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2 Chronicles 14:8-14

8Now Asaלְאָסָ֗אle.'a.Sa'H609hadוַיְהִ֣יvay.HiH1961an armyH2428ofthreeH7969hundredH3967thousandH505from Judahמִֽיהוּדָה֙mi.hu.DahH3063,carryingנֹשֵׂ֣אno.Se'H5375largeH6793shieldsצִנָּ֣הtzi.NahH6793and spearsוָרֹמַח֒va.ro.MachH7420,and 280,000וּשְׁמוֹנִ֖יםu.she.mo.NimH3967 H8084 H505from Benjaminוּמִבִּנְיָמִ֗ןu.mi.bin.ya.MinH1144,carryingנֹשְׂאֵ֤יno.se.'EiH5375shieldsמָגֵן֙ma.GenH4043and wieldingוְדֹ֣רְכֵיve.Do.re.kheiH1869bowsקֶ֔שֶׁתKe.shetH7198;allכָּל־kol-H3605of them were valiantH2428warriorsגִּבּ֥וֹרֵיgi.Bo.reiH1368.

9Now Zerahזֶ֣רַחZe.rachH2226the Ethiopianהַכּוּשִׁ֗יha.ku.ShiH3569wentוַיֵּצֵ֨אvai.ye.Tze'H3318outוַיֵּצֵ֥אvai.ye.Tze'H3318againstאֲלֵיהֶ֜ם'a.lei.HemH413them with an armyבְּחַ֙יִל֙be.Cha.yilH2428of a millionH505men and threeשְׁלֹ֣שׁshe.LoshH7969hundredמֵא֑וֹתme.'otH3967chariotsוּמַרְכָּב֖וֹתu.mar.ka.VotH4818,and he cameוַיָּבֹ֖אvai.ya.Vo'H935toMareshahH4762.

10So AsaH609wentH3318outH3318to meetלְפָנָ֑יוle.fa.NavH6440him, and they drewH6186upH6186in battleמִלְחָמָ֔הmil.cha.MahH4421formationוַיַּֽעַרְכוּ֙vai.ya.'ar.KhuH6186in the Valleyבְּגֵ֥יאbe.Gei'H1516of Zephathahצְפַ֖תָהtze.Fa.tahH6859at Mareshahלְמָרֵשָֽׁה׃le.ma.re.ShahH4762.

11Then AsaH609calledוַיִּקְרָ֨אvai.yik.Ra'H7121to the LordH3068his Godאֱלֹהָיו֮'e.lo.HavH430and saidוַיֹּאמַר֒vai.yo.MarH559, “LordH3068,thereH369isH369noH369oneH369besidesעִמְּךָ֤'i.me.KhaH5973You to helpלַעְזוֹר֙la'.zOrH5826in the battlebetweenבֵּ֥יןbeinH996the powerfulרַב֙ravH7227and those who haveH369noH369strengthכֹּ֔חַKo.achH3581;helpעָזְרֵ֜נוּ'a.ze.Re.nuH5826us, LordH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,for we trustנִשְׁעַ֔נּוּnish.'A.nuH8172in You, and in Your nameוּבְשִׁמְךָ֣u.ve.shim.KhaH8034have comeבָ֔אנוּVa.nuH935againstH5921thisהַזֶּ֑הha.ZehH2088multitudeהֶהָמ֖וֹןhe.ha.MonH1995. LordH3068,You are our Godאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuH430;do not let manאֱנֽוֹשׁ׃ ס'e.No.oshH582prevailיַעְצֹ֥רya'.TzorH6113againstעִמְּךָ֖'i.me.KhaH5973You.”

12Sothe LordH3068routedוַיִּגֹּ֤ףvai.yi.GofH5062the EthiopiansH3569beforeH6440AsaH609and beforeH6440Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,and the EthiopiansH3569fledוַיָּנֻ֖סוּvai.ya.Nu.suH5127.

13Asaאָסָ֜א'a.Sa'H609and the peopleוְהָעָ֣םve.ha.'AmH5971whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834werewith him pursuedוַיִּרְדְּפֵ֨םvai.yir.de.FemH7291them as farעַד־'ad-H5704asGerarH1642;and so many Ethiopiansמִכּוּשִׁים֙mi.ku.ShimH3569fellוַיִּפֹּ֤לvai.yi.PolH5307thatthey could not recoverמִֽחְיָ֔הmich.YahH4241,for they were shatteredנִשְׁבְּר֥וּnish.be.RuH7665beforeלִפְנֵֽי־lif.nei-H6440the LordH3068and beforeוְלִפְנֵ֣יve.lif.NeiH6440His armyמַחֲנֵ֑הוּma.cha.Ne.huH4264.And they carriedוַיִּשְׂא֥וּvai.yis.'UH5375away a veryמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966largeהַרְבֵּ֥הhar.BehH7235amount ofplunderשָׁלָ֖לsha.LalH7998.

14TheydestroyedH5221allכָּל־kol-H3605the citiesהֶֽעָרִים֙he.'a.RimH5892aroundסְבִיב֣וֹתse.vi.VotH5439Gerarגְּרָ֔רge.RarH1642,for the dreadפַֽחַד־fa.chad-H6343of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068had fallenH1961on them; and they pillagedוַיָּבֹ֙זּוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.zuH962allכָּל־kol-H3605the citiesהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhe.'a.RimH5892,for there was muchרַבָּ֖הra.BahH7227plunderבִזָּ֥הvi.ZahH961in them.

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