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1 Kings 15:3-5

3And he walkedH3212in all the sinsחַטֹּ֥אותcha.TotH2403of his fatherאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1,which he had doneעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213beforeלְפָנָ֑יוle.fa.NavH6440him: and his heartלְבָב֤וֹle.va.VoH3824was not perfectשָׁלֵם֙sha.LemH8003with Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068his Godאֱלֹהָ֔יו'e.lo.HavH430,as the heartכִּלְבַ֖בkil.VavH3824of Davidדָּוִ֥דda.VidH1732his fatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1.

4Nevertheless for David’sדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732sake did Yhwhיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068his Godאֱלֹהָ֥יו'e.lo.HavH430giveנָתַן֩na.TanH5414him a lampנִ֖ירnirH5216in Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389,to set upלְהָקִ֤יםle.ha.KimH6965his sonבְּנוֹ֙be.NoH1121afterאַחֲרָ֔יו'a.cha.RavH310him, and to establishוּֽלְהַעֲמִ֖ידu.le.ha.'a.MidH5975Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389:

5Because Davidדָוִ֛דda.VidH1732didעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213that which wasrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477in the eyesבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,and turned not asideסָ֞רsarH5493from any thingthat he commandedצִוָּ֗הוּtzi.Va.huH6680him all the daysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of his lifeחַיָּ֔יוchai.YavH2416,save only in the matterבִּדְבַ֖רbid.VarH1697of Uriahאוּרִיָּ֥ה'u.ri.YahH223the Hittiteהַחִתִּֽי׃ha.chi.TiH2850.

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