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2 Kings 12:6-9

6But it was so, thatin the threeבִּשְׁנַ֨ת וְשָׁלֹ֛שׁbish.Nat ve.sha.LoshH8141 H7969and twentiethעֶשְׂרִ֧ים'es.RimH6242yearשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141of kingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Jehoashיְהוֹאָ֑שׁye.ho.'AshH3060the priestsH3548had not repairedH2388the breachesH919of the houseH1004.

7Then kingH4428JehoashH3060calledוַיִּקְרָא֩vai.yik.Ra'H7121for Jehoiadaלִיהוֹיָדָ֤עli.ho.ya.Da'H3077the priestH3548, and the otherpriestsH3548,and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, Why repairH2388ye not the breachesH919of the houseH1004?now therefore receiveתִּקְחוּ־tik.chu-H3947no moremoneyכֶ֙סֶף֙khe.sefH3701of your acquaintanceמַכָּֽרֵיכֶ֔םma.ka.rei.KhemH4378,but deliverתִּתְּנֻֽהוּ׃ti.te.Nu.huH5414it for the breachesH919of the houseH1004.

8And the priestsH3548consentedוַיֵּאֹ֖תוּvai.ye.'O.tuH225to receiveH3947noלְבִלְתִּ֤יle.vil.TiH1115moremoneyH3701of the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,neitherוּלְבִלְתִּ֥יu.le.vil.TiH1115to repairH2388the breachesH919of the houseH1004.

9But Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֤עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077the priestH3548tookH3947aאֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadH259chestאֲר֣וֹן'a.RonH727,and boredוַיִּקֹּ֥בvai.yi.KoH5344a holeחֹ֖רchorH2356in the lidבְּדַלְתּ֑וֹbe.dal.ToH1817of it, and setוַיִּתֵּ֣ןvai.yi.TenH5414it besideאֵ֨צֶל'E.tzelH681the altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֜חַha.miz.Be.achH4196,on the right sideמִיָּמִ֗יןbai.ya.minH3225as oneאִישׁ֙'ishH376comethבְּבֽוֹא־be.Vo'-H935into the houseH1004of the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068:and the priestsH3548that keptשֹׁמְרֵ֣יsho.me.ReiH8104the doorהַסַּ֔ףha.SafH5592putוְנָֽתְנוּ־ve.na.te.nu-H5414therein all the moneyH3701that wasbroughtהַמּוּבָ֥אha.mu.Va'H935into the houseH1004of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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