New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Kings 22:31-34

31Nowthe kingוּמֶ֣לֶךְu.Me.lekhH4428of Aramאֲרָ֡ם'a.RamH758had commandedצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680the thirty-twoשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙she.lo.Shim u.she.Na.yimH7970 H8147captainsשָׂרֵי֩sa.ReiH8269of his chariotsהָרֶ֨כֶבha.Re.khevH7393,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, “Do not fightתִּלָּ֣חֲמ֔וּti.La.cha.MuH3898with smallקָטֹ֖ןka.TonH6996or greatגָּד֑וֹלga.DolH1419,but with the kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478aloneלְבַדּֽוֹ׃le.va.DoH905.”

32So when the captainsשָׂרֵ֨יsa.ReiH8269of the chariotsהָרֶ֜כֶבha.Re.khevH7393sawכִּרְאוֹת֩kir.'OtH7200Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טye.ho.sha.FatH3092,they saidאָֽמְרוּ֙'a.me.RuH559, “Surelyאַ֣ךְ'akhH389it is the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֣לYis.ra.'ElH3478,”and they turnedH5493asideוַיָּסֻ֥רוּvai.ya.Su.ruH5493to fightלְהִלָּחֵ֑םle.hi.la.ChemH3898againstעָלָ֖יו'a.LavH5921him, and Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָֽט׃ye.ho.sha.FatH3092criedוַיִּזְעַ֖קvai.yiz.'AkH2199out.

33When the captainsשָׂרֵ֣יsa.ReiH8269of the chariotsהָרֶ֔כֶבha.Re.khevH7393sawכִּרְאוֹת֙kir.'OtH7200that it was not the kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,they turnedH7725backוַיָּשׁ֖וּבוּvai.ya.Shu.vuH7725from pursuingמֵאַחֲרָֽיו׃me.'a.cha.RavH310him.

34Now a certain manוְאִ֗ישׁve.'IshH376drewמָשַׁ֤ךְma.ShakhH4900his bowבַּקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙ba.Ke.shetH7198at randomלְתֻמּ֔וֹle.tu.MoH8537and struckוַיַּכֶּה֙vai.ya.KehH5221the kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478in a jointהַדְּבָקִ֖יםha.de.va.KimH1694of the armorהַשִּׁרְיָ֑ןha.shir.YanH8302.So he saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to the driverH7395of his chariotH7395, “Turnהֲפֹ֥ךְha.FokhH2015aroundיָדְךָ֛ya.de.KhaH3027and takeוְהוֹצִיאֵ֥נִיve.ho.tzi.'E.niH3318me out of thefightהַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הha.ma.cha.NehH4264;for I amH2470severelyH2470woundedהָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃ho.cho.Lei.tiH2470.”

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