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2 Kings 12:1-4

1In the seventhH7651yearH8141of Jehuלְיֵהוּא֙le.ye.Hu'H3058JehoashH3060began to reignH4427;and fortyוְאַרְבָּעִ֣יםve.'ar.ba.'ImH705yearsH8141reignedH4427he in Jerusalemבִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389.And his mother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasZibiahצִבְיָ֖הtziv.YahH6645of Beer–shebaH884.

2And JehoashH3060didוַיַּ֨עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213that which wasrightהַיָּשָׁ֛רhai.ya.SharH3477in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068all his daysיָמָ֑יוya.MavH3117wherein Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֖עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077the priestהַכֹּהֵֽן׃ha.ko.HenH3548instructedהוֹרָ֔הוּho.Ra.huH3384him.

3But the high placesהַבָּמ֖וֹתha.ba.MotH1116were not taken awayסָ֑רוּSa.ruH5493:the peopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971still sacrificedמְזַבְּחִ֥יםme.za.be.ChimH2076and burnt incenseוּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖יםu.me.ka.te.RimH6999in the high placesבַּבָּמֽוֹת׃ba.ba.MotH1116.

4And Jehoashיְהוֹאָ֜שׁye.ho.'AshH3060saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548,All the moneyכֶּ֨סֶףKe.sefH3701of the dedicated thingsהַקֳּדָשִׁ֜יםha.ko.da.ShimH6944that is broughtיוּבָ֤אyu.Va'H935into the houseבֵית־veit-H1004of the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, eventhe moneyכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701of every oneאִ֕ישׁ'ishH376that passethעוֹבֵ֔רo.VerH5674the account,the moneyכֶּ֥סֶףKe.sefH3701that every manנַפְשׁ֖וֹתnaf.ShotH5315is set atעֶרְכּ֑וֹer.KoH6187, andall the moneyכֶּ֗סֶףKe.sefH3701that comethיַֽעֲלֶה֙ya.'a.LehH5927into any man’sאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376heartלֶב־lev-H3820to bringלְהָבִ֖יאle.ha.Vi'H935into the houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068,

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