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2 Kings 23:15-18

15Moreover the altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֜חַha.miz.Be.achH4196that wasat Beth–elH1008, andthe high placeהַבָּמָה֙ha.ba.MahH1116which Jeroboamיָרָבְעָ֤םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Nebatנְבָט֙ne.VatH5028,who made Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478to sinהֶחֱטִ֣יאhe.che.Ti'H2398,had madeעָשָׂ֜ה'a.SahH6213,both that altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֧חַha.miz.Be.achH4196and the high placeהַבָּמָ֖הha.ba.MahH1116he brake downנָתָ֑ץna.TatzH5422,and burnedוַיִּשְׂרֹ֧ףvai.yis.RofH8313the high placeהַבָּמָ֛הha.ba.MahH1116, andstampedהֵדַ֥קhe.DakH1854itsmall to powderלְעָפָ֖רle.'a.FarH6083,and burnedוְשָׂרַ֥ףve.sa.RafH8313the groveאֲשֵׁרָֽה׃'a.she.RahH842.

16And as Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977turnedוַיִּ֣פֶןvai.Yi.fenH6437himself, he spiedוַיַּ֨רְאvai.Yar'H7200the sepulchresהַקְּבָרִ֤יםha.ke.va.RimH6913that werethere in the mountבָּהָ֔רba.HarH2022,and sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֗חvai.yish.LachH7971,and tookוַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.KachH3947the bonesהָֽעֲצָמוֹת֙ha.'a.tza.mOtH6106out of the sepulchresהַקְּבָרִ֔יםha.ke.va.RimH6913,and burnedוַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ףvai.yis.RofH8313themupon the altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַha.miz.Be.achH4196,and pollutedוַֽיְטַמְּאֵ֑הוּvay.ta.me.'E.huH2930it, according to the wordכִּדְבַ֣רkid.VarH1697of the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068which the manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376of Godהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430proclaimedקָרָא֙ka.Ra'H7121,who proclaimedקָרָ֔אka.Ra'H7121these wordsהַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.RimH1697.

17Then he saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,What titleהַצִּיּ֣וּןha.tzi.YunH6725isthatהַלָּ֔זha.LazH1975that I seeרֹאֶ֑הro.'EhH7200?And the menאַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.SheiH582of the cityהָעִ֗ירha.'IrH5892toldוַיֹּאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559him, It isthe sepulchreהַקֶּ֤בֶרha.Ke.verH6913of the manאִישׁ־'ish-H376of Godהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430,which cameבָּ֣אba'H935from Judahמִֽיהוּדָ֔הmi.hu.DahH3063,and proclaimedוַיִּקְרָ֗אvai.yik.Ra'H7121these thingsהַדְּבָרִ֤יםha.de.va.RimH1697that thou hast doneעָשִׂ֔יתָ'a.Si.taH6213against the altarהַמִּזְבַּ֥חha.miz.BachH4196of Beth–elH1008.

18And he saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559,Let him aloneH3240;let no manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376moveיָנַ֣עya.Na'H5128his bonesעַצְמֹתָ֑יו'atz.mo.TavH6106.So they let his bonesעַצְמֹתָ֔יו'atz.mo.TavH6106aloneוַֽיְמַלְּטוּ֙vay.ma.le.TuH4422,with the bonesעַצְמ֣וֹתatz.MotH6106of the prophetהַנָּבִ֔יאha.na.Vi'H5030that came outבָּ֖אba'H935of Samariaמִשֹּׁמְרֽוֹן׃mi.sho.me.RonH8111.

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