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2 Kings 10:23-24

23And Jehuיֵה֛וּאye.Hu'H3058wentוַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'H935,and Jehonadabוִיהוֹנָדָ֥בvi.ho.na.DavH3082the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Rechabרֵכָ֖בre.KhavH7394,into the houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of Baalהַבָּ֑עַלha.Ba.'alH1168,and saidוַיֹּ֜אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto the worshippersלְעֹבְדֵ֣יle.'oe.DeiH5647of Baalהַבַּ֗עַלha.Ba.'alH1168,Searchחַפְּשׂ֤וּcha.pe.SuH2664,and lookוּרְאוּ֙u.re.'UH7200that there beיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426here with you none of the servantsמֵעַבְדֵ֣יme.'av.DeiH5650of Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,but the worshippersעֹבְדֵ֥י'oe.DeiH5647of Baalהַבַּ֖עַלha.Ba.'alH1168only.

24And when they went inוַיָּבֹ֕אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to offerלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213sacrificesזְבָחִ֣יםze.va.ChimH2077and burnt offeringsוְעֹל֑וֹתve.'o.LotH5930,Jehuוְיֵה֞וּאve.ye.Hu'H3058appointedשָׂם־som-H7760fourscoreשְׁמֹנִ֣יםshe.mo.NimH8084menאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376withoutבַחוּץ֙va.ChutzH2351,and saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Ifanyהָאִ֤ישׁha.'IshH376of the menהָאֲנָשִׁ֗יםha.'a.na.ShimH582whom I have broughtמֵבִ֣יאme.Vi'H935into your handsיְדֵיכֶ֔םye.dei.KhemH3027escapeיִמָּלֵט֙yi.ma.LetH4422, he that letteth him go,his lifeנַפְשׁ֖וֹnaf.ShoH5315shall befor the lifeנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃naf.ShoH5315of him.

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