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2 Chronicles 20:22-24

22And whenוּבְעֵת֩u.ve.'EtH6256they beganהֵחֵ֨לּוּhe.Che.luH2490to singבְרִנָּ֜הve.ri.NahH7440and to praiseוּתְהִלָּ֗הu.te.hi.LahH8416,Yhwhיְהוָ֣ה׀Yah.wehH3068setנָתַ֣ןna.TanH5414ambushmentsמְ֠אָֽרְבִיםMe.'a.re.vimH693against the childrenבְּנֵ֨יbe.NeiH1121of Ammonעַמּ֜וֹןa.MonH5983,Moabמוֹאָ֧בmo.'AvH4124,and mountוְהַר־ve.har-H2022Seirשֵׂעִ֛ירse.'IrH8165,which were comeהַבָּאִ֥יםha.ba.'ImH935against Judahלִֽיהוּדָ֖הli.hu.DahH3063;and they were smittenוַיִּנָּגֵֽפוּ׃vai.yi.na.Ge.fuH5062.

23For the childrenבְּנֵ֨יbe.NeiH1121of Ammonעַמּ֧וֹןa.MonH5983and Moabוּמוֹאָ֛בu.mo.'AvH4124stood upוַ֠יַּֽעַמְדוּVai.ya.'am.duH5975against the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427of mountהַר־har-H2022Seirשֵׂעִ֖ירse.'IrH8165,utterly to slayלְהַחֲרִ֣יםle.ha.cha.RimH2763and destroyוּלְהַשְׁמִ֑ידu.le.hash.MidH8045them:and when they had made an endוּכְכַלּוֹתָם֙u.khe.kha.lo.TamH3615of the inhabitantsבְּיוֹשְׁבֵ֣יbe.yo.she.VeiH3427of Seirשֵׂעִ֔ירse.'IrH8165,every oneאִישׁ־'ish-H376helpedעָזְר֥וּ'a.ze.RuH5826to destroyלְמַשְׁחִֽית׃le.mash.ChitH4889anotherבְּרֵעֵ֖הוּbe.re.'E.huH7453.

24And when Judahוִֽיהוּדָ֛הvi.hu.DahH3063cameבָּ֥אba'H935toward the watch towerהַמִּצְפֶּ֖הha.mitz.PehH4708 H4707in the wildernessלַמִּדְבָּ֑רla.mid.BarH4057,they lookedוַיִּפְנוּ֙vai.yif.NuH6437unto the multitudeהֶ֣הָמ֔וֹןhe.ha.MonH1995, and, behold, they weredead bodiesפְּגָרִ֛יםpe.ga.RimH6297fallenנֹפְלִ֥יםno.fe.LimH5307to the earthאַ֖רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776,and none escapedפְּלֵיטָֽה׃pe.lei.TahH6413.

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