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2 Chronicles 24:20-23

20And the Spiritוְר֣וּחַve.Ru.achH7307of Godאֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430cameלָֽבְשָׁה֙la.ve.ShahH3847upon Zechariahזְכַרְיָה֙ze.khar.YahH2148the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֣עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077the priestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548,which stoodוַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975above the peopleלָעָ֑םla.'AmH5971,and saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Godהָאֱלֹהִ֗יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,Why transgressעֹבְרִ֜ים'oe.RimH5674ye the commandmentsמִצְוֹ֤תmitz.VotH4687of Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,that ye cannot prosperתַצְלִ֔יחוּtatz.Li.chuH6743?because ye have forsakenעֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם'a.zav.TemH5800Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,he hath also forsakenוַיַּֽעֲזֹ֥בvai.ya.'a.ZoH5800you.

21And they conspiredוַיִּקְשְׁר֣וּvai.yik.she.RuH7194against him, and stonedוַיִּרְגְּמֻ֥הוּvai.yir.ge.Mu.huH7275him with stonesאֶ֖בֶן'E.venH68at the commandmentבְּמִצְוַ֣תbe.mitz.VatH4687of the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428in the courtבַּחֲצַ֖רba.cha.TzarH2691of the houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

22Thus Joashיוֹאָ֣שׁyo.'AshH3101the kingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428rememberedזָכַ֞רza.KharH2142not the kindnessהַחֶ֙סֶד֙ha.Che.sedH2617which Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֤עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077his fatherאָבִיו֙'a.VivH1had doneעָשָׂ֜ה'a.SahH6213to him, but slewוַֽיַּהֲרֹ֖גvai.ya.ha.RogH2026his sonבְּנ֑וֹbe.NoH1121.And when he diedH4194,he saidאָמַ֔ר'a.MarH559,Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068lookיֵ֥רֶאYe.re'H7200upon it,and requireוְיִדְרֹֽשׁ׃ פve.yid.RoshH1875it.

23And it came to pass at the endלִתְקוּפַ֣תlit.ku.FatH8622of the yearהַשָּׁנָ֗הha.sha.NahH8141, thatthe armyחֵ֣ילcheilH2428of Syriaאֲרָם֒'a.RamH758came upעָלָ֣ה'a.LahH5927against him: and they cameוַיָּבֹ֗אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to Judahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063and Jerusalemוִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םvi.Ru.sha.LimH3389,and destroyedוַיַּשְׁחִ֛יתוּvai.yash.Chi.tuH7843all the princesשָׂרֵ֥יsa.ReiH8269of the peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971from among the peopleמֵעָ֑םme.'AmH5971,and sentשִׁלְּח֖וּshi.le.ChuH7971all the spoilשְׁלָלָ֥םshe.la.LamH7998of them unto the kingלְמֶ֥לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428of Damascusדַּרְמָֽשֶׂק׃dar.Ma.sekH1834.

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