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2 Kings 12:5-8

5Let the priestsH3548takeיִקְח֤וּyik.ChuH3947itto them, every manH376of his acquaintanceמַכָּר֑וֹma.ka.RoH4378:and let them repairיְחַזְּקוּ֙ye.cha.ze.KuH2388the breachesבֶּ֣דֶקBe.dekH919of the houseH1004,wheresoever any breachבָּֽדֶק׃ פBa.dekH919shall be foundיִמָּצֵ֥אyi.ma.Tze'H4672.

6But it was so, thatin the threeבִּשְׁנַ֨ת וְשָׁלֹ֛שׁbish.Nat ve.sha.LoshH8141 H7969and twentiethעֶשְׂרִ֧ים'es.RimH6242yearשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141of kingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Jehoashיְהוֹאָ֑שׁye.ho.'AshH3060the priestsH3548had not repairedH2388the breachesH919of the houseH1004.

7Then kingH4428JehoashH3060calledוַיִּקְרָא֩vai.yik.Ra'H7121for Jehoiadaלִיהוֹיָדָ֤עli.ho.ya.Da'H3077the priestH3548, and the otherpriestsH3548,and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, Why repairH2388ye not the breachesH919of the houseH1004?now therefore receiveתִּקְחוּ־tik.chu-H3947no moremoneyכֶ֙סֶף֙khe.sefH3701of your acquaintanceמַכָּֽרֵיכֶ֔םma.ka.rei.KhemH4378,but deliverתִּתְּנֻֽהוּ׃ti.te.Nu.huH5414it for the breachesH919of the houseH1004.

8And the priestsH3548consentedוַיֵּאֹ֖תוּvai.ye.'O.tuH225to receiveH3947noלְבִלְתִּ֤יle.vil.TiH1115moremoneyH3701of the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,neitherוּלְבִלְתִּ֥יu.le.vil.TiH1115to repairH2388the breachesH919of the houseH1004.

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