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1 Chronicles 19:7-9

7So they hiredוַיִּשְׂכְּר֣וּvai.yis.ke.RuH7936thirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֨יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970and twoשְׁנַיִם֩she.na.YimH8147thousandאֶ֜לֶף'E.lefH505chariotsרֶ֗כֶבRe.khevH7393,and the kingמֶ֤לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Maachahמַעֲכָה֙ma.'a.KhahH4601and his peopleעַמּ֔וֹa.MoH5971;who cameוַיָּבֹ֕אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935and pitchedוַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.NuH2583beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Medebaמֵידְבָ֑אmeid.Va'H4311.And the childrenוּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.NeiH1121of Ammonעַמּ֗וֹןa.MonH5983gathered themselves togetherנֶאֶסְפוּ֙ne.'es.FuH622from their citiesמֵעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔םme.'A.rei.HemH5892,and cameוַיָּבֹ֖אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to battleלַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ פla.mil.cha.MahH4421.

8And when Davidדָּוִ֑ידda.VidH1732heardוַיִּשְׁמַ֖עvai.yish.Ma'H8085of it,he sentוַיִּשְׁלַח֙vai.yish.LachH7971Joabיוֹאָ֔בyo.'AvH3097,and all the armyצָבָ֖אtza.Va'H6635of the mighty menהַגִּבּוֹרִֽים׃ha.gi.bo.RimH1368.

9And the childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Ammonעַמּ֔וֹןa.MonH5983came outוַיֵּצְאוּ֙vai.ye.tze.'UH3318,and put the battleמִלְחָמָ֖הmil.cha.MahH4421in arrayוַיַּֽעַרְכ֥וּvai.ya.'ar.KhuH6186before the gateפֶּ֣תַחPe.tachH6607of the cityהָעִ֑ירha.'IrH5892:and the kingsוְהַמְּלָכִ֣יםve.ha.me.la.KhimH4428that were comeבָּ֔אוּBa.'uH935wereby themselves in the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃ba.sa.DehH7704.

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