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2 Chronicles 16:1-6

1In thesixוָשֵׁשׁ֙va.SheshH8337andthirtiethשְׁלֹשִׁ֤יםshe.lo.ShimH7970yearבִּשְׁנַ֨תbish.NatH8141of thereignלְמַלְכ֣וּתle.mal.KhutH4438ofAsaאָסָ֔א'a.Sa'H609,Baashaבַּעְשָׁ֤אba'.Sha'H1201kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478wentH3318upעָלָ֞ה'a.LahH5927againstעַל־'al-H5921Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, andbuiltוַיִּ֖בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129Ramahהָרָמָ֑הha.ra.MahH7414, that he mightnotלְבִלְתִּ֗יle.vil.TiH1115sufferanyתֵּ֚תtetH5414togoH3318outH3318orcomeוָבָ֔אva.Va'H935in toAsaלְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

2ThenAsaאָסָ֜א'a.Sa'H609broughtH3318outH3318silverכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701andgoldוְזָהָ֗בve.za.HavH2091outH3318of thetreasuresמֵאֹֽצְר֛וֹתme.'o.tze.RotH214of thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068and of theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseוּבֵ֣יתu.VeitH1004, andsentוַיִּשְׁלַ֗חvai.yish.LachH7971toBen-hadadH1130kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofSyriaאֲרָ֔ם'a.RamH758, thatdweltהַיּוֹשֵׁ֥בhai.yo.ShevH3427atDamascusבְּדַרְמֶ֖שֶׂקbe.dar.Me.sekH1834,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

3There is aleagueבְּרִית֙be.RitH1285betweenH996meH7971and thee, as there wasbetweenH996myfatherאָבִ֖י'a.ViH1and thyfatherאָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1:beholdהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009, I havesentH7971theesilverכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701andgoldוְזָהָ֔בve.za.HavH2091;goוְיַעֲלֶ֖הve.ya.'a.LehH5927,breakהָפֵ֣רha.FerH6565thyleagueבְּרִֽיתְךָ֗be.ri.te.KhaH1285withBaashaבַּעְשָׁא֙ba'.Sha'H1201kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, that he maydepartH5927frommeH7971.

4AndBen-hadadH1130hearkened untokingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Asaאָסָ֗א'a.Sa'H609, andsentוַ֠יִּשְׁלַחVai.yish.lachH7971thecaptainsשָׂרֵ֨יsa.ReiH8269of hisarmiesהַחֲיָלִ֤יםha.cha.ya.LimH2428againstH413thecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478; and theysmoteוַיַּכּוּ֙vai.ya.KuH5221Ijonעִיּ֣וֹןi.YonH5859, andDanדָּ֔ןDanH1835, andAbel-maimH66, andallכָּֽל־kal-H3605thestoreמִסְכְּנ֖וֹתmis.ke.NotH4543citiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892ofNaphtaliנַפְתָּלִֽי׃naf.ta.LiH5321.

5And itcameH1961topassH1961, whenBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'H1201heardכִּשְׁמֹ֣עַkish.Mo.a'H8085thereof, that heleftH1961offH853buildingמִבְּנ֖וֹתmi.be.NotH1129ofRamahהָרָמָ֑הha.ra.MahH7414, andletH1961hisworkמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ סme.lakh.ToH4399ceaseוַיֶּחְדַּ֕לvai.yech.DalH2308.

6ThenAsaוְאָסָ֣אve.'a.Sa'H609thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428tookלָקַח֙la.KachH3947allכָּל־kol-H3605Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063; and theycarriedH5375awayH5375thestonesאַבְנֵ֤י'av.NeiH68ofRamahהָֽרָמָה֙ha.ra.MahH7414, and thetimberעֵצֶ֔יהָ'e.Tzei.haH6086thereof, wherewithBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֑אba'.Sha'H1201had builded; and hebuiltH1129therewithGebaגֶּ֖בַעGe.va'H1387andMizpahהַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ סha.mitz.PahH4709.

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