Revised Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 22:1-4

1And the inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵ֨יyo.she.VeiH3427of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389madeH4427Ahaziahאֲחַזְיָ֨הוּ'a.chaz.Ya.huH274his youngestהַקָּטֹן֙ha.ka.TonH6996sonבְנ֤וֹve.NoH1121kingH4427in his stead: for the band of menהַגְּד֔וּדha.ge.DudH1416that cameהַבָּ֥אha.Ba'H935with the Arabiansבָֽעַרְבִ֖יםva.'ar.VimH6163to the campלַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑הla.ma.cha.NehH4264had slainהָרַ֣גha.RagH2026all the eldestהָרִאשֹׁנִים֙ha.ri.sho.NimH7223.So Ahaziahאֲחַזְיָ֥הוּ'a.chaz.Ya.huH274the sonבֶן־ven-H1121of Jehoramיְהוֹרָ֖םye.ho.RamH3088kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ פye.hu.DahH3063reignedH4427.

2Twentyאַרְבָּעִ֨ים'ar.ba.'ImH705and twoוּשְׁתַּ֤יִםu.she.Ta.yimH8147yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121wasAhaziahאֲחַזְיָ֣הוּ'a.chaz.Ya.huH274when he began to reignבְמָלְכ֔וֹve.ma.le.KhoH4427,and he reignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427oneאַחַ֔ת'a.ChatH259yearוְשָׁנָ֣הve.sha.NahH8141in Jerusalemבִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389.His mother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034also wasAthaliahעֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ'a.tal.Ya.huH6271the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Omriעָמְרִֽי׃'a.me.RiH6018.

3He also walkedהָלַ֔ךְha.LakhH1980in the waysבְּדַרְכֵ֖יbe.dar.KheiH1870of the houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of Ahabאַחְאָ֑ב'ach.'AvH256:for his motherאִמּ֛וֹ'i.MoH517was his counsellorיֽוֹעַצְתּ֖וֹyo.'atz.ToH3289to do wickedlyלְהַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃le.har.Shi.a'H7561.

4Wherefore he didוַיַּ֧עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213evilהָרַ֛עha.Ra'H7451in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068like the houseכְּבֵ֣יתke.VeitH1004of Ahabאַחְאָ֑ב'ach.'AvH256:for they were his counsellorsיֽוֹעֲצִ֗יםyo.'a.TzimH3289afterאַחֲרֵ֛י'a.cha.ReiH310the deathמ֥וֹתMotH4194of his fatherאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1to his destructionלְמַשְׁחִ֥יתle.mash.ChitH4889.

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