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2 Chronicles 20:31-37

31AndJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טye.ho.sha.FatH3092reignedוַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְvai.yim.LokhH4427overJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063: he wasthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁים֩she.lo.ShimH7970andfiveוְחָמֵ֨שׁve.cha.MeshH2568yearsשָׁנָ֜הsha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121when he began toreignבְּמָלְכ֗וֹbe.ma.le.KhoH4427; and hereignedמָלַ֣ךְma.LakhH4427twentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֨יםve.'es.RimH6242andfiveוְחָמֵ֤שׁve.cha.MeshH2568yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389: and hismother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasAzubahעֲזוּבָ֖ה'a.zu.VahH5806thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofShilhiשִׁלְחִֽי׃shil.ChiH7977.

32And he walked in thewayבְּדֶ֛רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofAsaאָסָ֖א'a.Sa'H609hisfatherאָבִ֥יו'a.VivH1, andturnedH5493notוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808asideסָ֣רsarH5493from it,doingלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213thatwhichH5869wasrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477in theeyesבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

33Howbeit thehighהַבָּמ֖וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116werenotלֹא־lo'-H3808takenH5493awayH5493;neitherלֹא־lo'-H3808as yet had thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971setהֵכִ֣ינוּhe.Khi.nuH3559theirheartsלְבָבָ֔םle.va.VamH3824unto theGodלֵאלֹהֵ֖יle.lo.HeiH430of theirfathersאֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃'a.vo.tei.HemH1.

34NowH2005therestוְיֶ֙תֶר֙ve.Ye.terH3499of theactsH1697ofJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֔טye.ho.sha.FatH3092,firstהָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223andlastוְהָאַחֲרֹנִ֑יםve.ha.'a.cha.ro.NimH314,beholdH2005, they arewrittenכְּתוּבִ֗יםke.tu.VimH3789in the history ofJehuיֵה֣וּאye.Hu'H3058thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofHananiחֲנָ֔נִיcha.Na.niH2607,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834is inserted in thebookסֵ֖פֶרSe.ferH5612of thekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

35Andafterוְאַחֲרֵיכֵ֗ןve.'a.cha.rei.KhenH310thisdidH6213Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֣טye.ho.sha.FatH3092kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063joinאֶתְחַבַּר֙'et.cha.BarH2266himselfH1931withAhaziahאֲחַזְיָ֣ה'a.chaz.YahH274kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478; thesameH1931didH6213verywickedlyהִרְשִׁ֥יעַhir.Shi.a'H7561:

36and hejoinedוַיְחַבְּרֵ֣הוּvay.cha.be.Re.huH2266himself with him tomakeלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213shipsאֳנִיּ֖וֹת'o.ni.YotH591to go toTarshishתַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁtar.ShishH8659: and theymadeוַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213theshipsאֳנִיּ֖וֹת'o.ni.YotH591inEzion-geberH6100.

37ThenEliezerאֱלִיעֶ֤זֶר'e.li.'E.zerH461thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofDodavahuדֹּדָוָ֙הוּ֙do.da.Va.huH1735ofMareshahמִמָּ֣רֵשָׁ֔הmi.Ma.re.ShahH4762prophesiedוַיִּתְנַבֵּ֞אvai.yit.na.Be'H5012againstH5921Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טye.ho.sha.FatH3092,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,BecauseH5921thou hastjoinedכְּהִֽתְחַבֶּרְךָ֣ke.hit.cha.ber.KhaH2266thyself withAhaziahאֲחַזְיָ֗הוּ'a.chaz.Ya.huH274, theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathdestroyedפָּרַ֤ץpa.RatzH6555thyworksמַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָma.'a.Sei.khaH4639. And theshipsאֳנִיּ֔וֹת'o.ni.YotH591werebrokenוַיִּשָּׁבְר֣וּvai.yi.sha.ve.RuH7665, that they werenotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808ableH4639to go toTarshishתַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃tar.ShishH8659.

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