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2 Kings 18:1-12

1Anditcametopassinthethirdyearבִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.NatH8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַle.ho.She.a'H1954thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofElahאֵלָ֖ה'e.LahH425,kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,thatHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֥הchiz.ki.YahH2396thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAhazאָחָ֖ז'a.ChazH271,kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063,begantoreignH4427.

2Hewastwenty-fiveyearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427twenty-nineyearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389;andhismother'snameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasAbi,daughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofZechariahזְכַרְיָֽה׃ze.khar.YahH2148.

3Andhedidwhatwasrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477inthesightofJehovah, accordingtoallthatDavidדָּוִ֥דda.VidH1732hisfatherH1haddone.

4HeremovedH5493thehighהַבָּמ֗וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116,andbrokeH7665thecolumns,andcutוְכָרַ֖תve.kha.RatH3772downtheAsherahs,andbrokeH7665inpiecestheserpentofbrassthatMosesמֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehH4872hadmadeH6213;fortothosedaysהַיָּמִ֤יםhai.ya.MimH3117thechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478burnedincenseH6999toit:andhecalledוַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-H7121itNehushtan.

5Hetrustedבָּטָ֑חba.TachH982inJehovahtheGodאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478;sothatafterhimwasH1961nonelikehimamongallthekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,nor[amongany]thatwerebeforehim.

6AndheclavetoJehovah,anddidnotturnH5493asideסָ֖רsarH5493fromfollowinghim,butkeptH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֔יוmitz.vo.TavH4687,whichJehovahcommandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872.

7AndJehovahwasH1961withhim;heprospered whithersoeverhewentH3318forthH3318.AndherebelledH4775againstthekingבְּמֶֽלֶךְ־be.Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804,andservedH5647himnot.

8HesmotethePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֛יםpe.lish.TimH6430unto GazahanditsbordersH1366,fromthewatchmen'stowerמִמִּגְדַּ֥לmi.mig.DalH4026tothefortifiedcityעִ֥יר'irH5892.

9Anditcametopassinthefourthהָֽרְבִיעִית֙ha.re.vi.'ItH7243yearבַּשָּׁנָ֤הba.sha.NahH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396,whichwasH1961theseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יתha.she.vi.'ItH7637yearהַשָּׁנָ֣הha.sha.NahH8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַle.ho.She.a'H1954thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofElahאֵלָ֖ה'e.LahH425,kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, [that]Shalmaneserשַׁלְמַנְאֶ֧סֶרshal.man.'E.serH8022kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804cameupagainstSamariaשֹׁמְר֖וֹןsho.me.RonH8111andbesiegedit.

10Andattheendמִקְצֵה֙mik.TzehH7097ofthreeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141theytookH3920it;inthesixthyearבִּשְׁנַת־bish.nat-H8141ofHezekiahלְחִזְקִיָּ֑הle.chiz.ki.YahH2396,thatis,theninthyearשְׁנַת־she.nat-H8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙le.ho.She.a'H1954kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Samariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111wastakenH3920.

11Andthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804carriedawayIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478toAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּרָה'a.Shu.rahH804,andsettledtheminHalahבַּחְלַ֧חbach.LachH2477andbytheHaborוּבְחָב֛וֹרu.ve.cha.VorH2249,theriverנְהַ֥רne.HarH5104ofGozanגּוֹזָ֖ןgo.ZanH1470,andinthecitiesוְעָרֵ֥יve.'a.ReiH5892oftheMedes;

12becausetheyhearkenednottothevoiceבְּקוֹל֙be.kOlH6963ofJehovahtheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430,buttransgressedhiscovenantבְּרִית֔וֹbe.ri.ToH1285,allthatMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872theservantעֶ֣בֶד'E.vedH5650ofJehovahcommandedצִוָּ֔הtzi.VahH6680;andtheywouldnothearH8085nordoit.

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