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2 Chronicles 21:1-8

1AndJehoshaphatיְהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙ye.ho.sha.FatH3092sleptwithhisfathersH1,andwasburiedH6912withhisfathersH1inthecityבְּעִ֣ירbe.'IrH5892ofDavidדָּוִ֑ידda.VidH1732;andJehoramיְהוֹרָ֥םye.ho.RamH3088hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

2Andhehadbrethren,thesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טye.ho.sha.FatH3092:AzariahH5838andJehielוִֽיחִיאֵל֙vi.chi.'ElH3171,andZechariahוּזְכַרְיָ֣הוּu.ze.khar.Ya.huH2148,andAzariahH5838,andMichaelוּמִיכָאֵ֖לu.mi.kha.'ElH4317,andShephatiahוּשְׁפַטְיָ֑הוּu.she.fat.Ya.huH8203:alltheseweresonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טye.ho.sha.FatH3092kingמֶ֥לֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

3Andtheirfatherאֲ֠בִיהֶם'A.vi.hemH1hadgivenH5414themgreatH7227giftsמַתָּנ֨וֹתma.ta.NotH4979ofsilverלְכֶ֤סֶףle.Khe.sefH3701andofgoldוּלְזָהָב֙u.le.za.HavH2091andofpreciousH4030things,besidesfortifiedcitiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892inJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֑הbi.hu.DahH3063;butthekingdomהַמַּמְלָכָ֛הha.mam.la.KhahH4467hegaveH5414toJehoramלִֽיהוֹרָ֖םli.ho.RamH3088,forhewasthefirstbornהַבְּכֽוֹר׃ פha.be.KhorH1060.

4AndJehoramיְהוֹרָ֜םye.ho.RamH3088establishedH6965himselfoverthekingdomמַמְלֶ֤כַתmam.Le.khatH4467ofhisfatherאָבִיו֙'a.VivH1,andstrengthenedוַיִּתְחַזַּ֔קvai.yit.cha.ZakH2388himself;andheslewH2026allhisbrethrenwiththeswordבֶּחָ֑רֶבbe.Cha.revH2719,and[certain]alsoוְגַ֖םve.GamH1571oftheprincesH8269ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

5Jehoramיְהוֹרָ֣םye.ho.RamH3088wasthirty-twoyearsשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427eightוּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣הu.she.mo.NehH8083yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

6Andhewalkedinthewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְ׀be.De.rekhH1870ofthekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478,asdidthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofAhabאַחְאָ֔ב'ach.'AvH256,forthedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofAhabאַחְאָ֔ב'ach.'AvH256wasH1961hiswifeאִשָּׁ֑ה'i.ShahH802;andhedidevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah.

7ButJehovahwouldאָבָ֣ה'a.VahH14notdestroyלְהַשְׁחִית֙le.hash.ChitH7843thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofDavidדָּוִ֔ידda.VidH1732,becauseofthecovenantהַבְּרִ֔יתha.be.RitH1285thathehadmadeH3772withDavidלְדָוִ֑ידle.da.VidH1732,andashehadpromisedtogiveלָתֵ֨תla.TetH5414tohimalwaysalampנִ֛ירnirH5216,andtohissonsH1121.

8Inhisdaysבְּיָמָיו֙be.ya.MavH3117Edomאֱד֔וֹם'e.DomH123revoltedfromunderthehandיַד־yad-H3027ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,andtheysetakingמֶֽלֶךְ׃Me.lekhH4428overthemselves.

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