.YonH5859,andDanדָּ֔ןDanH1835,andAbel-Beth-Maachah,andallKinneroth,withallthelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofNaphtaliנַפְתָּלִֽי׃naf.ta.LiH5321.

21AnditcametopasswhenBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'H1201heardH8085ofit,thatheleftoffbuildingמִבְּנ֖וֹתmi.be.NotH1129Ramahהָֽרָמָ֑הha.ra.MahH7414,anddweltH3427inTirzahבְּתִרְצָֽה׃be.tir.TzahH8656.

22Andkingוְהַמֶּ֨לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428Asaאָסָ֜א'a.Sa'H609called togetherallJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063:nonewasexempted;andtheycarriedH5375awayH5375thestonesH68andthetimberfromRamahהָֽרָמָה֙ha.ra.MahH7414,withwhichBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֑אba'.Sha'H1201hadbeenbuildingH1129;andkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Asaאָסָ֔א'a.Sa'H609builtH1129withthemGebaגֶּ֥בַעGe.va'H1387ofBenjaminבִּנְיָמִ֖ןbin.ya.MinH1144,andMizpahהַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ha.mitz.PahH4709.

23Andtherestוְיֶ֣תֶרve.Ye.terH3499ofalltheactsofAsaאָ֠סָא'A.sa'H609,andallhismight,andallthathedid,andthecitiesוְהֶֽעָרִים֙ve.he.'a.RimH5892thathebuiltH1129,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthechroniclesofthekingsלְמַלְכֵ֣יle.mal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063?Onlyרַ֚קrakH7535,inthetimeלְעֵ֣תle.'EtH6256ofhisoldזִקְנָת֔וֹzik.na.ToH2209agehewasdiseasedinhisfeetH7272.

24AndAsaאָסָא֙'a.Sa'H609sleptwithhisfathersH1,andwasburiedH6912withhisfathersH1inthecityבְּעִ֖ירbe.'IrH5892ofDavidדָּוִ֣דda.VidH1732hisfatherH1.AndJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טye.ho.sha.FatH3092hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

25AndNadabוְנָדָ֣בve.na.DavH5070thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֗םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379begantoreignH4427overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478inthesecondyearבִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.NatH8141ofAsaלְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063;andhereignedH4427overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478twoשְׁתַּ֔יִםshe.Ta.yimH8147yearsשְׁנָתָֽיִם׃she.na.Ta.yimH8141.

26Andhedidevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,andwalkedinthewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofhisfatherאָבִ֔יו'a.VivH1,andinhissinהֶחֱטִ֖יאhe.che.Ti'H2398withwhichhemadeH6213Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478sinH2398.

27AndBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֤אba'.Sha'H1201thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAhijahאֲחִיָּה֙'a.chi.YahH281,ofthehouseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004ofIssacharיִשָּׂשכָ֔רyi.so.sh.KharH3485,conspiredagainsthim;andBaashaבַעְשָׁ֔אva'.Sha'H1201smotehimatGibbethonבְּגִבְּת֖וֹןbe.gi.be.TonH1405,which[belonged]tothePhilistinesלַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםla.pe.lish.TimH6430,whenH834Nadabוְנָדָב֙ve.na.DavH5070andallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478werebesiegingGibbethonגִּבְּתֽוֹן׃gi.be.TonH1405.

28AndBaashaבַעְשָׁ֔אva'.Sha'H1201slewhiminthethirdyearבִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.NatH8141ofAsaלְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,andreignedH4427inhisstead.

29AnditcametopasswhenhewasH1961kingכְמָלְכ֗וֹkhe.ma.le.KhoH4427,hesmoteallthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֔םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379;heleftH7604toJeroboamלְיָרָבְעָ֖םle.ya.ra.ve.'AmH3379nonethatbreathed;untilhehaddestroyedהִשְׁמִד֑וֹhish.mi.DoH8045him,accordingtothewordכִּדְבַ֣רkid.VarH1697ofJehovahwhichhespokeH1696byhisservantעַבְדּ֖וֹav.DoH5650Ahijahאֲחִיָּ֥ה'a.chi.YahH281theShiloniteהַשִּׁילֹנִֽי׃ha.shi.lo.NiH7888,

30becauseofthesinsH2398ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָם֙ya.ra.ve.'AmH3379whichhesinnedH2398,andwherewithhemadeIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478tosinH2398;byhisprovocationwithwhichheprovokedH3707JehovahtheGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478toangerהִכְעִ֔יסhikh.'IsH3707.

31Andtherestוְיֶ֛תֶרve.Ye.terH3499oftheactsofNadabנָדָ֖בna.DavH5070,andallthathedid,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthechroniclesofthekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478?

32AndtherewasH1961warוּמִלְחָמָ֨הu.mil.cha.MahH4421betweenAsaאָסָ֗א'a.Sa'H609andBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֥אba'.Sha'H1201kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478alltheirdaysיְמֵיהֶֽם׃ פye.mei.HemH3117.

33Inthethirdyearבִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.NatH8141ofAsaלְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063beganBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֨אba'.Sha'H1201thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAhijahאֲחִיָּ֤ה'a.chi.YahH281toreignH4427overallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478inTirzahבְּתִרְצָ֔הbe.tir.TzahH8656,fortwenty-fouryearsשָׁנָֽה׃sha.NahH8141.

34Andhedidevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,andwalkedinthewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֔םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379,andinhissinהֶחֱטִ֖יאhe.che.Ti'H2398whereH834withhemadeH6213Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סYis.ra.'ElH3478tosinH2398.

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