Revised Version 1895

2 Chronicles 26

1AndallH3605thepeopleעַ֤ם'amH5971ofJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063tookוַיִּקְח֞וּvai.yik.ChuH3947Uzziahעֻזִּיָּ֔הוּ'u.zi.Ya.huH5818, who wassixteenעֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.RehH6240yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121, andmadeH3605himkingוַיַּמְלִ֣יכוּvai.yam.Li.khuH4427in the room of hisfatherאָבִ֥יו'a.VivH1Amaziahאֲמַצְיָֽהוּ׃'a.matz.Ya.huH558.

2Hebuiltבָּנָ֣הba.NahH1129Elothאֵיל֔וֹת'ei.LotH359, andrestoredוַיְשִׁיבֶ֖הָvay.shi.Ve.haH7725it toJudahלִֽיהוּדָ֑הli.hu.DahH3063,afterאַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiH310that thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428sleptשְׁכַֽב־she.khav-H7901with hisfathersאֲבֹתָֽיו׃ פ'a.vo.TavH1.

3Sixteenעֶשְׂרֵ֤ה'es.RehH6240yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121wasUzziahעֻזִּיָּ֣הוּ'u.zi.Ya.huH5818when he began toreignבְמָלְכ֔וֹve.ma.le.KhoH4427; and hereignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427fiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁ֤יםva.cha.mi.ShimH2572andtwoוּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙u.she.Ta.yimH8147yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389: and hismother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasJechiliahיְכָלְיָ֖הye.khi.le.yahH3203ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

4And hedidוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213thatwhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834wasrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477in theeyesבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, according toallכְּכֹ֥לke.KholH3605that hisfatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1Amaziahאֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ'a.matz.Ya.huH558haddoneעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213.

5And he sethimselfH3117toseekלִדְרֹ֣שׁlid.RoshH1875Godאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430in thedaysH3117ofZechariahזְכַרְיָ֔הוּze.khar.Ya.huH2148, who hadunderstandingהַמֵּבִ֖יןha.me.VinH995in thevisionבִּרְאֹ֣תbir.'OtH7200ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430: and aslongH3117as hesoughtדָּרְשׁ֣וֹda.re.ShoH1875theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,Godהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ סha.'E.lo.HimH430madeוַיְהִי֙vay.HiH1961him toprosperהִצְלִיח֖וֹhitz.li.ChoH6743.

6And hewentH3318forthH3318and warredagainstוַיִּלָּ֣חֶםvai.yi.La.chemH3898thePhilistinesבַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםba.pe.lish.TimH6430, and brakedownוַיִּפְרֹ֞ץvai.yif.RotzH6555thewallח֣וֹמַתCho.matH2346ofGathגַּ֗תGatH1661, and thewallחוֹמַ֣תcho.MatH2346ofJabnehיַבְנֵ֔הyav.NehH2996, and thewallחוֹמַ֣תcho.MatH2346ofAshdodאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד'ash.DodH795; and hebuiltוַיִּבְנֶ֣הvai.yiv.NehH1129citiesעָרִ֔ים'a.RimH5892in the country ofAshdodבְּאַשְׁדּ֖וֹדbe.'ash.DodH795, and among thePhilistinesוּבַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃u.va.pe.lish.TimH6430.

7AndGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֜יםha.'E.lo.HimH430helpedוַיַּעְזְרֵ֨הוּvai.ya'.ze.Re.huH5826himagainstעַל־'al-H5921thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֧יםpe.lish.TimH6430, andagainstוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921the Arabians thatdweltהַיֹּשְׁבִ֥יםhai.yo.she.VimH3427inGur-baalH1485, and theMeunimוְהַמְּעוּנִֽים׃ve.ha.me.'u.NimH4586.

8And theAmmonitesהָֽעַמּוֹנִ֛יםha.'a.mo.NimH5984gaveH5414giftsמִנְחָ֖הmin.ChahH4503toUzziahלְעֻזִּיָּ֑הוּle.'u.zi.Ya.huH5818: and hisnameשְׁמוֹ֙she.MoH8034spreadH5414abroadevenH5704to theenteringלְב֣וֹאle.Vo'H935in ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714; for he waxed exceedingstrongהֶחֱזִ֖יקhe.che.ZikH2388.

9MoreoverUzziahעֻזִּיָּ֤הוּ'u.zi.Ya.huH5818builtH1129towersמִגְדָּלִים֙mig.da.LimH4026inJerusalemבִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.Ru.sha.LimH3389at thecornerהַפִּנָּ֛הha.pi.NahH6438gateשַׁ֧עַרSha.'arH8179, and at thevalleyהַגַּ֖יְאha.Gay'H1516gateשַׁ֥עַרSha.'arH8179, and at the turning of the wall, andfortifiedH1129them.

10And hebuiltוַיִּ֨בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129towersמִגְדָּלִ֜יםmig.da.LimH4026in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֗רba.mid.BarH4057, andhewedH2672outH2672manyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227cisternsבֹּר֣וֹתbo.RotH953, for he hadmuchרַּב֙ravH7227cattleמִקְנֶה־mik.neh-H4735; in thelowlandוּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֖הu.va.she.fe.LahH8219also, and in theplainוּבַמִּישׁ֑וֹרu.va.mi.ShorH4334: and he had husbandmen andvinedressersוְכֹֽרְמִ֗יםve.kho.re.MimH3755in themountainsבֶּהָרִים֙be.ha.RimH2022and in the fruitfulfieldsאֲדָמָ֖ה'a.da.MahH127; for helovedאֹהֵ֥ב'o.HevH157husbandry.

11Moreoverוַיְהִ֣יvay.HiH1961Uzziahלְעֻזִּיָּ֡הוּle.'u.zi.Ya.huH5818had anarmyחַיִל֩cha.YilH2428of fightingmenH8269, thatwentיוֹצְאֵ֧יyotz.'EiH3318outH3318towarמִלְחָמָ֜הmil.cha.MahH4421bybandsלִגְד֗וּדlig.DudH1416,accordingH5921to thenumberבְּמִסְפַּר֙be.mis.ParH4557of their reckoning,madeעֹשֵׂ֨ה'o.SehH6213byJeielיְעִיאֵ֣לye.'u.'elH3273thescribeהַסּוֹפֵ֔רha.so.FerH5608andMaaseiahוּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖הוּu.ma.'a.se.Ya.huH4641theofficerH8269,underH5921thehandH3027ofHananiahחֲנַנְיָ֔הוּcha.nan.Ya.huH2608, one of theking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428captainsH8269.

12Thewholeכֹּ֠לkolH3605numberמִסְפַּ֞רmis.ParH4557of theheadsרָאשֵׁ֤יra.SheiH7218offathers’הָאָבוֹת֙ha.'a.VotH1houses, even themightyלְגִבּ֣וֹרֵיle.gi.Bo.reiH1368menH1368of valour, wastwoH3967thousandאַלְפַּ֖יִם'al.Pa.yimH505andsixוְשֵׁ֥שׁve.SheshH8337hundredH3967.

13Andunderוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921theirhandיָדָם֩ya.DamH3027was atrainedצָבָ֜אtza.Va'H6635armyחֵ֨ילcheilH2428,threeשְׁלֹ֧שׁshe.LoshH7969hundredמֵא֣וֹתme.'otH3967thousandאֶ֗לֶף'E.lefH505andsevenוְשִׁבְעַ֤תve.shiv.'AtH7651thousandאֲלָפִים֙'a.la.FimH505andfiveוַחֲמֵ֣שׁva.cha.MeshH2568hundredמֵא֔וֹתme.'otH3967, thatmadeעוֹשֵׂ֥יo.SeiH6213warמִלְחָמָ֖הmil.cha.MahH4421withmightyחָ֑יִלCha.yilH2428powerH3027, tohelpלַעְזֹ֥רla'.ZorH5826thekingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428againstעַל־'al-H5921theenemyהָאוֹיֵֽב׃ha.'o.YevH341.

14AndUzziahעֻזִּיָּ֜הוּ'u.zi.Ya.huH5818preparedוַיָּכֶן֩vai.ya.KhenH3559for them, even forallלְכָל־le.kholH3605thehostהַצָּבָ֗אha.tza.Va'H6635,shieldsמָגִנִּ֤יםma.gi.NimH4043, andspearsוּרְמָחִים֙u.re.ma.ChimH7420, andhelmetsוְכ֣וֹבָעִ֔יםve.Khoa.'ImH3553, and coats of mail, andbowsוּקְשָׁת֑וֹתu.ke.sha.TotH7198, andstonesוּלְאַבְנֵ֖יu.le.'av.NeiH68for slinging.

15And hemadeוַיַּ֣עַשׂ׀vai.Ya.'asH6213inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֨םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389enginesחִשְּׁבֹנ֜וֹתchi.she.vo.NotH2810,inventedמַחֲשֶׁ֣בֶתma.cha.She.vetH4284by cunningmenH1419, to be on thetowersהַמִּגְדָּלִים֙ha.mig.da.LimH4026anduponH5921the battlements, toshootלִירוֹא֙li.rO'H3384arrowsH2678andgreatH1419stonesוּבָאֲבָנִ֖יםu.va.'a.va.NimH68withal. And hisnameשְׁמוֹ֙she.MoH8034spreadוַיֵּצֵ֤אvai.ye.Tze'H3318farעַד־'ad-H5704abroad; for he wasmarvelouslyהִפְלִ֥יאhif.Li'H6381helpedלְהֵעָזֵ֖רle.he.'a.ZerH5826,tillעַ֥ד'adH5704he wasstrongחָזָֽק׃cha.ZakH2388.

16But when he wasstrongוּכְחֶזְקָת֗וֹu.khe.chez.ka.ToH2393, hisheartלִבּוֹ֙li.BoH3820wasliftedH935upעַד־'ad-H5704soH935that he didcorruptlyלְהַשְׁחִ֔יתle.hash.ChitH7843, and he trespassedagainstH5921theLORDבַּיהוָ֣הba.Yah.wehH3068hisGodאֱלֹהָ֑יו'e.lo.HavH430; for hewentH935intoאֶל־'el-H413thetempleהֵיכַ֣לhei.KhalH1964of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068toburnלְהַקְטִ֖ירle.hak.TirH6999incenseהַקְּטֹֽרֶת׃ha.ke.To.retH7004uponH5921thealtarמִזְבַּ֥חmiz.BachH4196ofincenseH7004.

17AndAzariahעֲזַרְיָ֣הוּ'a.zar.Ya.huH5838thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֑ןha.ko.HenH3548wentוַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'H935inafterאַחֲרָ֖יו'a.cha.RavH310him, and with him fourscorepriestsכֹּהֲנִ֧ים׀ko.ha.NimH3548of theLORDלַיהוָ֛הla.Yah.wehH3068, that werevaliantחָֽיִל׃Cha.yilH2428menבְּנֵי־be.nei-H1121:

18and they withstoodUzziahעֻזִּיָּ֣הוּ'u.zi.Ya.huH5818thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, andsaidוַיֹּ֤אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559unto him, It pertainethnotלֹא־lo'-H3808unto thee,Uzziahעֻזִּיָּ֗הוּ'u.zi.Ya.huH5818, toburnH6999incenseH6999unto theLORDלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068, but to thepriestsלַכֹּהֲנִ֧יםla.ko.ha.NimH3548thesonsבְּנֵי־be.nei-H1121ofAaronאַהֲרֹ֛ן'a.ha.RonH175, that areconsecratedהַמְקֻדָּשִׁ֖יםham.ku.da.ShimH6942toburnH6999incenseH6999:goצֵ֤אtze'H3318outH3318of thesanctuaryהַמִּקְדָּשׁ֙ha.mik.DashH4720; for thou hast trespassed;neitherוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808shall it be for thine honour from theLORDמֵיְהוָ֥הme.Yah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430.

19ThenUzziahעֻזִּיָּ֔הוּ'u.zi.Ya.huH5818was wroth; and he had acenserמִקְטֶ֖רֶתmik.Te.retH4730in hishandוּבְיָד֥וֹu.ve.ya.DoH3027toburnלְהַקְטִ֑ירle.hak.TirH6999incenseהַקְּטֹֽרֶת׃ha.ke.To.retH7004; andwhileעִם־'im-H5973he was wroth with thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548, theleprosyוְ֠הַצָּרַעַתVe.ha.tza.ra.'atH6883brake forth in hisforeheadבְמִצְח֜וֹve.mitz.ChoH4696beforeלִפְנֵ֤יlif.NeiH6440thepriestsהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.NimH3548in thehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,besideמֵעַ֖לme.'AlH5921thealtarלְמִזְבַּ֥חle.miz.BachH4196ofincenseH7004.

20AndAzariahעֲזַרְיָהוּ֩'a.zar.ya.HuH5838thechiefהָרֹ֜אשׁha.RoshH7218priestכֹהֵ֨ןkho.HenH3548, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548,lookedוַיִּ֣פֶןvai.Yi.fenH6437uponאֵלָ֡יו'e.LavH413him, and,beholdוְהִנֵּה־ve.hi.neh-H2009, he wasleprousמְצֹרָע֙me.tzo.Ra'H6879in hisforeheadבְּמִצְח֔וֹbe.mitz.ChoH4696, and they thrust himoutH3318quicklyנִדְחַ֣ףnid.ChafH1765from thence;yeaH3588,himselfH1931hasted also togoלָצֵ֔אתla.TzetH3318outH3318,becauseH3588theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068hadsmittenנִגְּע֖וֹni.ge.'OH5060him.

21AndUzziahעֻזִּיָּ֨הוּ'u.zi.Ya.huH5818thekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428was aleperמְצֹרָ֣ע׀me.tzo.Ra'H6879unto thedayי֣וֹםYomH3117of hisdeathמוֹת֗וֹmo.ToH4194, anddweltוַיֵּ֜שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427in a severalhouseבֵּ֤יתbeitH1004,beingוַיְהִי֩vay.HiH1961aleperמְצֹרָ֔עme.tzo.Ra'H6879; for he wascutנִגְזַ֖רnig.ZarH1504offעַל־'al-H5921from thehouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068: andJothamוְיוֹתָ֤םve.yo.TamH3147hissonבְּנוֹ֙be.NoH1121was over theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004,judgingשׁוֹפֵ֖טsho.FetH8199thepeopleעַ֥ם'amH5971of thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

22Now therestוְיֶ֙תֶר֙ve.Ye.terH3499of theactsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697ofUzziahעֻזִּיָּ֔הוּ'u.zi.Ya.huH5818,firstהָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223andlastוְהָאֲחֲרֹנִ֑יםve.ha.'a.cha.ro.NimH314, didIsaiahיְשַֽׁעְיָ֥הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470theprophetהַנָּבִֽיא׃ha.na.Vi'H5030, thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAmozאָמ֖וֹץ'a.MotzH531,writeכָּתַ֛בka.TavH3789.

23SoH834Uzziahעֻזִּיָּ֜הוּ'u.zi.Ya.huH5818sleptוַיִּשְׁכַּ֨בvai.yish.KavH7901with hisfathersאֲבֹתָ֗יו'a.vo.TavH1; and theyburiedוַיִּקְבְּר֨וּvai.yik.be.RuH6912him with hisfathersאֲבֹתָיו֙'a.vo.TavH1in thefieldבִּשְׂדֵ֤הbis.DehH7704ofburialהַקְּבוּרָה֙ha.ke.vu.RahH6900whichH834belonged to thekingsלַמְּלָכִ֔יםla.me.la.KhimH4428; for theysaidאָמְר֖וּ'a.me.RuH559, He is aleperמְצוֹרָ֣עme.tzo.Ra'H6879: andJothamיוֹתָ֥םyo.TamH3147hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121reignedוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.LokhH4427in hissteadתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פtach.TavH8478.

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