Revised Version 1895

1 Kings 16:21-26

21Then were thepeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478dividedיֵחָלֵ֛קye.cha.LekH2505intoהָ֠יָהHa.yahH1961twoH2677partsH2677:halfH2677of thepeopleהָעָ֜םha.'AmH5971followedאַחֲרֵ֨י'a.cha.ReiH310Tibniתִבְנִ֤יtiv.NiH8402thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofGinathגִּינַת֙gi.NatH1527, to make himkingלְהַמְלִיכ֔וֹle.ham.li.KhoH4427; andhalfH2677followedאַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiH310Omriעָמְרִֽי׃'a.me.RiH6018.

22But thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971thatfollowedאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310Omriעָמְרִ֔י'a.me.RiH6018prevailedוַיֶּחֱזַ֤קvai.ye.che.ZakH2388againstH854thepeopleהָעָ֕םha.'AmH5971thatfollowedאַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiH310Tibniתִּבְנִ֣יtiv.NiH8402thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofGinathגִּינַ֑תgi.NatH1527:soH834Tibniתִּבְנִ֔יtiv.NiH8402diedוַיָּ֣מָתvai.Ya.motH4191, andOmriעָמְרִֽי׃ פ'a.me.RiH6018reignedוַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְvai.yim.LokhH4427.

23In thethirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֨יםshe.lo.ShimH7970andfirstוְאַחַ֜תve.'a.ChatH259yearH8141ofAsaלְאָסָא֙le.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063beganOmriעָמְרִי֙'a.me.RiH6018toreignH4427overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, andreignedH4427twelveעֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.RehH6240yearsH8141:sixשֵׁשׁ־shesh-H8337yearsH8141reignedH4427he inTirzahבְּתִרְצָ֖הbe.tir.TzahH8656.

24And heboughtוַיִּ֜קֶןvai.Yi.kenH7069thehillהָהָ֥רha.HarH2022Samariaשֹׁמְר֛וֹןsho.me.RonH8111ofShemerשֶׁ֖מֶרShe.merH8106for twotalentsבְּכִכְּרַ֣יִםbe.khi.ke.Ra.yimH3603ofsilverכָּ֑סֶףKa.sefH3701; and hebuiltוַיִּ֙בֶן֙vai.Yi.venH1129on thehillהָהָ֔רha.HarH2022, andcalledוַיִּקְרָ֗אvai.yik.Ra'H7121thenameשֵׁ֤םshemH8034of thecityהָעִיר֙ha.'IrH5892whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834hebuiltבָּנָ֔הba.NahH1129,afterעַ֣ל'alH5921thenameשֶׁם־shem-H8034ofShemerשֶׁ֔מֶרShe.merH8106, theownerאֲדֹנֵ֖י'a.do.NeiH113of thehillהָהָ֥רha.HarH2022,Samariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111.

25AndOmriעָמְרִ֛י'a.me.RiH6018didוַיַּעֲשֶׂ֥הvai.ya.'a.SehH6213thatwhichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834wasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, and dealtwickedlyH7451aboveH6440allמִכֹּ֖לmi.KolH3605that werebeforeH6440him.

26For he walked inallH3605thewayדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙de.rekhH1870ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֣םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNebatנְבָ֔טne.VatH5028, and in hissinsהֶחֱטִ֖יאhe.che.Ti'H2398wherewith hemadeH3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478tosinH2398, toprovokeלְהַכְעִ֗יסle.hakh.'IsH3707theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478, toangerH3707with theirvanitiesבְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם׃be.hav.lei.HemH1892.

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