Revised Version 1895

2 Chronicles 24

1Joashיֹאָ֣שׁyo.'AshH3101wassevenשֶׁ֤בַעShe.va'H7651yearsשָׁנִים֙sha.NimH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121when he began toreignבְּמָלְכ֔וֹbe.ma.le.KhoH4427; and hereignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427fortyוְאַרְבָּעִ֣יםve.'ar.ba.'ImH705yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389: and hismother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasZibiahצִבְיָ֖הtziv.YahH6645of Beer-sheba.

2AndJoashיוֹאָ֛שׁyo.'AshH3101didוַיַּ֧עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213thatwhichH5869wasrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477in theeyesבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068allכָּל־kol-H3605thedaysיְמֵ֖יye.MeiH3117ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֥עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077thepriestהַכֹּהֵֽן׃ha.ko.HenH3548.

3AndJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֖עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077tookוַיִּשָּׂא־vai.yi.sa'-H5375for himtwoשְׁתָּ֑יִםshe.Ta.yimH8147wivesנָשִׁ֣יםna.ShimH802; and he begatsonsבָּנִ֥יםba.NimH1121anddaughtersוּבָנֽוֹת׃u.va.NotH1323.

4And itcameוַיְהִ֖יvay.HiH1961topassהָיָה֙ha.YahH1961afterאַחֲרֵיכֵ֑ן'a.cha.rei.KhenH310this, thatJoashיוֹאָ֔שׁyo.'AshH3101was minded torestoreלְחַדֵּ֖שׁle.cha.DeshH2318thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

5And hegatheredH6908togetherH6908thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548and theLevitesוְהַלְוִיִּם֒ve.hal.vi.YimH3881, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them,Goצְא֣וּtze.'UH3318outH3318unto thecitiesלְעָרֵ֪יle.'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֟הye.hu.DahH3063, andgatherH6908ofallמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֨לYis.ra.'ElH3478moneyכֶּ֜סֶףKe.sefH3701torepairלְחַזֵּ֣ק׀le.cha.ZekH2388thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of yourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430fromyearשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141toyearבְּשָׁנָ֔הbe.sha.NahH8141, and see that yehastenתְּמַהֲר֣וּte.ma.ha.RuH4116thematterלַדָּבָ֑רla.da.VarH1697. Howbeit theLevitesהַֽלְוִיִּֽם׃Hal.vi.YimH3881hastenedמִֽהֲר֖וּmi.ha.RuH4116itnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808.

6And thekingהַמֶּלֶךְ֮ha.me.leKhH4428calledוַיִּקְרָ֣אvai.yik.Ra'H7121forJehoiadaלִֽיהוֹיָדָ֣עli.ho.ya.Da'H3077thechiefהָרֹאשׁ֒ha.roShH7218, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him,Whyמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ma.Du.a'H4069hast thounotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808requiredדָרַ֣שְׁתָּda.Rash.taH1875of theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.YimH3881tobringלְהָבִ֞יאle.ha.Vi'H935inoutH5921ofJudahמִֽיהוּדָ֣הmi.hu.DahH3063andoutH5921ofJerusalemוּמִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗םu.mi.ru.sha.LimH3389thetaxמַשְׂאַת֙mas.'AtH4864ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehH4872theservantעֶֽבֶד־'e.ved-H5650of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, and of thecongregationוְהַקָּהָ֖לve.ha.ka.HalH6951ofIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, for thetentלְאֹ֖הֶלle.'O.helH168of thetestimonyהָעֵדֽוּת׃ha.'e.DutH5715?

7For thesonsבָּנֶ֥יהָba.Nei.haH1121ofAthaliahעֲתַלְיָ֙הוּ֙'a.tal.Ya.huH6271, thatwickedהַמִּרְשַׁ֔עַתha.mir.Sha.'atH4849womanH1004, hadbrokenפָרְצ֖וּfa.re.TzuH6555upאֶת־'et-H853thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430; and alsoallכָּל־kol-H3605thededicatedקָדְשֵׁ֣יka.de.SheiH6944things of thehouseבֵית־veit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068didעָשׂ֖וּ'a.SuH6213they bestow upon the Baalim.

8SoH6213thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commandedוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, and theymadeH6213achestאֲר֣וֹן'a.RonH727, andsetוַֽיִּתְּנֻ֛הוּvai.yi.te.Nu.huH5414it without at thegateבְּשַׁ֥עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179of thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

9And theymadeH5414aproclamationק֞וֹלKolH6963throughH5921Judahבִּֽיהוּדָ֣הbi.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗םu.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389, tobringלְהָבִ֤יאle.ha.Vi'H935in for theLORDלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068thetaxמַשְׂאַ֞תmas.'AtH4864thatMosesמֹשֶׁ֧הmo.ShehH4872theservantעֶֽבֶד־'e.ved-H5650ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430laidH5414uponH5921Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ba.mid.BarH4057.

10Andallכָל־khol-H3605theprincesהַשָּׂרִ֖יםha.sa.RimH8269andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971rejoicedH8055, andbroughtH935in, andcastוַיַּשְׁלִ֥יכוּvai.yash.Li.khuH7993intoH935thechestלָאָר֖וֹןla.'a.RonH727,untilעַד־'ad-H5704they hadmadeH8055anendלְכַלֵּֽה׃le.kha.LehH3615.

11And it wassoH6213, that atwhatH3541time thechestהָֽאָר֜וֹןha.'a.RonH727wasbroughtיָבִ֨יאya.Vi'H935unto theking’sהַמֶּלֶךְ֮ha.me.leKhH4428officeפְּקֻדַּ֣תpe.ku.DatH6486by thehandבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027of theLevitesהַלְוִיִּם֒hal.vi.YimH3881, and when theysawוְכִרְאוֹתָ֞םve.khir.'o.TamH7200that there wasmuchH7230moneyהַכֶּ֗סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701, theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428scribeסוֹפֵ֤רso.FerH5608and thechiefהָרֹ֔אשׁha.RoshH7218priest’sכֹּהֵ֣ןko.HenH3548officerוּפְקִיד֙u.fe.KidH6496cameוּבָ֨אu.Va'H935andemptiedוִיעָ֙רוּ֙vi.'A.ruH6168thechestהָ֣אָר֔וֹןha.'a.RonH727, andtookH5375it, andcarriedH5375it toitsH853placeמְקֹמ֑וֹme.ko.MoH4725againוִֽישִׁיבֻ֣הוּvi.shi.Vu.huH7725.Thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541theydidH6213dayלְי֣וֹם׀le.YomH3117bydayבְּי֔וֹםbe.YomH3117, andgatheredוַיַּֽאַסְפוּ־vai.ya.'as.fu-H622moneyכֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefH3701inabundanceלָרֹֽב׃la.RoH7230.

12And thekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andJehoiadaוִֽיהוֹיָדָ֗עvi.ho.ya.Da'H3077gaveוַיִּתְּנֵ֨הוּvai.yi.te.Ne.huH5414it tosuchH1571asdidעוֹשֵׂה֙o.SehH6213theworkמְלֶ֙אכֶת֙me.Le.khetH4399of theserviceעֲבוֹדַ֣תa.vo.DatH5656of thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; and theyhiredשֹׂכְרִים֙so.khe.RimH7936masonsחֹצְבִ֣יםcho.tze.VimH2672andcarpentersH2796torestoreלְחַדֵּ֖שׁle.cha.DeshH2318thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, and alsosuchH1571as wroughtironבַרְזֶל֙var.ZelH1270andbrassוּנְחֹ֔שֶׁתu.ne.Cho.shetH5178torepairלְחַזֵּ֖קle.cha.ZekH2388thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

13SoH6213theworkmenהַמְּלָאכָ֔הha.me.la.KhahH4399wrought, and theworkלַמְּלָאכָ֖הla.me.la.KhahH4399was perfected by them, and theysetוַֽיַּעֲמִ֜ידוּvai.ya.'a.Mi.duH5975upוַתַּ֧עַלva.Ta.'alH5927thehouseבֵּ֧יתbeitH1004ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430initsאֶת־'et-H853state, andstrengthenedוַֽיְאַמְּצֻֽהוּ׃Vay.'a.me.Tzu.huH553it.

14And when they hadmadeH6213anendוּֽכְכַלּוֹתָ֡םu.khe.kha.lo.TamH3615, theybroughtהֵבִ֣יאוּhe.Vi.'uH935therestשְׁאָ֣רshe.'ArH7605of themoneyהַכֶּ֗סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701beforeלִפְנֵי֩lif.NeiH6440thekingהַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andJehoiadaוִֽיהוֹיָדָ֜עvi.ho.ya.Da'H3077, whereof weremadeH6213vesselsכֵלִ֤יםkhe.LimH3627for thehouseלְבֵית־le.veit-H1004of theLORDH3068,evenאֶת־'et-H853vesselsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627to minister, and toofferוְהַעֲל֣וֹתve.ha.'a.LotH5927withal, andspoonsוְכַפּ֔וֹתve.kha.PotH3709, andvesselsוּכְלֵ֥יu.khe.LeiH3627ofgoldזָהָ֖בza.HavH2091andsilverוָכָ֑סֶףva.Kha.sefH3701. And theyofferedמַעֲלִ֨יםma.'a.LimH5927burntעֹל֤וֹתo.LotH5930offeringsH3068in thehouseבְּבֵית־be.veit-H1004of theLORDH3068continuallyתָּמִ֔ידta.MidH8548allכֹּ֖לkolH3605thedaysיְמֵ֥יye.MeiH3117ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָֽע׃ פye.ho.ya.Da'H3077.

15ButJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֛עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077waxedoldH1121and wasfullH3117ofdaysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117, and hediedH4191; anhundredמֵאָ֧הme.'AhH3967andthirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970yearsשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141oldH1121was he when hediedH4191.

16And theyburiedוַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּvai.yik.be.Ru.huH6912him in thecityבְעִיר־ve.'ir-H5892ofDavidדָּוִ֖ידda.VidH1732among thekingsהַמְּלָכִ֑יםha.me.la.KhimH4428,becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588he haddoneעָשָׂ֤ה'a.SahH6213goodטוֹבָה֙to.VahH2896inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, andtowardH5973Godהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430and hishouseוּבֵיתֽוֹ׃ סu.vei.ToH1004.

17NowH8085afterוְאַֽחֲרֵ֥יve.'a.cha.ReiH310thedeathמוֹת֙mOtH4194ofJehoiadaיְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עye.Ho.ya.Da'H3077cameבָּ֚אוּBa.'uH935theprincesשָׂרֵ֣יsa.ReiH8269ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, andmadeH8085obeisance to thekingלַמֶּ֑לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428. Then thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428hearkened unto them.

18And they forsook thehouseבֵּ֤יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of theirfathersאֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם'a.vo.tei.HemH1, andservedוַיַּֽעַבְד֥וּvai.ya.'av.DuH5647theAsherimהָאֲשֵׁרִ֖יםha.'a.she.RimH842and theidolsהָֽעֲצַבִּ֑יםha.'a.tza.BimH6091: andwrathקֶ֗צֶףKe.tzefH7110cameוַֽיְהִי־vay.hi-H1961uponעַל־'al-H5921Judahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םvi.Ru.sha.LimH3389for this their guiltiness.

19Yet hesentוַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.LachH7971prophetsנְבִאִ֔יםne.vi.'ImH5030to them, tobringלַהֲשִׁיבָ֖םla.ha.shi.VamH7725themagainH7725unto theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068; and theytestifiedוַיָּעִ֥ידוּvai.ya.'I.duH5749againstאֶל־'el-H413them: but they wouldnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808giveH238earהֶאֱזִֽינוּ׃ סhe.'e.Zi.nuH238.

20And thespiritוְר֣וּחַve.Ru.achH7307ofGodאֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430cameלָֽבְשָׁה֙la.ve.ShahH3847uponH5921Zechariahזְכַרְיָה֙ze.khar.YahH2148thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֣עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548; and hestoodוַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975aboveH5921thepeopleלָעָ֑םla.'AmH5971, andsaidH559unto them,Thusכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541saithGodהָאֱלֹהִ֗יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,Whyלָמָה֩la.MahH4100transgressעֹבְרִ֜ים'oe.RimH5674ye thecommandmentsמִצְוֹ֤תmitz.VotH4687of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, that yecannotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808prosperתַצְלִ֔יחוּtatz.Li.chuH6743?becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588ye have forsaken theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, he hath also forsakenyouאַתֶּ֨ם'a.TemH859.

21And theyconspiredוַיִּקְשְׁר֣וּvai.yik.she.RuH7194againstעָלָ֔יו'a.LavH5921him, andstonedוַיִּרְגְּמֻ֥הוּvai.yir.ge.Mu.huH7275him withstonesאֶ֖בֶן'E.venH68at thecommandmentבְּמִצְוַ֣תbe.mitz.VatH4687of thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428in thecourtבַּחֲצַ֖רba.cha.TzarH2691of thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

22ThusH4191Joashיוֹאָ֣שׁyo.'AshH3101thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428rememberedזָכַ֞רza.KharH2142notוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808thekindnessהַחֶ֙סֶד֙ha.Che.sedH2617whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֤עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077hisfatherאָבִיו֙'a.VivH1haddoneעָשָׂ֜ה'a.SahH6213to him, butslewוַֽיַּהֲרֹ֖גvai.ya.ha.RogH2026hissonבְּנ֑וֹbe.NoH1121. And when hediedH4191, hesaidאָמַ֔ר'a.MarH559, TheLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068lookH7200uponH7200it, andrequireוְיִדְרֹֽשׁ׃ פve.yid.RoshH1875it.

23And itcameH935topassH935at the end of theyearהַשָּׁנָ֗הha.sha.NahH8141, that thearmyH5971of the SyrianscameH935upעָלָ֣ה'a.LahH5927againstעָלָיו֮'a.LavH5921him: and theycameH935toJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םvi.Ru.sha.LimH3389, anddestroyedוַיַּשְׁחִ֛יתוּvai.yash.Chi.tuH7843allכָּל־kol-H3605theprincesשָׂרֵ֥יsa.ReiH8269of thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971from among thepeopleמֵעָ֑םme.'AmH5971, andsentשִׁלְּח֖וּshi.le.ChuH7971allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605thespoilשְׁלָלָ֥םshe.la.LamH7998of them unto thekingלְמֶ֥לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofDamascusדַּרְמָֽשֶׂק׃dar.Ma.sekH1834.

24For thearmyH2428of the SyrianscameH935with asmallבְמִצְעַ֨רve.mitz.'ArH4705company ofmenH376; and theLORDוַֽיהוָה֙va.Yah.wehH3068deliveredנָתַ֨ןna.TanH5414averyH3966greatH3966hostH2426intoH935theirhandבְּיָדָ֥םbe.ya.DamH3027,becauseH3588they had forsaken theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of theirfathersאֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם'a.vo.tei.HemH1.Soעָשׂ֥וּ'a.SuH6213they executedjudgmentשְׁפָטִֽים׃she.fa.TimH8201uponH935Joashיוֹאָ֖שׁyo.'AshH3101.

25And when they were departed from him, (for theyleftעָזְב֣וּ'a.ze.VuH5800him ingreatרַבִּים֒ra.BimH7227diseases,) his ownservantsעֲבָדָ֗יו'a.va.DavH5650conspiredהִתְקַשְּׁר֨וּhit.ka.she.RuH7194againstH5921him for thebloodבִּדְמֵי֙bid.MeiH1818of thesonsבְּנֵי֙be.NeiH1121ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֣עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548, andslewוַיַּֽהַרְגֻ֥הוּvai.ya.har.Gu.huH2026him on hisbedמִטָּת֖וֹmi.ta.ToH4296, and hediedוַיָּמֹ֑תvai.ya.MotH4191: and theyburiedוַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙vai.yik.be.Ru.huH6912him in thecityבְּעִ֣ירbe.'IrH5892ofDavidדָּוִ֔ידda.VidH1732, but theyburiedקְבָרֻ֖הוּke.va.Ru.huH6912himnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808in the sepulchres of thekingsהַמְּלָכִֽים׃ סha.me.la.KhimH4428.

26Andtheseוְאֵ֖לֶּהve.'E.lehH428are they thatconspiredהַמִּתְקַשְּׁרִ֣יםha.mit.ka.she.RimH7194againstעָלָ֑יו'a.LavH5921him;Zabadזָבָ֗דza.VadH2066thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofShimeathשִׁמְעָת֙shim.'AtH8100theAmmonitessH5985, andJehozabadוִיה֣וֹזָבָ֔דvi.Ho.za.VadH3075thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofShimrithשִׁמְרִ֖יתshim.RitH8116theMoabitessהַמּוֹאָבִֽית׃ha.mo.'a.VitH4125.

27NowH2005concerning hissonsוּבָנָ֞יוu.va.NavH1121, and thegreatnessH7230of the burdens laiduponH5921him, and the rebuilding of thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,beholdH2005, they arewrittenכְּתוּבִ֔יםke.tu.VimH3789in the commentary of thebookסֵ֣פֶרSe.ferH5612of thekingsהַמְּלָכִ֑יםha.me.la.KhimH4428. AndAmaziahאֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ'a.matz.Ya.huH558hissonבְנ֖וֹve.NoH1121reignedוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.LokhH4427in hissteadתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פtach.TavH8478.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 24

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