Revised Version 1895

1 Kings 16:9-20

9And hisservantעַבְדּ֣וֹav.DoH5650Zimriזִמְרִ֔יzim.RiH2174,captainשַׂ֖רsarH8269ofhalfמַחֲצִ֣יתma.cha.TzitH4276hischariotsהָרָ֑כֶבha.Ra.khevH7393,conspiredוַיִּקְשֹׁ֤רvai.yik.ShorH7194againstH5921him: now he was inTirzahבְתִרְצָה֙ve.tir.TzahH8656,drinkingשֹׁתֶ֣הsho.TehH8354himselfוְה֤וּאve.Hu'H1931drunkH8354in thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofArzaאַרְצָ֔א'ar.Tza'H777,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834was over thehouseholdהַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitH1004inTirzahבְּתִרְצָֽה׃be.tir.TzahH8656:

10andZimriזִמְרִי֙zim.RiH2174wentוַיָּבֹ֤אvai.ya.Vo'H935in andsmoteH5221him, andkilledH5221him, in thetwentyעֶשְׂרִ֣ים'es.RimH6242andseventhוָשֶׁ֔בַעva.She.va'H7651yearבִּשְׁנַת֙bish.NatH8141ofAsaלְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063, andreignedוַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְvai.yim.LokhH4427in hissteadתַּחְתָּֽיו׃tach.TavH8478.

11And itcameH1961topassH1961, when hebeganH1961toreignבְמָלְכ֜וֹve.ma.le.KhoH4427, as soon as hesatכְּשִׁבְתּ֣וֹke.shiv.ToH3427on histhroneכִּסְא֗וֹkis.'OH3678, that hesmoteהִכָּה֙hi.KahH5221allH3605thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'H1201: heleftהִשְׁאִ֥ירhish.'IrH7604himnotH3808a singlemanH3605child,neitherH3808of his kinsfolks,norH3808of hisfriendsוְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ve.re.'E.huH7453.

12ThusdidH834Zimriזִמְרִ֔יzim.RiH2174destroyוַיַּשְׁמֵ֣דvai.yash.MedH8045allכָּל־kol-H3605thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֑אba'.Sha'H1201,accordingH413to thewordכִּדְבַ֤רkid.VarH1697of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,whichH834he spakeagainstH413Baashaבַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'H1201byJehuיֵה֥וּאye.Hu'H3058theprophetהַנָּבִֽיא׃ha.na.Vi'H5030,

13forallH3605thesinsH2398ofBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'H1201, and thesinsH2398ofElahאֵלָ֣ה'e.LahH425hissonבְנ֑וֹve.NoH1121,whichH834theysinnedH2398, and wherewith theymadeH3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478tosinH2398, toprovokeלְהַכְעִ֗יסle.hakh.'IsH3707theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478, toangerH3707with theirvanitiesבְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם׃be.hav.lei.HemH1892.

14Nowהַיָּמִ֖יםhai.ya.MimH3117therestוְיֶ֛תֶרve.Ye.terH3499of theactsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697ofElahאֵלָ֖ה'e.LahH425, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605that hedidעָשָׂ֑ה'a.SahH6213, are theynotהֲלֽוֹא־ha.lo'-H3808writtenכְּתוּבִ֗יםke.tu.VimH3789in thebookסֵ֛פֶרSe.ferH5612of thechroniclesדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of thekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478?

15In thetwentyעֶשְׂרִ֨ים'es.RimH6242andseventhוָשֶׁ֜בַעva.She.va'H7651yearH8141ofAsaלְאָסָא֙le.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063didH834Zimriזִמְרִ֛יzim.RiH2174reignמָלַ֥ךְma.LakhH4427sevenשִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117inTirzahבְּתִרְצָ֑הbe.tir.TzahH8656.NowH3117thepeopleוְהָעָ֣םve.ha.'AmH5971wereencampedחֹנִ֔יםcho.NimH2583againstעַֽל־'al-H5921Gibbethonגִּבְּת֖וֹןgi.be.TonH1405,whichH834belonged to thePhilistinesלַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃la.pe.lish.TimH6430.

16And thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971that wereencampedהַחֹנִ֣יםha.cho.NimH2583heardוַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvai.yish.Ma'H8085sayלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Zimriזִמְרִ֔יzim.RiH2174hathconspiredH7194, and hath alsosmittenהִכָּ֣הhi.KahH5221thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428: whereforeallכָֽל־khol-H3605Israelיִ֠שְׂרָאֵלYis.ra.'elH3478madeH7194Omriעָמְרִ֨י'a.me.RiH6018, thecaptainשַׂר־sar-H8269of thehostצָבָ֧אtza.Va'H6635,kingH4428overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478thatdayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117in thecampבַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃Ba.ma.cha.NehH4264.

17AndOmriעָמְרִ֛י'a.me.RiH6018wentH5927upH5927fromGibbethonמִֽגִּבְּת֑וֹןmi.gi.be.TonH1405, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֥לYis.ra.'ElH3478with him, and they besiegedTirzahתִּרְצָֽה׃tir.TzahH8656.

18And itcameH935topassH935, whenZimriזִמְרִי֙zim.RiH2174sawכִּרְא֤וֹתkir.'otH7200that thecityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892wastakenנִלְכְּדָ֣הnil.ke.DahH3920, that hewentH935intoאֶל־'el-H413thecastleאַרְמ֣וֹן'ar.MonH759of theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּית־beit-H1004, andburntוַיִּשְׂרֹ֨ףvai.yis.RofH8313theking’sמֶ֛לֶךְMe.lekhH4428houseבֵּֽית־beit-H1004over him withfireבָּאֵ֖שׁba.'EshH784, anddiedוַיָּמֹֽת׃vai.ya.MotH4191,

19for hissinsH2398whichH834hesinnedH2398indoingH6213thatwhichH834wasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, in walking in thewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֔םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379, and in hissinH2398whichH834hedidH6213, tomakeH6213Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478tosinH2398.

20Nowהַיָּמִ֖יםhai.ya.MimH3117therestוְיֶ֙תֶר֙ve.Ye.terH3499of theactsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697ofZimriזִמְרִ֔יzim.RiH2174, and histreasonוְקִשְׁר֖וֹve.kish.RoH7195that he wrought, are theynotהֲלֹֽא־ha.lo'-H3808writtenכְּתוּבִ֗יםke.tu.VimH3789in thebookסֵ֛פֶרSe.ferH5612of thechroniclesדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of thekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478?

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