Revised Version 1895

2 Chronicles 28

1Ahazאָחָ֣ז'a.ChazH271wastwentyעֶשְׂרִ֤ים'es.RimH6242yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121when he began toreignבְּמָלְכ֔וֹbe.ma.le.KhoH4427; and hereignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427sixteenעֶשְׂרֵ֣ה'es.RehH6240yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389: and hedidעָשָׂ֧ה'a.SahH6213notוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808thatwhichH5869wasrightהַיָּשָׁ֛רhai.ya.SharH3477in theeyesבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, likeDavidכְּדָוִ֥ידke.da.VidH1732hisfatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1:

2but he walked in thewaysבְּדַרְכֵ֖יbe.dar.KheiH1870of thekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, andmadeעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213also moltenimagesמַסֵּכ֛וֹתma.se.KhotH4541for the Baalim.

3Moreover heburntH6999incenseH6999in thevalleyבְּגֵ֣יאbe.Gei'H1516of thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofHinnomהִנֹּ֑םhi.NomH2011, andburntH6999hischildrenבָּנָיו֙ba.NavH1121in thefireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784, according to theabominationsכְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙ke.to.'a.VotH8441of the heathen,whomאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834theLORDH3069castH3423outH3423beforeמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

4And hesacrificedוַיְזַבֵּ֧חַvay.za.Be.achH2076andburntH6999incenseH6999in thehighבַּבָּמ֖וֹתba.ba.MotH1116placesH1116, and on thehillsהַגְּבָע֑וֹתha.ge.va.'otH1389, andunderוְתַ֖חַתve.Ta.chatH8478everyכָּל־kol-H3605greenרַעֲנָֽן׃ra.'a.NanH7488treeעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086.

5Wherefore theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068hisGodאֱלֹהָיו֮'e.lo.HavH430deliveredוַֽיִּתְּנֵ֜הוּvai.yi.te.Ne.huH5414himintoH935thehandבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027of thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofSyriaאֲרָם֒'a.RamH758; and theysmoteוַיַּ֨כּוּ־vai.Ya.ku-H5221him, andcarriedH7617awayH7617of his agreatגְדוֹלָ֔הge.do.LahH1419multitude ofcaptivesשִׁבְיָ֣הshiv.YahH7633, andbroughtH935them toDamascusדַּרְמָ֑שֶׂקdar.Ma.sekH1834. And he was alsodeliveredנִתָּ֔ןni.TanH5414intoH935thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of thekingמֶ֤לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478, whosmoteוַיַּךְ־vai.yakh-H5221him with agreatגְדוֹלָֽה׃ סge.do.LahH1419slaughterמַכָּ֥הma.KahH4347.

6ForPekahפֶּ֨קַחPe.kachH6492thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofRemaliahרְמַלְיָ֜הוּre.mal.Ya.huH7425slewוַיַּהֲרֹג֩vai.ya.ha.RogH2026inJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֗הbi.hu.DahH3063anhundredמֵאָ֨הme.'AhH3967andtwentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםve.'es.RimH6242thousandאֶ֛לֶף'E.lefH505in onedayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117,allהַכֹּ֣לha.KolH3605of themvaliantחָ֑יִלCha.yilH2428menבְּנֵי־be.nei-H1121;becauseH3117they had forsaken theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430of theirfathersאֲבוֹתָֽם׃'a.vo.TamH1.

7AndZichriזִכְרִ֣י׀zikh.RiH2147, amightyH1368manH1368ofEphraimאֶפְרַ֗יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,slewוַֽיַּהֲרֹ֞גvai.ya.ha.RogH2026Maaseiahמַעֲשֵׂיָ֙הוּ֙ma.'a.se.Ya.huH4641theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428sonבֶּן־ben-H1121, andAzrikamעַזְרִיקָ֖ם'az.ri.KamH5840therulerנְגִ֣ידne.GidH5057of thehouseהַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitH1004, andElkanahאֶלְקָנָ֖ה'el.ka.NahH511that wasnextמִשְׁנֵ֥הmish.NehH4932to thekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סha.Me.lekhH4428.

8And thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֨לYis.ra.'ElH3478carriedH7617awayH7617captiveוַיִּשְׁבּוּ֩vai.yish.BuH7617of theirbrethrenמֵֽאֲחֵיהֶ֜םme.'a.chei.HemH251twoמָאתַ֣יִםma.Ta.yimH3967hundredH3967thousandאֶ֗לֶף'E.lefH505,womenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802,sonsבָּנִ֣יםba.NimH1121, anddaughtersוּבָנ֔וֹתu.va.NotH1323, andtookH7617alsoawayH7617muchרָ֖בravH7227spoilשָׁלָ֥לsha.LalH7998from them, andbroughtוַיָּבִ֥יאוּvai.ya.Vi.'uH935thespoilהַשָּׁלָ֖לha.sha.LalH7998toSamariaלְשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ סle.sho.me.RonH8111.

9But aprophetנָבִ֥יאna.Vi'H5030of theLORDלַֽיהוָה֮la.Yah.wehH3068was there,whoseH8034nameשְׁמוֹ֒she.MoH8034wasOdedעֹדֵ֣ד'o.DedH5752: and hewentH3318outH3318tomeetלִפְנֵ֤יlif.NeiH6440thehostהַצָּבָא֙ha.tza.Va'H6635thatcameH935toSamariaלְשֹׁמְר֔וֹןle.sho.me.RonH8111, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them,Beholdהִ֠נֵּהHi.nehH2009,becauseעַל־'al-H5921theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430of yourfathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֛ם'a.vo.tei.KhemH1, was wroth withJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063, he hathdeliveredנְתָנָ֣םne.ta.NamH5414themintoH935yourhandבְּיֶדְכֶ֑םbe.yed.KhemH3027, and ye haveslainוַתַּֽהַרְגוּ־va.ta.har.gu-H2026them in arageבַּחֲמַ֨תba.cha.MatH2534whichוְ֠שָׁםVe.shomH8033hathreachedH935upעַ֥ד'adH5704untoheavenלַשָּׁמַ֖יִםla.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

10Andnowוְ֠עַתָּהVe.'a.tahH6258ye purpose to keepunderH3389thechildrenבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121ofJudahיְהוּדָ֤הye.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙vi.ru.sha.LimH3389for bondmen and bondwomen untoyouאַתֶּ֣ם'a.TemH859: but are therenotH3808evenH3808withyouאַתֶּם֙'a.TemH859trespasses of yourownH5973againstH5973theLORDלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430?

11Nowוְעַתָּ֣הve.'a.TahH6258hearשְׁמָע֔וּנִיshe.ma.'U.niH8085meH7725therefore, and sendbackH7725thecaptivesהַשִּׁבְיָ֔הha.shiv.YahH7633,whichH834ye havetakenH7617captiveשְׁבִיתֶ֖םshe.vi.TemH7617of yourbrethrenמֵאֲחֵיכֶ֑םme.'a.chei.KhemH251: for thefierceחֲר֥וֹןcha.RonH2740wrathאַף־'af-H639of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068isuponעֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ ס'a.lei.KhemH5921youH834.

12ThencertainH376of theheadsמֵרָאשֵׁ֣יme.ra.SheiH7218of thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofEphraimאֶפְרַ֗יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,Azariahעֲזַרְיָ֤הוּ'a.zar.Ya.huH5838thesonבֶן־ven-H1121Johananיְהֽוֹחָנָן֙ye.ho.cha.NanH3076,Berechiahבֶּרֶכְיָ֣הוּbe.rekh.Ya.huH1296thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofMeshillemothמְשִׁלֵּמ֔וֹתme.shi.le.MotH4919, andJehizkiahוִֽיחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙vi.chiz.ki.Ya.huH3169thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofShallumשַׁלֻּ֔םsha.LumH7967, andAmasaוַעֲמָשָׂ֖אva.'a.ma.Sa'H6021thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHadlaiחַדְלָ֑יchad.LaiH2311,stoodH6965upH6965againstעַל־'al-H5921them thatcameהַבָּאִ֖יםha.ba.'ImH935from thewarהַצָּבָֽא׃ha.tza.Va'H6635,

13andsaidH559unto them, Ye shallnotלֹא־lo'-H3808bringתָבִ֤יאוּta.Vi.'uH935in thecaptivesהַשִּׁבְיָה֙ha.shiv.YahH7633hither: for ye purpose that which willbringH935uponעָלֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.Lei.nuH5921usעַל־'al-H5921a trespassagainstוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068, toaddלְהֹסִ֥יףle.ho.SifH3254unto oursinsחַטֹּאתֵ֖ינוּcha.to.Tei.nuH2403and to our trespass: for our trespass isgreatרַבָּ֤הra.BahH7227, and there isfierceוַחֲר֥וֹןva.cha.RonH2740wrathאָ֖ף'afH639againstעַל־'al-H5921Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סYis.ra.'ElH3478.

14SoH6440thearmedהֶֽחָל֗וּץhe.cha.LutzH2502menH3605leftוַיַּעֲזֹ֣בvai.ya.'a.ZoH5800thecaptivesהַשִּׁבְיָה֙ha.shiv.YahH7633and thespoilהַבִּזָּ֔הha.bi.ZahH961beforeH6440theprincesהַשָּׂרִ֖יםha.sa.RimH8269andallH3605thecongregationהַקָּהָֽל׃ha.ka.HalH6951.

15And themenH376whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834have been expressed bynameבְשֵׁמ֜וֹתve.she.MotH8034roseH6965upH6965, andtookH2388thecaptivesבַשִּׁבְיָ֗הva.shiv.YahH7633, and with thespoilהַשָּׁלָל֒ha.sha.LalH7998clothedהִלְבִּ֣ישׁוּhil.Bi.shuH3847allוְכָֽל־ve.kholH3605that werenakedמַעֲרֻמֵּיהֶם֮ma.'a.ru.mei.HemH4636among them, andarrayedוַיַּלְבִּשׁ֣וּםvai.yal.bi.ShumH3847them, and shod them, andgaveH8248them toeatוַיַּאֲכִל֨וּםvai.ya.'a.khi.LumH398and todrinkוַיַּשְׁק֜וּםvai.yash.KumH8248, and anointed them, andcarriedH2388allלְכָל־le.kholH3605thefeebleכּוֹשֵׁ֔לko.ShelH3782of themuponH935asses, andbroughtH935them toJerichoיְרֵח֥וֹye.re.ChoH3405, thecityH5892ofpalmH8558treesH8558, unto theirbrethrenאֲחֵיהֶ֑ם'a.chei.HemH251: then theyreturnedוַיָּשׁ֖וּבוּvai.ya.Shu.vuH7725toSamariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ פsho.me.RonH8111.

16At that time didkingהַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahazאָחָ֛ז'a.ChazH271sendשָׁלַ֞חsha.LachH7971unto thekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804tohelpלַעְזֹ֥רla'.ZorH5826him.

17Foragainוְע֥וֹדve.'odH5750theEdomitesאֲדוֹמִ֖ים'a.do.MimH130hadcomeבָּ֑אוּBa.'uH935andsmittenוַיַּכּ֥וּvai.ya.KuH5221Judahבִיהוּדָ֖הvi.hu.DahH3063, andcarriedH7617awayH7617captivesשֶֽׁבִי׃She.viH7628.

18ThePhilistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּ֣יםu.fe.lish.TimH6430also hadinvadedפָּשְׁט֗וּpa.she.TuH6584thecitiesבְּעָרֵ֨יbe.'a.ReiH5892of thelowlandהַשְּׁפֵלָ֣הha.she.fe.LahH8219, and of theSouthוְהַנֶּגֶב֮ve.ha.ne.GevH5045ofJudahלִֽיהוּדָה֒li.hu.DahH3063, and hadtakenוַֽ֠יִּלְכְּדוּVai.yil.ke.duH3920Beth-shemeshH1053, andAijalonאַיָּל֜וֹן'ai.ya.LonH357, andGederothהַגְּדֵר֗וֹתha.ge.de.RotH1450, andSocoשׂוֹכ֤וֹso.KhoH7755with thetownsוּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙u.ve.no.Tei.haH1323thereof, andTimnahתִּמְנָ֣הtim.NahH8553with thetownsוּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָu.ve.no.Tei.haH1323thereof,Gimzoגִּמְז֖וֹgim.ZoH1579also and thetownsבְּנֹתֶ֑יהָbe.no.Tei.haH1323thereof: and theydweltוַיֵּשְׁב֖וּvai.ye.she.VuH3427there.

19For theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068broughtJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063lowbecauseH3588ofAhazאָחָ֣ז'a.ChazH271kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478; for he had dealt wantonly inJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֔הbi.hu.DahH3063, and trespassed soreagainstH4604theLORDבַּיהוָֽה׃ba.Yah.wehH3068.

20AndTilgath-pilneserH8407kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurH804cameוַיָּבֹ֣אvai.ya.Vo'H935unto him, and distressed him, butstrengthenedחֲזָקֽוֹ׃cha.za.KoH2388himnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808.

21ForAhazאָחָז֙'a.ChazH271tookH853away a portionoutH853of thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, andoutH853of thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428and of theprincesוְהַשָּׂרִ֑יםve.ha.sa.RimH8269, andgaveוַיִּתֵּן֙vai.yi.TenH5414it unto thekingלְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804: but it helped himnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808.

22And in the time of his distressdidH3254he trespass yetmoreH3254against theLORDבַּיהוָ֑הba.Yah.wehH3068, thissameה֖וּאhu'H1931kingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahazאָחָֽז׃'a.ChazH271.

23For hesacrificedוַיִּזְבַּ֗חvai.yiz.BachH2076unto thegodsלֵֽאלֹהֵ֣יle.lo.HeiH430ofDamascusדַרְמֶשֶׂק֮dar.me.SekH1834, whichsmoteH5221him: and hesaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Becauseכִּ֠יkiH3588thegodsאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430of thekingsמַלְכֵֽי־mal.khei-H4428ofSyriaאֲרָם֙'a.RamH758helpמַעְזְרִ֣יםma'.ze.RimH5826them, therefore will Isacrificeאֲזַבֵּ֖חַ'a.za.Be.achH2076to them, that they mayhelpוְיַעְזְר֑וּנִיve.ya'.ze.Ru.niH5826meH5221. But they were the ruin of him, and ofallוּלְכָל־u.le.khol-H3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

24AndAhazאָחָ֜ז'a.ChazH271gatheredוַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622togetherH622thevesselsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627of thehouseבֵית־veit-H1004ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֗יםha.'E.lo.HimH430, andcutוַיְקַצֵּץ֙vay.ka.TzetzH7112inpiecesH7112thevesselsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627of thehouseבֵית־veit-H1004ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430, andshutH5462upH5462thedoorsדַּלְת֣וֹתdal.TotH1817of thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068; and hemadeוַיַּ֨עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213himaltarsמִזְבְּח֛וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196ineveryבְּכָל־be.kholH3605cornerפִּנָּ֖הpi.NahH6438ofJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

25And ineveryוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605severalcityH5892ofJudahלִֽיהוּדָה֙li.hu.DahH3063hemadeעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213highבָמ֔וֹתva.MotH1116placesH1116toburnH6999incenseH6999untootherאֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimH312godsלֵֽאלֹהִ֣יםle.lo.HimH430, andprovokedH3707toangerH3707theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430of hisfathersאֲבֹתָֽיו׃'a.vo.TavH1.

26NowH2005therestוְיֶ֤תֶרve.Ye.terH3499of hisactsדְּבָרָיו֙de.va.RavH1697, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605hiswaysדְּרָכָ֔יוde.ra.KhavH1870,firstהָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223andlastוְהָאַחֲרוֹנִ֑יםve.ha.'a.cha.ro.NimH314,beholdH2005, they arewrittenכְּתוּבִ֔יםke.tu.VimH3789in thebookסֵ֥פֶרSe.ferH5612of thekingsמַלְכֵֽי־mal.khei-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063andIsraelוְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

27AndAhazאָחָ֜ז'a.ChazH271sleptוַיִּשְׁכַּ֨בvai.yish.KavH7901with hisfathersאֲבֹתָ֗יו'a.vo.TavH1, and theyburiedוַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֤הוּvai.yik.be.Ru.huH6912him in thecityבָעִיר֙va.'IrH5892,evenכִּ֚יkiH3588inJerusalemבִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.Ru.sha.LimH3389; for theybroughtH935himnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808intoH935the sepulchres of thekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478: andHezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֥הֽוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396hissonבְנ֖וֹve.NoH1121reignedוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.LokhH4427in hissteadתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פtach.TavH8478.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 28

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