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2 Chronicles 28:23-25

23For he sacrificedוַיִּזְבַּ֗חvai.yiz.BachH2076unto the godsלֵֽאלֹהֵ֣יle.lo.HeiH430of Damascusדַרְמֶשֶׂק֮dar.me.SekH1834,which smoteהַמַּכִּ֣יםha.ma.KimH5221him: and he saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Because the godsאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430of the kingsמַלְכֵֽי־mal.khei-H4428of Syriaאֲרָם֙'a.RamH758helpמַעְזְרִ֣יםma'.ze.RimH5826them, thereforewill I sacrificeאֲזַבֵּ֖חַ'a.za.Be.achH2076to them, that they may helpוְיַעְזְר֑וּנִיve.ya'.ze.Ru.niH5826me. But they were the ruinלְהַכְשִׁיל֖וֹle.hakh.shi.LoH3782of him, and of all Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

24And Ahazאָחָ֜ז'a.ChazH271gathered togetherוַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622the vesselsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627of the houseבֵית־veit-H1004of Godהָֽאֱלֹהִ֗יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,and cut in piecesוַיְקַצֵּץ֙vay.ka.TzetzH7112the vesselsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627of the houseבֵית־veit-H1004of Godהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,and shut upוַיִּסְגֹּ֖רvai.yis.GorH5462the doorsדַּלְת֣וֹתdal.TotH1817of the houseבֵּית־beit-H1004of Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,and he madeוַיַּ֨עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213him altarsמִזְבְּח֛וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196in every cornerפִּנָּ֖הpi.NahH6438of Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

25And in every several cityH5892of Judahלִֽיהוּדָה֙li.hu.DahH3063he madeעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213high placesבָמ֔וֹתva.MotH1116to burn incenseלְקַטֵּ֖רle.ka.TerH6999unto otherאֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimH312godsלֵֽאלֹהִ֣יםle.lo.HimH430,and provoked to angerוַיַּכְעֵ֕סvai.yakh.'EsH3707Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430of his fathersאֲבֹתָֽיו׃'a.vo.TavH1.

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