New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Chronicles 18:3-5

3Ahabאַחְאָ֣ב'ach.'AvH256kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478saidוַיֹּ֜אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Jehoshaphatיְהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙ye.ho.sha.FatH3092kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, “Will you goהֲתֵלֵ֥ךְha.te.LekhH1980with me againstRamoth-gileadH7433?”And he saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, “I am as you are, and my peopleוּכְעַמְּךָ֣u.khe.'a.me.KhaH5971as your peopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971, and we will bewith you in the battleבַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ba.mil.cha.MahH4421.”

4Moreover, Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טye.ho.sha.FatH3092saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to the kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, “Pleaseנָ֥אna'H4994inquireדְּרָשׁ־de.rosh-H1875firstכַיּ֖וֹםkhai.YomH3117for the wordדְּבַ֥רde.VarH1697of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.”

5Then the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֥לYis.ra.'ElH3478assembledוַיִּקְבֹּ֨ץvai.yik.BotzH6908the prophetsהַנְּבִאִים֮ha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,fourאַרְבַּ֣ע'ar.Ba'H702hundredמֵא֣וֹתme.'otH3967menאִישׁ֒'ishH376,and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, “Shall we goהֲנֵלֵ֞ךְha.ne.LekhH1980againstH413Ramoth-gileadH7433to battleלַמִּלְחָמָ֖הla.mil.cha.MahH4421,orאִם־'im-H518shall I refrainאֶחְדָּ֑ל'ech.DalH2308?”And they saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “Goעֲלֵ֔ה'a.LehH5927up, for Godהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430will giveוְיִתֵּ֥ןve.yi.TenH5414itinto the handבְּיַ֥דbe.YadH3027of the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.”

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