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2 Chronicles 23:12-21

12And whenAthaliahעֲתַלְיָ֗הוּ'a.tal.Ya.huH6271heardוַתִּשְׁמַ֣עva.tish.Ma'H8085thenoiseק֤וֹלKolH6963of thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971runningהָֽרָצִ֔יםha.ra.TzimH7323andpraisingוְהַֽמְהַֽלְלִ֖יםve.ham.ha.LimH1984thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, shecameוַתָּב֥וֹאva.ta.Vo'H935to thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971intoאֶל־'el-H413thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068:

13and shelookedוַתֵּ֡רֶאva.Te.re'H7200, and,beholdוְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.NehH2009, thekingהַמֶּלֶךְ֩ha.me.leKhH4428stoodעוֹמֵ֨דo.MedH5975by hispillarעַמּוּד֜וֹa.mu.DoH5982at theentranceבַּמָּב֗וֹאba.ma.Vo'H3996, and thecaptainsוְהַשָּׂרִ֣יםve.ha.sa.RimH8269and thetrumpetsוְהַחֲצֹצְרוֹת֮ve.ha.cha.tzo.tze.rOtH2689by thekingהַמֶּלֶךְ֒ha.me.leKhH4428; andallH3605thepeopleעַ֨ם'amH5971of thelandהָאָ֜רֶץha.'A.retzH776rejoicedH8055, andblewוְתוֹקֵ֙עַ֙ve.to.Ke.a'H8628withtrumpetsבַּחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹתba.cha.Tzo.tze.RotH2689; thesingersוְהַמְשֽׁוֹרֲרִים֙ve.ham.sho.ra.RimH7891also played oninstrumentsבִּכְלֵ֣יbikh.LeiH3627ofmusicהַשִּׁ֔ירha.ShirH7892, and led thesingingH7891ofpraiseלְהַלֵּ֑לle.ha.LelH1984. ThenAthaliahעֲתַלְיָ֙הוּ֙'a.tal.Ya.huH6271rentherH3605clothesבְּגָדֶ֔יהָbe.ga.Dei.haH899, andsaidוַתֹּ֖אמֶרva.To.merH559,Treasonקֶ֥שֶׁרKe.sherH7195,treasonקָֽשֶׁר׃ סKa.sherH7195.

14AndJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֨עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֜ןha.ko.HenH3548broughtH935outוַיּוֹצֵא֩vai.yo.Tze'H3318thecaptainsשָׂרֵ֥יsa.ReiH8269ofhundredsהַמֵּא֣וֹת׀ha.me.'otH3967that weresetH935over the host, andsaidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, HaveherH413forthהֽוֹצִיא֙וּהָ֙ho.tzi.'U.haH3318between theranksהַשְּׂדֵר֔וֹתha.se.de.RotH7713; and whoso followethherH413,letH3808him be slain with theswordבֶּחָ֑רֶבbe.Cha.revH2719: for thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548saidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559,SlayH4191herH413notH3808in thehouseH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

15SoH935theymadeוַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּvai.ya.Si.muH7760way forherH413; and shewentH935to theentryמְב֥וֹאme.Vo'H3996of thehorseהַסּוּסִ֖יםha.su.SimH5483gateשַֽׁעַר־sha.'ar-H8179to theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004: and they slewherH413there.

16AndJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָע֙ye.ho.ya.Da'H3077madeוַיִּכְרֹ֤תvai.yikh.RotH3772acovenantבְּרִ֔יתbe.RitH1285betweenH996himself, andallכָּל־kol-H3605thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971, and thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, that they should be theLORD’Sלַיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068peopleלְעָ֖םle.'AmH5971.

17Andallכָל־khol-H3605thepeopleהָעָ֤םha.'AmH5971wentוַיָּבֹ֨אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofBaalהַבַּ֙עַל֙ha.Ba.'alH1168, and brake itdownוַֽיִּתְּצֻ֔הוּvai.yi.te.Tzu.huH5422, and brake hisaltarsמִזְבְּחֹתָ֥יוmiz.be.cho.TavH4196and hisimagesצְלָמָ֖יוtze.la.MavH6754inpiecesשִׁבֵּ֑רוּshi.Be.ruH7665, andslewהָרְג֖וּha.re.GuH2026Mattanמַתָּן֙ma.TanH4977thepriestכֹּהֵ֣ןko.HenH3548ofBaalהַבַּ֔עַלha.Ba.'alH1168beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440thealtarsהַֽמִּזְבְּחֽוֹת׃Ha.miz.be.ChotH4196.

18AndJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֨עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077appointedוַיָּשֶׂם֩vai.ya.SemH7760theofficesפְּקֻדֹּ֜תpe.ku.DotH6486of thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDH3068underעַל־'al-H5921thehandבְּיַ֨דbe.YadH3027of thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548theLevitesהַלְוִיִּם֮hal.vi.YimH3881,whomאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834Davidדָּוִיד֮da.VidH1732had distributed in thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDH3068, toofferלְֽהַעֲל֞וֹתle.ha.'a.LotH5927theburntעֹל֣וֹתo.LotH5930offeringsH3068of theLORDH3068, as it iswrittenכַּכָּת֛וּבka.ka.TuvH3789in thelawבְּתוֹרַ֥תbe.to.RatH8451ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872, withrejoicingבְּשִׂמְחָ֣הbe.sim.ChahH8057and withsingingוּבְשִׁ֑ירu.ve.ShirH7892,accordingעַ֖ל'alH5921to theorderיְדֵ֥יye.DeiH3027ofDavidדָוִֽיד׃da.VidH1732.

19And hesetוַֽיַּעֲמֵד֙vai.ya.'a.MedH5975the porters at thegatesשַׁעֲרֵ֖יsha.'a.ReiH8179of thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, thatnoneוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808whichH1697wasuncleanטָמֵ֖אta.Me'H2931inanyלְכָל־le.kholH3605thingH1697shouldenterיָבֹ֥אya.Vo'H935in.

20And hetookוַיִּקַּ֣חvai.yi.KachH3947thecaptainsH8269ofhundredsהַמֵּא֡וֹתha.me.'otH3967, and thenoblesהָֽאַדִּירִים֩ha.'a.di.RimH117, and thegovernorsH8269of thepeopleבָּעָ֜םba.'AmH5971, andallכָּל־kol-H3605thepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971of thelandהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776, andbroughtH935downוַיּ֤וֹרֶדvai.Yo.redH3381thekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428from thehouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068: and theycameH935throughבְּתֽוֹךְ־be.tokh-H8432theupperהָֽעֶלְי֖וֹןha.'el.YonH5945gateשַׁ֥עַרSha.'arH8179unto theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004, andsetH935thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428uponעַ֖ל'alH5921thethroneכִּסֵּ֥אki.Se'H3678of thekingdomהַמַּמְלָכָֽה׃ha.mam.la.KhahH4467.

21Soהֵמִ֥יתוּhe.Mi.tuH4191allכָל־khol-H3605thepeopleעַם־'am-H5971of thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776rejoicedוַיִּשְׂמְח֥וּvai.yis.me.ChuH8055, and thecityוְהָעִ֣ירve.ha.'IrH5892wasquietשָׁקָ֑טָהsha.Ka.tahH8252: and they slewAthaliahעֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ'a.tal.Ya.huH6271with theswordבֶחָֽרֶב׃ סve.Cha.revH2719.

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