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1 Kings 16:23-33

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.

27Nowהַיָּמִ֖יםhai.ya.MimH3117therestוְיֶ֨תֶרve.Ye.terH3499of theactsדִּבְרֵ֤יdiv.ReiH1697ofOmriעָמְרִי֙'a.me.RiH6018whichH834hedidH6213, and his might that he shewed, are theynotהֲלֹֽא־ha.lo'-H3808writtenכְּתוּבִ֗יםke.tu.VimH3789in thebookסֵ֛פֶרSe.ferH5612of thechroniclesדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of thekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478?

28SoOmriעָמְרִי֙'a.me.RiH6018sleptוַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvai.yish.KavH7901with hisfathersאֲבֹתָ֔יו'a.vo.TavH1, and wasburiedוַיִּקָּבֵ֖רvai.yi.ka.VerH6912inSamariaבְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹןbe.sho.me.RonH8111: andAhabאַחְאָ֥ב'ach.'AvH256hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121reignedוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.LokhH4427in hissteadתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פtach.TavH8478.

29And in thethirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֤יםshe.lo.ShimH7970andeighthוּשְׁמֹנֶה֙u.she.mo.NehH8083yearH8141ofAsaלְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063beganAhabוְאַחְאָ֣בve.'ach.'AvH256thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofOmriעָמְרִ֗י'a.me.RiH6018toreignמָלַךְ֙ma.laKhH4427overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478: andAhabאַחְאָ֨ב'ach.'AvH256thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofOmriעָמְרִ֤י'a.me.RiH6018reignedוַ֠יִּמְלֹךְVai.yim.lokhH4427overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478inSamariaבְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןbe.Sho.me.RonH8111twentyעֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.RimH6242andtwoוּשְׁתַּ֖יִםu.she.Ta.yimH8147yearsH8141.

30AndAhabאַחְאָ֧ב'ach.'AvH256thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofOmriעָמְרִ֛י'a.me.RiH6018didוַיַּ֨עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213thatwhichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834wasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068aboveH6440allמִכֹּ֖לmi.KolH3605that werebeforeH6440him.

31And itcameH1961topassH1961, asifH7043it had been alightH7043thingH7043for him to walk in thesinsבְּחַטֹּ֖אותbe.cha.TotH2403ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֣םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNebatנְבָ֑טne.VatH5028, that hetookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947towifeאִשָּׁ֜ה'i.ShahH802Jezebelאִיזֶ֗בֶל'i.Ze.velH348thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofEthbaalאֶתְבַּ֙עַל֙'et.Ba.'alH856kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of the Zidonians, andwentH1961andservedוַֽיַּעֲבֹ֣דvai.ya.'a.VodH5647Baalהַבַּ֔עַלha.Ba.'alH1168, and worshipped him.

32And he rearedupוַיָּ֥קֶםvai.Ya.kemH6965analtarמִזְבֵּ֖חַmiz.Be.achH4196forBaalלַבָּ֑עַלla.Ba.'alH1168in thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofBaalהַבַּ֔עַלha.Ba.'alH1168,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he hadbuiltבָּנָ֖הba.NahH1129inSamariaבְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃be.sho.me.RonH8111.

33AndAhabאַחְאָ֖ב'ach.'AvH256madeוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213theAsherahהָאֲשֵׁרָ֑הha.'a.she.RahH842; andAhabאַחְאָ֜ב'ach.'AvH256didלַעֲשׂ֗וֹתla.'a.SotH6213yetmoreוַיּ֨וֹסֶףvai.Yo.sefH3254toprovokeלְהַכְעִיס֙le.hakh.'IsH3707theLORDיְהֹוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, toangerH3707thanH4428allמִכֹּ֨לmi.KolH3605thekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478that werebeforeלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440him.

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