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2 Kings 21:1-9

1Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֣הme.na.ShehH4519wastwelveשְׁתֵּ֨ים עֶשְׂרֵ֤הshe.Teim 'es.RehH6240 H8147yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121when he began to reignבְמָלְכ֔וֹve.ma.le.KhoH4427,and reignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427fiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁ֤יםva.cha.mi.ShimH2572and fiveוְחָמֵשׁ֙ve.cha.MeshH2568yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141in Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389.And his mother’sאִמּ֖וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034wasHephzi–bahH2657.

2And he didוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213that which wasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,after the abominationsכְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת֙ke.to.'a.VotH8441of the heathenהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471,whom the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068cast outהוֹרִ֣ישׁho.RishH3423beforeמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440the childrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

3For he built upוַיִּ֙בֶן֙vai.Yi.venH1129againוַיָּ֗שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725the high placesהַבָּמ֔וֹתha.ba.MotH1116which Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396his fatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1had destroyedאִבַּ֖ד'i.BadH6;and he reared upוַיָּ֨קֶםvai.Ya.kemH6965altarsמִזְבְּחֹ֜תmiz.be.ChotH4196for Baalלַבַּ֗עַלla.Ba.'alH1168,and madeוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213a groveאֲשֵׁרָה֙'a.she.RahH842,as didעָשָׂ֗ה'a.SahH6213Ahabאַחְאָב֙'ach.'AvH256kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478;and worshippedוַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙vai.yish.Ta.chuH7812all the hostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635of heavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,and servedוַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖דvai.ya.'a.VodH5647them.

4And he builtוּבָנָ֥הu.va.NahH1129altarsמִזְבְּחֹ֖תmiz.be.ChotH4196in the houseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004of the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,of which the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559,In Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389will I putאָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimH7760my nameשְׁמִֽי׃she.MiH8034.

5And he builtוַיִּ֥בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129altarsמִזְבְּח֖וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196for all the hostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635of heavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064in the twoבִּשְׁתֵּ֖יbish.TeiH8147courtsחַצְר֥וֹתchatz.RotH2691of the houseבֵּית־beit-H1004of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

6And he made his sonבְּנוֹ֙be.NoH1121passוְהֶעֱבִ֤ירve.he.'e.VirH5674through the fireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784,and observed timesוְעוֹנֵ֣ןve.'o.NenH6049,and used enchantmentsוְנִחֵ֔שׁve.ni.CheshH5172,and dealtוְעָ֥שָׂהve.'A.sahH6213with familiar spiritsא֖וֹב'ovH178and wizardsוְיִדְּעֹנִ֑יםve.yi.de.'o.NimH3049:he wroughtלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213muchהִרְבָּ֗הhir.BahH7235wickednessהָרַ֛עha.Ra'H7451in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, to provoke himto angerלְהַכְעִֽיס׃le.hakh.'IsH3707.

7And he setוַיָּ֕שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760a graven imageפֶּ֥סֶלPe.selH6459of the groveהָאֲשֵׁרָ֖הha.'a.she.RahH842that he had madeעָשָׂ֑ה'a.SahH6213in the houseבַּבַּ֗יִתba.Ba.yitH1004,of which the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559to Davidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732,and to Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohH8010his sonבְנ֔וֹve.NoH1121,In this houseבַּבַּ֨יִתba.Ba.yitH1004,and in Jerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֗םu.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389,which I have chosenבָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ba.Char.tiH977out of all tribesשִׁבְטֵ֣יshiv.TeiH7626of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,will I putאָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimH7760my nameשְׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034for everלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769:

8Neither will I make the feetרֶ֣גֶלRe.gelH7272of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478moveלְהָנִיד֙le.ha.NidH5110any moreאֹסִ֗יף'o.SifH3254out of the landהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127which I gaveנָתַ֖תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414their fathersלַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑םla.'a.vo.TamH1;only if they will observeיִשְׁמְר֣וּyish.me.RuH8104to doלַעֲשׂ֗וֹתla.'a.SotH6213according to all that I have commandedצִוִּיתִ֔יםtzi.vi.TimH6680them, and according to all the lawהַ֨תּוֹרָ֔הha.to.RahH8451that my servantעַבְדִּ֥י'av.DiH5650Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680them.

9But they hearkenedשָׁמֵ֑עוּsha.Me.'uH8085not: and Manassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehH4519seducedוַיַּתְעֵ֤םvai.yat.'EmH8582them to doלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213more evilהָרָ֔עha.Ra'H7451than did the nationsהַ֨גּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471whom the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068destroyedהִשְׁמִ֣ידhish.MidH8045beforeמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440the childrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

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