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1 Kings 20:12-16

12And it came to pass, when Ben–hadadheardכִּשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙kish.Mo.a'H8085this messageהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697, as he wasdrinkingשֹׁתֶ֛הsho.TehH8354,he and the kingsוְהַמְּלָכִ֖יםve.ha.me.la.KhimH4428in the pavilionsבַּסֻּכּ֑וֹתba.su.KotH5521,that he saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto his servantsעֲבָדָיו֙'a.va.DavH5650,Setשִׂ֔ימוּSi.muH7760yourselves in array.And they setוַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּvai.ya.Si.muH7760themselves in arrayagainst the cityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

13And, behold, there cameנִגַּשׁ֮ni.GashH5066aאֶחָ֗ד'e.ChadH259prophetנָבִ֣יאna.Vi'H5030unto Ahabאַחְאָ֣ב'ach.'AvH256kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֒Yis.ra.'ElH3478,sayingוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,Hast thou seenהְֽרָאִ֔יתָhe.ra.'I.taH7200all this greatהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419multitudeהֶהָמ֥וֹןhe.ha.MonH1995?behold, I will deliverנֹתְנ֤וֹno.te.NoH5414it into thine handבְיָֽדְךָ֙ve.ya.de.KhaH3027this dayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117;and thou shalt knowוְיָדַעְתָּ֖ve.ya.da'.TaH3045that I amYhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

14And Ahabאַחְאָב֙'ach.'AvH256saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,By whom? And he saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559,Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, Evenby the young menבְּנַעֲרֵ֖יbe.na.'a.ReiH5288of the princesשָׂרֵ֣יsa.ReiH8269of the provincesהַמְּדִינ֑וֹתha.me.di.NotH4082.Then he saidוַיֹּ֛אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Who shall orderיֶאְסֹ֥רye'.SorH631the battleהַמִּלְחָמָ֖הha.mil.cha.MahH4421?And he answeredוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Thou.

15Then he numberedוַיִּפְקֹ֗דvai.yif.KodH6485the young menנַעֲרֵי֙na.'a.ReiH5288of the princesשָׂרֵ֣יsa.ReiH8269of the provincesהַמְּדִינ֔וֹתha.me.di.NotH4082,and they were twoH8147hundredמָאתַ֖יִםma.Ta.yimH3967and thirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֑יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970twoשְׁנַ֣יִםshe.Na.yimH8147:and afterוְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֗םve.'a.cha.rei.HemH310them he numberedפָּקַ֧דpa.KadH6485all the peopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971, evenall the childrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478, beingsevenשִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtH7651thousandאֲלָפִֽים׃'a.la.FimH505.

16And they went outוַיֵּצְא֖וּvai.ye.tze.'UH3318at noonבַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִםba.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672.But Ben–hadadH1130wasdrinkingשֹׁתֶ֨הsho.TehH8354himself drunkשִׁכּ֜וֹרshi.KorH7910in the pavilionsבַּסֻּכּ֗וֹתba.su.KotH5521,he and the kingsוְהַמְּלָכִ֛יםve.ha.me.la.KhimH4428,the thirtyשְׁלֹשִֽׁים־she.lo.shim-H7970and twoוּשְׁנַ֥יִםu.she.Na.yimH8147kingsמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428that helpedעֹזֵ֥ר'o.ZerH5826him.

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