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2 Chronicles 23:16-21

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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