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2 Chronicles 26:5-15

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.

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