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2 Kings 21

1Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֣הme.na.ShehH4519wastwelveyearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427fifty-fiveוַחֲמִשִּׁ֤יםva.cha.mi.ShimH2572yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389;andhismother'snameוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034wasHephzibah.

2Andhedidevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,liketheabominationsכְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת֙ke.to.'a.VotH8441ofthenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471thatJehovahhaddispossessedH3423frombeforethechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

3AndhebuiltH1129againthehighהַבָּמ֔וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116thatHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396hisfatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1haddestroyedאִבַּ֖ד'i.BadH6;andherearedupaltarsמִזְבְּחֹ֜תmiz.be.ChotH4196toBaalלַבַּ֗עַלla.Ba.'alH1168andmadeH6213anAsherahאֲשֵׁרָה֙'a.she.RahH842,asdidAhabאַחְאָב֙'ach.'AvH256kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478;andworshippedallthehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,andservedH5647them.

4AndhebuiltH1129altarsמִזְבְּחֹ֖תmiz.be.ChotH4196inthehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004ofJehovah,ofwhichJehovahhadsaidH559,InJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389willIputאָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimH7760mynameשְׁמִֽי׃she.MiH8034.

5AndhebuiltH1129altarsמִזְבְּח֖וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196toallthehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064inbothcourtsofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofJehovah.

6Andhecausedhissonבְּנוֹ֙be.NoH1121topassוְהֶעֱבִ֤ירve.he.'e.VirH5674throughthefireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784,andusedmagicanddivinationוְנִחֵ֔שׁve.ni.CheshH5172,andappointed necromancersandsoothsayers:hewroughtevilהָרַ֛עha.Ra'H7451beyondmeasureinthesightofJehovah,toprovokeלְהַכְעִֽיס׃le.hakh.'IsH3707himtoangerH3707.

7AndhesetH7760thegravenimageפֶּ֥סֶלPe.selH6459oftheAsherahהָאֲשֵׁרָ֖הha.'a.she.RahH842thathehadmadeH6213,inthehouseבַּבַּ֗יִתba.Ba.yitH1004ofwhichJehovahhadsaidH559toDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732andtoSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohH8010hissonבְנ֔וֹve.NoH1121,Inthishouseבַּבַּ֨יִתba.Ba.yitH1004,andinJerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֗םu.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389,whichIhavechosenH977outofallthetribesH7626ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,willIputH7760mynameשְׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034foreverלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769;

8neitherwillIanymoreH4480causethefootרֶ֣גֶלRe.gelH7272ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478towanderלְהָנִיד֙le.ha.NidH5110awayfromthelandH127thatIgaveH5414theirfathersH1;iftheywillonlyרַ֣ק׀rakH7535takeיִשְׁמְר֣וּyish.me.RuH8104heedH8104todoaccordingtoallthatIhavecommandedצִוִּיתִ֔יםtzi.vi.TimH6680them,andaccordingtoallthelawהַ֨תּוֹרָ֔הha.to.RahH8451thatmyservantעַבְדִּ֥י'av.DiH5650Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680them.

9Buttheywouldnothearken,andManassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehH4519ledthemastrayH8582todomoreמִן־min-H4480evilהָרָ֔עha.Ra'H7451thanthenationsהַ֨גּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471thatJehovahhaddestroyedהִשְׁמִ֣ידhish.MidH8045frombeforethechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

10AndJehovahspokeH1696byhisservantsעֲבָדָ֥יו'a.va.DavH5650theprophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֖יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

11BecauseManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֤הme.na.ShehH4519kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063hathdonetheseabominationsהַתֹּעֵב֣וֹתha.to.'e.VotH8441,andhathdonewickedlyaboveallthattheAmoritesH567did,whowerebeforehim,andhathmadeH6213Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063alsoגַֽם־gam-H1571tosinוַיַּחֲטִ֥אvai.ya.cha.Ti'H2398withhisidolsבְּגִלּוּלָֽיו׃ פbe.gi.lu.LavH1544;

12thereforeלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saithJehovahtheGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478:Behold,Iwillbringמֵבִ֣יאme.Vi'H935evilH7451uponJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389andJudahוִֽיהוּדָ֑הvi.hu.DahH3063,thatwhosoever hearethofit,bothhisearsאָזְנָֽיו׃'a.ze.NavH241shalltingleתִּצַּ֖לְנָהti.Tzal.nahH6750.

13AndIwillstretchוְנָטִ֣יתִיve.na.Ti.tiH5186overJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389thelineofSamariaשֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111,andtheplummetofthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofAhabאַחְאָ֑ב'ach.'AvH256,andIwillwipeH4229Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389asoneH834wipethapan, wipingitandturningוְהָפַ֖ךְve.ha.FakhH2015itupsidedownH5186.

14AndIwillforsaketheremnantשְׁאֵרִ֣יתshe.'e.RitH7611ofmineinheritanceנַחֲלָתִ֔יna.cha.la.TiH5159,anddeliverthemintothehandבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027oftheirenemiesאֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֑ם'o.ye.vei.HemH341;andtheyshallbecomeוְהָי֥וּve.ha.YuH1961apreyH957andaspoilלְבַ֛זle.VazH957toalltheirenemiesאֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃'o.ye.vei.HemH341;

15becausetheyhavedoneevilהָרַע֙ha.Ra'H7451inmysight,andhaveprovokedH3707metoangerמַכְעִסִ֖יםmakh.'i.SimH3707,sincethedayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117theirfathersH1cameforthH3318outofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714eventothisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

16AndManassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehH4519shedשָׁפַ֤ךְsha.FakhH8210veryמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966muchהַרְבֵּ֣הhar.BehH7235innocentנָקִ֜יna.KiH5355bloodדָּ֨םdamH1818,tillhehadfilledמִלֵּ֥אmi.Le'H4390Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389[withit]fromoneendtoanother; besidehissinהֶחֱטִ֣יאhe.che.Ti'H2398withwhichhemadeH6213Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063tosinH2398,indoingevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah.

17Andtherestוְיֶ֨תֶרve.Ye.terH3499oftheactsofManassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehH4519,andallthathedid,andhissinH2398whichhesinnedH2398,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthechroniclesofthekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063?

18AndManassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehH4519sleptwithhisfathersH1,andwasburiedH6912inthegardenבְּגַן־be.gan-H1588ofhisownhouseבֵּית֖וֹbei.ToH1004,inthegardenבְּגַן־be.gan-H1588ofUzza;andAmonאָמ֥וֹן'a.MonH526hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

19Amonאָמ֣וֹן'a.MonH526wastwenty-twoyearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427twoH8147yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389;andhismother'snameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasMeshullemeth,daughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofHaruzofJotbah.

20Andhedidevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,asManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֥הme.na.ShehH4519hisfatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1haddone;

21andhewalkedוַיֵּ֕לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980inallthewayהַדֶּ֖רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870thathisfatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1hadwalkedהָלַ֣ךְha.LakhH1980in,andservedH5647theidolsהַגִּלֻּלִים֙ha.gi.lu.LimH1544thathisfatherאָבִ֔יו'a.VivH1hadservedH5647,andworshippedthem;

22andheforsookJehovahtheGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofhisfathersH1,andwalkedהָלַ֖ךְha.LakhH1980notinthewayבְּדֶ֥רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofJehovah.

23Andtheservantsעַבְדֵֽי־'av.dei-H5650ofAmonאָמ֖וֹן'a.MonH526conspiredagainsthim,andslewthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428inhisownhouseבְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃be.vei.ToH1004.

24Butthepeopleעַם־'am-H5971ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776smoteallthemthathadconspiredagainstkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Amonאָמ֑וֹן'a.MonH526;andthepeopleעַם־'am-H5971ofthelandהָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzH776madeJosiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977hissonבְנ֖וֹve.NoH1121kingH4428inhisstead.

25Andtherestוְיֶ֛תֶרve.Ye.terH3499oftheactsofAmonאָמ֖וֹן'a.MonH526,whathedid,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthechroniclesofthekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063?

26AndhewasburiedH6912inhissepulchreinthegardenבְּגַן־be.gan-H1588ofUzza;andJosiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977hissonבְנ֖וֹve.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

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