Revised Version 1895

2 Chronicles 15

1And thespiritר֥וּחַRu.achH7307ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430cameהָיְתָ֥הha.ye.TahH1961uponעָלָ֖יו'a.LavH5921Azariahוַעֲזַרְיָ֙הוּ֙va.'a.zar.Ya.huH5838thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofOdedעוֹדֵ֔דo.DedH5752:

2and hewentH3318outH3318tomeetH6440Asaאָסָא֒'a.Sa'H609, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him,Hearשְׁמָע֕וּנִיshe.ma.'U.niH8085yemeH6440,Asaאָסָ֖א'a.Sa'H609, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605Judahיְהוּדָ֣הye.hu.DahH3063andBenjaminוּבִנְיָמִ֑ןu.vin.ya.MinH1144: theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068is withyouH518,whileבִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶ֣םbih.yot.KhemH1961ye be with him; andifH518yeseekתִּדְרְשֻׁ֙הוּ֙tid.re.Shu.huH1875him he will befoundיִמָּצֵ֣אyi.ma.Tze'H4672ofyouH518; butifH518yeforsakeתַּעַזְבֻ֖הוּta.'az.Vu.huH5800him he willforsakeיַעֲזֹ֥בya.'a.ZoH5800youH518.

3NowH3117forlongH3117seasonsIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478hath beenwithoutלְלֹ֣א׀le.Lo'H3808thetrueאֱמֶ֗ת'e.MetH571Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430, andwithoutוּלְלֹ֛אu.le.Lo'H3808ateachingH8451priestכֹּהֵ֥ןko.HenH3548, andwithoutוּלְלֹ֥אu.le.Lo'H3808lawתוֹרָֽה׃to.RahH8451:

4But when in theirdistressבַּצַּר־ba.tzar-H6862theyturnedוַיָּ֙שָׁב֙vai.Ya.shovH7725unto theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, andsoughtוַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּvay.vak.Shu.huH1245him, he wasfoundוַיִּמָּצֵ֥אvai.yi.ma.Tze'H4672of them.

5And inthoseH3605times there wasnoH369peaceשָׁל֖וֹםsha.LomH7965to him thatwentH3318outH3318,norH369to him thatcameוְלַבָּ֑אve.la.Ba'H935in, butgreatרַבּ֔וֹתra.BotH7227vexations wereuponעַ֥ל'alH5921allH3605theinhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.VeiH3427of thelandsהָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ha.'a.ra.TzotH776.

6And they werebrokenH3807inpiecesH3807,nationגוֹי־goy-H1471againstH3605nationבְּג֖וֹיbe.GoyH1471, andcityוְעִ֣ירve.'IrH5892againstH3605cityבְּעִ֑ירbe.'IrH5892: forGodאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430did vex them withallH3605adversityצָרָֽה׃tza.RahH6869.

7But be yestrongחִזְק֔וּchiz.KuH2388, andletH7503notוְאַל־ve.'al-H408yourhandsיְדֵיכֶ֑םye.dei.KhemH3027beslackH7503: for yourworkלִפְעֻלַּתְכֶֽם׃ סlif.'u.lat.KhemH6468shall berewardedשָׂכָ֖רsa.KharH7939.

8And whenAsaאָסָ֜א'a.Sa'H609heardוְכִשְׁמֹ֨עַve.khish.Mo.a'H8085theseהָאֵ֗לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697, and theprophecyוְהַנְּבוּאָה֮ve.ha.ne.vu.'AhH5016ofOdedעֹדֵ֣ד'o.DedH5752theprophetהַנָּבִיא֒ha.na.Vi'H5030, hetookH2388courageH2388, andputH2388awayוּמִן־u.min-H4480theabominationsהַשִּׁקּוּצִים֙ha.shi.ku.TzimH8251outH2388ofallמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605thelandאֶ֤רֶץ'E.retzH776ofJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063andBenjaminוּבִנְיָמִ֔ןu.vin.ya.MinH1144, andoutH2388of thecitiesהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhe.'a.RimH5892whichH834he hadtakenלָכַ֖דla.KhadH3920from thehillמֵהַ֣רme.HarH2022countryH2022ofEphraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669; and herenewedוַיְחַדֵּשׁ֙vay.cha.DeshH2318thealtarמִזְבַּ֣חmiz.BachH4196of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, that wasbeforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440theporchאוּלָ֥ם'u.LamH197of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

9And hegatheredוַיִּקְבֹּ֗ץvai.yik.BotzH6908allכָּל־kol-H3605Judahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063andBenjaminוּבִנְיָמִ֔ןu.vin.ya.MinH1144, and them that sojourned with themoutH5921ofEphraimמֵאֶפְרַ֥יִםme.'ef.Ra.yimH669andManassehוּמְנַשֶּׁ֖הu.me.na.ShehH4519, andoutH5921ofSimeonוּמִשִּׁמְע֑וֹןu.mi.shim.'onH8095: for theyfellנָפְל֨וּna.fe.LuH5307to himoutH5921ofIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֙mi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478inabundanceלָרֹ֔בla.RoH7230, when theysawבִּרְאֹתָ֕םbir.'o.TamH7200that theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068hisGodאֱלֹהָ֖יו'e.lo.HavH430was with him.

10So theygatheredH6908themselvesH6908togetherוַיִּקָּבְצ֥וּvai.yi.ka.ve.TzuH6908atJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389in thethirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑יha.she.li.ShiH7992monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320, in the fifteenthyearלִשְׁנַ֥תlish.NatH8141of thereignלְמַלְכ֥וּתle.mal.KhutH4438ofAsaאָסָֽא׃'a.Sa'H609.

11And theysacrificedוַיִּזְבְּח֤וּvai.yiz.be.ChuH2076unto theLORDלַיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068in thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117, of thespoilהַשָּׁלָ֖לha.sha.LalH7998whichהַה֔וּאha.Hu'H1931they hadbroughtהֵבִ֑יאוּhe.Vi.'uH935,sevenשְׁבַ֣עshe.Va'H7651hundredמֵא֔וֹתme.'otH3967oxenבָּקָר֙ba.KarH1241andsevenשִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtH7651thousandאֲלָפִֽים׃'a.la.FimH505sheepוְצֹ֖אןve.TzonH6629.

12And theyenteredH935intoH935thecovenantבַבְּרִ֔יתva.be.RitH1285toseekלִדְר֕וֹשׁlid.Ro.oshH1875theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of theirfathersאֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם'a.vo.tei.HemH1, withallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605theirheartלְבָבָ֖םle.va.VamH3824and withallוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605theirsoulנַפְשָֽׁם׃naf.ShamH5315;

13and that whosoever wouldnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808seekיִדְרֹ֛שׁyid.RoshH1875theLORDלַיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478, should beputיוּמָ֑תyu.MatH4191todeathH4191,whetherH4480smallקָטֹן֙ka.TonH6996orgreatגָּד֔וֹלga.DolH1419,whetherH4480manלְמֵאִ֖ישׁle.me.'IshH376orwomanאִשָּֽׁה׃'i.ShahH802.

14And they sware unto theLORDלַיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068with aloudגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419voiceבְּק֥וֹלbe.KolH6963; and withshoutingוּבִתְרוּעָ֑הu.vit.ru.'AhH8643, and withtrumpetsוּבַחֲצֹצְר֖וֹתu.va.cha.tzo.tze.RotH2689, and with cornets.

15Andallכָל־khol-H3605Judahיְהוּדָ֜הye.hu.DahH3063rejoicedוַיִּשְׂמְח֨וּvai.yis.me.ChuH8055at theoathהַשְּׁבוּעָ֗הha.she.vu.'AhH7621: for they hadswornנִשְׁבָּ֔עוּnish.Ba.'uH7650withallבְכָל־ve.khol-H3605theirheartלְבָבָם֙le.va.VamH3824, andsoughtבִּקְשֻׁ֔הוּbik.Shu.huH1245him with theirwholeוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605desireH3824; and he wasfoundוַיִּמָּצֵ֖אvai.yi.ma.Tze'H4672of them: and theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068gaveH5117themrestוַיָּ֧נַחvai.Ya.nachH5117roundמִסָּבִֽיב׃mi.sa.VivH5439aboutH5439.

16And alsoMaacahמַעֲכָ֞הma.'a.KhahH4601themotherאֵ֣ם׀'emH517ofAsaאָסָ֣א'a.Sa'H609thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, heremovedהֱסִירָהּ֙he.si.RahH5493herH3772frombeingH3772queenמִגְּבִירָ֔הmi.ge.vi.RahH1377,becauseH834sheH834hadmadeH6213an abominableimageמִפְלָ֑צֶתmif.La.tzetH4656for anAsherahלַאֲשֵׁרָ֖הla.'a.she.RahH842; andAsaאָסָא֙'a.Sa'H609cutוַיִּכְרֹ֤תvai.yikh.RotH3772downH3772herH3772imageמִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּmif.latz.TahH4656, andmadeH6213dust of it, andburntוַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ףvai.yis.RofH8313it at thebrookבְּנַ֥חַלbe.Na.chalH5158Kidronקִדְרֽוֹן׃kid.RonH6939.

17But thehighוְהַ֨בָּמ֔וֹתve.Ha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116werenotלֹא־lo'-H3808takenH5493awayH5493outH3605ofIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑לmi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478: nevertheless theheartלְבַב־le.vav-H3824ofAsaאָסָ֛א'a.Sa'H609wasperfectשָׁלֵ֖םsha.LemH8003allH3605hisdaysיָמָֽיו׃ya.MavH3117.

18And hebroughtH935intoH935thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430the things that hisfatherאָבִ֛יו'a.VivH1haddedicatedH6942, and that hehimselfH6942haddedicatedH6942,silverכֶּ֥סֶףKe.sefH3701, andgoldוְזָהָ֖בve.za.HavH2091, andvesselsוְכֵלִֽים׃ve.khe.LimH3627.

19And there wasnoH3808moreH3808warוּמִלְחָמָ֖הu.mil.cha.MahH4421unto thefiveוְחָמֵ֖שׁve.cha.MeshH2568andthirtiethשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe.lo.ShimH7970yearשְׁנַת־she.nat-H8141of thereignלְמַלְכ֥וּתle.mal.KhutH4438ofAsaאָסָֽא׃ ס'a.Sa'H609.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 15

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