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2 Chronicles 20:20-24

20And theyroseH7925earlyוַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּvai.yash.Ki.muH7925in themorningבַבֹּ֔קֶרva.Bo.kerH1242, andwentH3318forthH3318intoH3318thewildernessלְמִדְבַּ֣רle.mid.BarH4057ofTekoaתְּק֑וֹעַte.Ko.a'H8620: and as theywentH3318forthH3318,Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טye.ho.sha.FatH3092stoodעָמַ֣ד'a.MadH5975andsaidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559,Hearשְׁמָע֗וּנִיshe.ma.'U.niH8085meH3318, OJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063, and yeinhabitantsוְיֹשְׁבֵ֣יve.yo.she.VeiH3427ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םye.ru.sha.LimH3389;believeהַאֲמִ֜ינוּha.'a.Mi.nuH539in theLORDבַּיהוָ֤הba.Yah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶם֙'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,soH3318shall ye beestablishedוְתֵ֣אָמֵ֔נוּve.Te.'a.Me.nuH539;believeהַאֲמִ֥ינוּha.'a.Mi.nuH539hisprophetsבִנְבִיאָ֖יוvin.vi.'AvH5030,soH3318shall yeprosperוְהַצְלִֽיחוּ׃ve.hatz.Li.chuH6743.

21And when he hadtakenH3318counselוַיִּוָּעַץ֙vai.yi.va.'AtzH3289with thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971, heappointedוַיַּעֲמֵ֤דvai.ya.'a.MedH5975them that shouldsingמְשֹֽׁרֲרִים֙me.sho.ra.RimH7891unto theLORDH3068, andpraiseוּֽמְהַֽלְלִ֖יםu.me.ha.LimH1984the beauty ofholinessקֹ֑דֶשׁKo.deshH6944, as theywentH3318outH3318beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440thearmyH5971, andsayוְאֹֽמְרִים֙ve.'o.me.RimH559,Giveהוֹד֣וּho.DuH3034thanksH3034unto theLORDH3068; for hismercyH3068endureth foreverלְעוֹלָ֖םle.'o.LamH5769.

22And when theybeganהֵחֵ֨לּוּhe.Che.luH2490to sing and topraiseוּתְהִלָּ֗הu.te.hi.LahH8416, theLORDיְהוָ֣ה׀Yah.wehH3068setנָתַ֣ןna.TanH5414liers inwaitמְ֠אָֽרְבִיםMe.'a.re.vimH693againstH5921thechildrenבְּנֵ֨יbe.NeiH1121ofAmmonעַמּ֜וֹןa.MonH5983,Moabמוֹאָ֧בmo.'AvH4124, andmountH2022Seirשֵׂעִ֛ירse.'IrH8165,whichH2022werecomeהַבָּאִ֥יםha.ba.'ImH935againstH5921Judahלִֽיהוּדָ֖הli.hu.DahH3063; and they were smitten.

23For thechildrenבְּנֵ֨יbe.NeiH1121ofAmmonעַמּ֧וֹןa.MonH5983andMoabוּמוֹאָ֛בu.mo.'AvH4124stoodH5975upH5975againstעַל־'al-H5921theinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427ofmountהַר־har-H2022Seirשֵׂעִ֖ירse.'IrH8165,utterlyלְמַשְׁחִֽית׃le.mash.ChitH4889to slay anddestroyוּלְהַשְׁמִ֑ידu.le.hash.MidH8045them: and when they had made anendוּכְכַלּוֹתָם֙u.khe.kha.lo.TamH3615of theinhabitantsבְּיוֹשְׁבֵ֣יbe.yo.she.VeiH3427ofSeirשֵׂעִ֔ירse.'IrH8165,everyאִישׁ־'ish-H376onehelpedעָזְר֥וּ'a.ze.RuH5826todestroyH8045anotherבְּרֵעֵ֖הוּbe.re.'E.huH7453.

24And whenJudahוִֽיהוּדָ֛הvi.hu.DahH3063cameבָּ֥אba'H935to the watch-tower of thewildernessלַמִּדְבָּ֑רla.mid.BarH4057, theylookedוַיִּפְנוּ֙vai.yif.NuH6437uponעַל־'al-H5921themultitudeהֶ֣הָמ֔וֹןhe.ha.MonH1995; and,beholdוְהִנָּ֧םve.hi.NamH2005, they weredeadH6297bodiesH6297fallenנֹפְלִ֥יםno.fe.LimH5307to theearthאַ֖רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776, and there werenoneוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369thatescapedפְּלֵיטָֽה׃pe.lei.TahH6413.

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