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2 Chronicles 24:20-23

20And the Spiritוְר֣וּחַve.Ru.achH7307of Godאֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430cameלָֽבְשָׁה֙la.ve.ShahH3847upon Zechariahזְכַרְיָה֙ze.khar.YahH2148the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֣עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077the priestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548,which stoodוַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975above the peopleלָעָ֑םla.'AmH5971,and saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Godהָאֱלֹהִ֗יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,Why transgressעֹבְרִ֜ים'oe.RimH5674ye the commandmentsמִצְוֹ֤תmitz.VotH4687of the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,that ye cannot prosperתַצְלִ֔יחוּtatz.Li.chuH6743?because ye have forsakenעֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם'a.zav.TemH5800the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,he hath also forsakenוַיַּֽעֲזֹ֥בvai.ya.'a.ZoH5800you.

21And they conspiredוַיִּקְשְׁר֣וּvai.yik.she.RuH7194against him, and stonedוַיִּרְגְּמֻ֥הוּvai.yir.ge.Mu.huH7275him with stonesאֶ֖בֶן'E.venH68at the commandmentבְּמִצְוַ֣תbe.mitz.VatH4687of the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428in the courtבַּחֲצַ֖רba.cha.TzarH2691of the houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

22Thus Joashיוֹאָ֣שׁyo.'AshH3101the kingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428rememberedזָכַ֞רza.KharH2142not the kindnessהַחֶ֙סֶד֙ha.Che.sedH2617which Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֤עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077his fatherאָבִיו֙'a.VivH1had doneעָשָׂ֜ה'a.SahH6213to him, but slewוַֽיַּהֲרֹ֖גvai.ya.ha.RogH2026his sonבְּנ֑וֹbe.NoH1121.And when he diedH4194,he saidאָמַ֔ר'a.MarH559,The Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068lookיֵ֥רֶאYe.re'H7200upon it,and requireוְיִדְרֹֽשׁ׃ פve.yid.RoshH1875it.

23And it came to pass at the endלִתְקוּפַ֣תlit.ku.FatH8622of the yearהַשָּׁנָ֗הha.sha.NahH8141, thatthe hostחֵ֣ילcheilH2428of Syriaאֲרָם֒'a.RamH758came upעָלָ֣ה'a.LahH5927against him: and they cameוַיָּבֹ֗אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to Judahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063and Jerusalemוִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םvi.Ru.sha.LimH3389,and destroyedוַיַּשְׁחִ֛יתוּvai.yash.Chi.tuH7843all the princesשָׂרֵ֥יsa.ReiH8269of the peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971from among the peopleמֵעָ֑םme.'AmH5971,and sentשִׁלְּח֖וּshi.le.ChuH7971all the spoilשְׁלָלָ֥םshe.la.LamH7998of them unto the kingלְמֶ֥לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428of Damascusדַּרְמָֽשֶׂק׃dar.Ma.sekH1834.

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