Revised Version 1895

2 Chronicles 20:20-29

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.

25And whenJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֣טye.ho.sha.FatH3092and hispeopleוְעַמּוֹ֮ve.'a.MoH5971cameH935totakeH962thespoilשְׁלָלָם֒she.la.LamH7998of them, theyfoundוַיִּמְצְאוּ֩vai.yim.tze.'UH4672among them inabundanceלָרֹ֜בla.RoH7230both riches anddeadH6297bodiesH6297, andpreciousחֲמֻד֔וֹתcha.mu.DotH2530jewelsוּכְלֵ֣יu.khe.LeiH3627,whichהֽוּא׃Hu'H1931theystrippedH5337offH853for themselves,moreלְאֵ֣יןle.'EinH369thanרַב־rav-H7227theycouldH5971carryמַשָּׂ֑אma.Sa'H4853awayH5337: and they werethreeשְׁלוֹשָׁ֛הshe.lo.ShahH7969daysיָמִ֧יםya.MimH3117intakingH935of thespoilהַשָּׁלָ֖לha.sha.LalH7998, it wassoוַיִּֽהְי֞וּvai.yih.YuH1961muchH7230.

26And on thefourthהָרְבִעִ֗יha.re.vi.'IH7243dayוּבַיּ֣וֹםu.vai.YomH3117theyassembledנִקְהֲלוּ֙nik.ha.LuH6950themselvesעַל־'al-H5921in thevalleyלְעֵ֣מֶקle.'E.mekH6010ofBeracahבְּרָכָ֔הbe.ra.KhahH1294; for there theyblessedבֵּרֲכ֣וּbe.ra.KhuH1288theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068: therefore thenameשֵׁ֨םshemH8034of thatplaceהַמָּק֥וֹםha.ma.KomH4725wascalledקָֽרְא֞וּka.re.'UH7121Thevalleyעֵ֥מֶק'E.mekH6010ofBeracahבְּרָכָ֖הbe.ra.KhahH1294, unto thisdayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

27Then theyreturnedH7725,everyכָּל־kol-H3605manאִ֨ישׁ'ishH376ofJudahיְהוּדָ֤הye.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙vi.ru.sha.LimH3389, andJehoshaphatוִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣טvi.ho.sha.FatH3092in the forefront of them, togoH7725againH7725toJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389withjoyבְּשִׂמְחָ֑הbe.sim.ChahH8057; for theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hadmadeH7725them torejoiceשִׂמְּחָ֥םsi.me.ChamH8055over theirenemiesמֵֽאוֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃Me.'oy.vei.HemH341.

28And theycameוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uH935toJerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389with psalteries andharpsוּבְכִנֹּר֖וֹתu.ve.khi.no.RotH3658andtrumpetsוּבַחֲצֹצְר֑וֹתu.va.cha.tzo.tze.RotH2689unto thehouseבֵּ֖יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

29And thefearפַּ֣חַדPa.chadH6343ofGodאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430was onallכָּל־kol-H3605thekingdomsמַמְלְכ֣וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467of thecountriesהָאֲרָצ֑וֹתha.'a.ra.TzotH776, when theyheardבְּשָׁמְעָ֕םbe.sha.me.'AmH8085that theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068foughtנִלְחַ֣םnil.ChamH3898againstעַ֖ל'alH5921theenemiesאוֹיְבֵ֥י'oy.VeiH341ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

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