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1 Kings 20:1-21

1AndBen-HadadH1130kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofSyriaassembledH6908allhishost;andtherewerethirty-twokingsמֶ֛לֶךְMe.lekhH4428withhim,andhorsesוְס֣וּסve.SusH5483andchariotsH7393;andhewentH5927upandbesiegedSamariaשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111,andfoughtH3898againstit.

2AndhesentH7971messengersמַלְאָכִ֛יםmal.'a.KhimH4397toAhabאַחְאָ֥ב'ach.'AvH256kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478intothecityהָעִֽירָה׃ha.'I.rahH5892,andsaidtohim, Thus says Ben-Hadad:

3Thysilverכַּסְפְּךָ֥kas.pe.KhaH3701andthygoldוּֽזְהָבְךָ֖u.ze.ha.ve.KhaH2091ismine; thywivesH802alsoandthychildren,thegoodliest,aremine.

4Andthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478answeredandsaidH559,Mylordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113,Okingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, accordingtothysayingH559,Iamthine,andallthatIhave.

5Andthemessengersהַמַּלְאָכִ֔יםha.mal.'a.KhimH4397cameagain,andsaidH559,Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541speaksBen-HadadH1130sayingH559:IsentH7971totheeindeed,sayingH559, Thou shaltdelivermethysilverכַּסְפְּךָ֧kas.pe.KhaH3701,andthygoldוּזְהָבְךָ֛u.ze.ha.ve.KhaH2091,andthywivesH802,andthychildren;

6butto-morrowaboutthistimeכָּעֵ֣תka.'EtH6256Iwillsendאֶשְׁלַ֤ח'esh.LachH7971myservantsעֲבָדַי֙'a.va.DaiH5650tothee,andtheyshallsearchוְחִפְּשׂוּ֙ve.chi.pe.SuH2664thyhouseH1004,andthehousesH1004ofthyservantsעֲבָדֶ֑יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650;anditshallbeוְהָיָה֙ve.ha.YahH1961,thatwhatsoeverispleasantinthysight,theyshallputיָשִׂ֥ימוּya.Si.muH7760intheirhandבְיָדָ֖םve.ya.DamH3027andtakeוְלָקָֽחוּ׃ve.la.Ka.chuH3947awayH7971.

7Andthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478calledH7121alltheeldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776andsaidH559, Mark,Iprayyou,andseeוּרְא֔וּu.re.'UH7200howthis[manH2205]seeksמְבַקֵּ֑שׁme.va.KeshH1245mischief;forhesentH7971tomeformywivesH802,andformychildren,andformysilverוּלְכַסְפִּ֣יu.le.khas.PiH3701,andformygoldוְלִזְהָבִ֔יve.liz.ha.ViH2091;andIdeniedhimnot.

8Andalltheeldersהַזְּקֵנִ֖יםha.ze.ke.NimH2205andallthepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971saidH559tohim, Hearkennot,norconsent.

9AndhesaidH559tothemessengersלְמַלְאֲכֵ֣יle.mal.'a.KheiH4397ofBen-HadadH1130,Tellmylordלַֽאדֹנִ֤יla.do.NiH113thekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428,Allthatthou didstsendH7971fortothyservantעַבְדְּךָ֤'av.de.KhaH5650atthefirstבָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙va.ri.sho.NahH7223Iwilldo;butthisthingוְהַדָּבָ֣רve.ha.da.VarH1697Icannotdo.Andthemessengersהַמַּלְאָכִ֔יםha.mal.'a.KhimH4397departed,andbroughtH7725himwordדָּבָֽר׃da.VarH1697again.

10AndBen-HadadH1130sentH7971tohimandsaidH559,Thegodsאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430dosotome,andmorealso,ifthedustעֲפַ֣ר'a.FarH6083ofSamariaשֹׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111shallsufficeforhandfulsלִשְׁעָלִ֕יםlish.'a.LimH8168forallthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971thatfollowme!

11Andthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478answeredandsaidH559,Tell[him],Letnothimthatgirdethonboastיִתְהַלֵּ֥לyit.ha.LelH1984himselfashethatputtethoff!

12AnditcametopasswhenheheardH8085thiswordהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697,ashewasH1961drinkingשֹׁתֶ֛הsho.TehH8354,heandthekingsוְהַמְּלָכִ֖יםve.ha.me.la.KhimH4428inthetents,thathesaidH559tohisservantsעֲבָדָיו֙'a.va.DavH5650,Setשִׂ֔ימוּSi.muH7760yourselves.Andtheysetוַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּvai.ya.Si.muH7760themselvesagainstthecityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

13Andbehold,aprophetנָבִ֣יאna.Vi'H5030drewH5066neartoAhabאַחְאָ֣ב'ach.'AvH256kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֒Yis.ra.'ElH3478,andsaidH559,Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saithJehovah: Hast thouseenהְֽרָאִ֔יתָhe.ra.'I.taH7200allthisgreatהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419multitudeהֶהָמ֥וֹןhe.ha.MonH1995?behold,Iwilldeliveritintothyhandבְיָֽדְךָ֙ve.ya.de.KhaH3027thisdayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117;andthou shaltknowוְיָדַעְתָּ֖ve.ya.da'.TaH3045thatIamJehovah.

14AndAhabאַחְאָב֙'ach.'AvH256saidH559,Bywhom?AndhesaidH559,Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saithJehovah:BytheservantsH5288oftheprincesH8269oftheprovincesH4082.ThenhesaidH559,Whoshallbeginthebattleהַמִּלְחָמָ֖הha.mil.cha.MahH4421?AndhesaidH559, Thou.

15AndhenumberedtheservantsH5288oftheprincesH8269oftheprovincesH4082,andtheywereH1961twoשְׁנַ֣יִםshe.Na.yimH8147hundredמָאתַ֖יִםma.Ta.yimH3967andthirty-two;andafterthemhenumberedallthepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971,allthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,sevenשִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtH7651thousandאֲלָפִֽים׃'a.la.FimH505.

16AndtheywentH3318outatnoonH6672;andBen-HadadH1130drankH8354himselfdrunkH8354inthetents,heandthekingsוְהַמְּלָכִ֛יםve.ha.me.la.KhimH4428,thethirty-twokingsמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428thathelpedעֹזֵ֥ר'o.ZerH5826him.

17AndtheservantsH5288oftheprincesH8269oftheprovincesH4082wentH3318outfirstבָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑הba.ri.sho.NahH7223;andBen-HadadH1130sentH7971out,andtheytoldH5046himsayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, TherearemenH376comeH3318outofSamariaמִשֹּׁמְרֽוֹן׃mi.sho.me.RonH8111.

18AndhesaidH559,Whethertheybecomeיָצָ֖אוּya.Tza.'uH3318outforpeaceלְשָׁל֥וֹםle.sha.LomH7965,takethemaliveחַיִּ֑יםchai.YimH2416;orwhethertheybecomeיָצָ֖אוּya.Tza.'uH3318outforwarH4421,takethemaliveחַיִּ֥יםchai.YimH2416.

19AndtheseservantsH5288oftheprincesH8269oftheprovincesH4082cameH3318outofthecityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892,andthearmyוְהַחַ֖יִלve.ha.Cha.yilH2428thatfollowedthem.

20AndtheysleweveryoneH376hismanH376;andtheSyriansfledH5127,andIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478pursuedH7291them;andBen-HadadH1130thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofSyriaescapedH4422onahorseס֖וּסsusH5483withthehorsemenוּפָרָשִֽׁים׃u.fa.ra.ShimH6571.

21Andthekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478wentH3318out,andsmotethehorsesהַסּ֖וּסha.SusH5483andchariotsH7393,andslewtheSyrianswithagreatגְדוֹלָֽה׃ge.do.LahH1419slaughterמַכָּ֥הma.KahH4347.

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