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2 Chronicles 16

1Inthethirty-sixthyearבִּשְׁנַ֨תbish.NatH8141ofthereignלְמַלְכ֣וּתle.mal.KhutH4438ofAsaאָסָ֔א'a.Sa'H609,Baashaבַּעְשָׁ֤אba'.Sha'H1201kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478cameH935upagainstJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,andbuiltH1129Ramahהָרָמָ֑הha.ra.MahH7414,inordertoletnonegoH3318outorcomeH935intoAsaלְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

2AndAsaאָסָ֜א'a.Sa'H609broughtH3318outsilverכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701andgoldוְזָהָ֗בve.za.HavH2091outofthetreasuresH214ofthehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofJehovahandoftheking'shouseוּבֵ֣יתu.VeitH1004,andsentH7971toBen-hadadH1130kingH4428ofSyria,whodweltH3427atDamascusבְּדַרְמֶ֖שֶׂקbe.dar.Me.sekH1834,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

3Thereisaleaguebetweenmeandthee,andbetweenmyfatherאָבִ֖י'a.ViH1andthyfatherאָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1:behold,IsendH7971theesilverכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701andgoldוְזָהָ֔בve.za.HavH2091;goוְיַעֲלֶ֖הve.ya.'a.LehH5927,breakהָפֵ֣רha.FerH6565thyleaguewithBaashaבַּעְשָׁא֙ba'.Sha'H1201kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,thathemaydepartfromme.

4AndBen-hadadH1130hearkenedtokingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Asaאָסָ֗א'a.Sa'H609,andsentH7971thecaptainsofhisforcesagainstthecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478;andtheysmoteIjonעִיּ֣וֹןi.YonH5859andDanדָּ֔ןDanH1835andAbelmaim,andallthestore-magazinesofthecitiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892ofNaphtaliנַפְתָּלִֽי׃naf.ta.LiH5321.

5AnditcametopasswhenBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'H1201heardH8085ofit,thatheleftoffbuildingמִבְּנ֖וֹתmi.be.NotH1129Ramahהָרָמָ֑הha.ra.MahH7414,andlethisworkמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ סme.lakh.ToH4399ceaseH2308.

6Andkingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Asaוְאָסָ֣אve.'a.Sa'H609tookH3947allJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063;andtheycarriedH5375awayH5375thestonesH68andthetimberfromRamahהָֽרָמָה֙ha.ra.MahH7414,withwhichBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֑אba'.Sha'H1201hadbeenbuildingH1129,andhebuiltH1129withthemGebaגֶּ֖בַעGe.va'H1387andMizpahהַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ סha.mitz.PahH4709.

7Andatthattimeוּבָעֵ֣תu.va.'EtH6256Hananiחֲנָ֣נִיcha.Na.niH2607theseercameH935toAsaאָסָ֖א'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,andsaidH559untohim,Becausethou hastreliedonthekingמֶ֤לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofSyria,andhastnotreliedonJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,thereforeH3651hasthearmyofthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofSyriaescapedH4422outofthyhandמִיָּדֶֽךָ׃mi.ya.De.khaH3027.

8WereH1961nottheEthiopiansandtheLibyansוְהַלּוּבִ֗יםve.ha.lu.VimH3864ahugearmyלְחַ֧יִל׀le.Cha.yilH2428,withveryH3966manychariotsH7393andhorsemenוּלְפָרָשִׁ֖יםu.le.fa.ra.ShimH6571?butwhenthou didstrelyonJehovah,hedeliveredthemintothyhandבְּיָדֶֽךָ׃be.ya.De.khaH3027.

9Fortheeyesעֵינָ֞יו'ei.NavH5869ofJehovahruntoandfrothroughthewholeearthהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776,toshewhimselfstrongלְ֠הִתְחַזֵּקLe.hit.cha.zekH2388inthebehalfofthosewhoseheartלְבָבָ֥םle.va.VamH3824isperfectH8003towardhim. Herein thou hastdonefoolishlyנִסְכַּ֣לְתָּnis.Kal.taH5528;forfromhenceforth thou shalthavewarsמִלְחָמֽוֹת׃mil.cha.MotH4421.

10AndAsaאָסָ֜א'a.Sa'H609waswrothwiththeseer,andputוַֽיִּתְּנֵ֙הוּ֙vai.yi.te.Ne.huH5414himintheprison;forhewasenragedwithhimbecauseofthis.AndAsaאָסָ֛א'a.Sa'H609oppressedsomeofthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971atthesametimeבָּעֵ֥תba.'EtH6256.

11AndbeholdtheactsofAsaאָסָ֔א'a.Sa'H609,firstH7223andlastH314,behold,theyarewrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthekingsהַמְּלָכִ֔יםha.me.la.KhimH4428ofJudahלִיהוּדָ֖הli.hu.DahH3063andIsraelוְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

12AndAsaאָסָ֡א'a.Sa'H609inthethirty-ninthyearבִּשְׁנַת֩bish.NatH8141ofhisreignלְמַלְכוּתוֹ֙le.mal.khu.ToH4438wasdiseasedinhisfeetH7272,untilhisdiseasewasextremely great;yetinhisdiseasehedidnotseekH1875Jehovah,butthephysiciansבָּרֹפְאִֽים׃ba.ro.fe.'ImH7495.

13AndAsaאָסָ֖א'a.Sa'H609sleptwithhisfathersH1,anddiedH4191intheone-and-fortiethyearבִּשְׁנַ֛תbish.NatH8141ofhisreignלְמָלְכֽוֹ׃le.ma.le.KhoH4427.

14AndtheyburiedH6912himinhisown sepulchre,whichhehadexcavatedforhimselfinthecityבְּעִ֣ירbe.'IrH5892ofDavidדָּוִיד֒da.VidH1732,andlaidH7901himinabedH4904filledמִלֵּא֙mi.Le'H4390withspicesH1314,amixtureofdiverskindsH2177preparedbytheperfumer'sart;andtheymadeaveryH3966greatגְּדוֹלָ֥הge.do.LahH1419burningשְׂרֵפָ֖הse.re.FahH8316forhim.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 16

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