Revised Version 1895

2 Chronicles 8

1And itcameH1961topassH1961at theendמִקֵּ֣ץ׀mi.KetzH7093oftwentyעֶשְׂרִ֣ים'es.RimH6242yearsשָׁנָ֗הsha.NahH8141,whereinאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֛הshe.lo.MohH8010hadbuiltבָּנָ֧הba.NahH1129thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, and hisownH1961houseבֵּיתֽוֹ׃bei.ToH1004,

2that thecitiesוְהֶעָרִ֗יםve.he.'a.RimH5892whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834Huramחוּרָם֙chu.RamH2361hadgivenH5414toSolomonלִשְׁלֹמֹ֔הlish.lo.MohH8010,Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֖הshe.lo.MohH8010builtבָּנָ֥הba.NahH1129them, andcausedH5414thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478todweltוַיּ֥וֹשֶׁבvai.Yo.o.shevH3427there.

3AndSolomonשְׁלֹמֹה֙she.lo.MohH8010went toHamath-zobahH2578, andprevailedוַיֶּחֱזַ֖קvai.ye.che.ZakH2388againstעָלֶֽיהָ׃'a.Lei.haH5921it.

4And hebuiltוַיִּ֥בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129Tadmorתַּדְמֹ֖רtad.MorH8412in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057, andallכָּל־kol-H3605thestoreהַֽמִּסְכְּנ֔וֹתha.mis.ke.NotH4543citiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834hebuiltבָּנָ֖הba.NahH1129inHamathבַּחֲמָֽת׃ba.cha.MatH2574.

5Also hebuiltוַיִּ֜בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129Beth-horonH1032theupperהָֽעֶלְי֔וֹןha.'el.YonH5945, andBeth-horonH1032the nether, fencedcitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892, withwallsחוֹמ֖וֹתcho.MotH2346,gatesדְּלָתַ֥יִםde.la.Ta.yimH1817, andbarsוּבְרִֽיחַ׃u.ve.Ri.achH1280;

6andBaalathבַּעֲלָ֗תba.'a.LatH1191, andallכָּל־kol-H3605thestoreהַֽמִּסְכְּנוֹת֙ha.mis.ke.nOtH4543citiesעָרֵ֤י'a.ReiH5892thatSolomonלִשְׁלֹמֹ֔הlish.lo.MohH8010had, andallכָּל־kol-H3605thecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892for hischariotsהָרֶ֔כֶבha.Re.khevH7393, and thecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892for hishorsemenהַפָּרָשִׁ֑יםha.pa.ra.ShimH6571, andallכָּל־kol-H3605thatSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֗הshe.lo.MohH8010desired tobuildלִבְנ֤וֹתliv.NotH1129for his pleasure inJerusalemבִּירֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙bi.ru.sha.LimH3389, and inLebanonוּבַלְּבָנ֔וֹןu.va.le.va.NonH3844, and inallוּבְכֹ֖לu.ve.KholH3605thelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776of his dominion.

7As forallכָּל־kol-H3605thepeopleהָ֠עָםHa.'omH5971that wereleftהַנּוֹתָ֨רha.no.TarH3498of theHittitesהַחִתִּ֜יha.chi.TiH2850, and theAmoritesוְהָאֱמֹרִ֤יve.ha.'e.mo.RiH567, and thePerizzitesוְהַפְּרִזִּי֙ve.hap.pe.ri.ZiH6522, and theHivitesוְהַחִוִּ֣יve.ha.chi.ViH2340, and theJebusitesוְהַיְבוּסִ֔יve.hay.vu.SiH2983,whichאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834werenotלֹ֥אlo'H3808ofIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖לmi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478;

8of theirchildrenבְּנֵיהֶ֗םbe.nei.HemH1121that wereleftנוֹתְר֤וּnot.RuH3498afterאַחֲרֵיהֶם֙'a.cha.rei.HemH310them in thelandבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776,whomאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478consumedכִלּ֖וּםkhi.LumH3615notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808, of themdidאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834Solomonשְׁלֹמֹה֙she.lo.MohH8010raise a levy of bondservants, unto thisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

9But of thechildrenבְּנֵי֙be.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478didאֲ֠שֶׁר'a.SherH834Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֛הshe.lo.MohH8010makeנָתַ֧ןna.TanH5414noלֹא־lo'-H3808servantsלַעֲבָדִ֖יםla.'a.va.DimH5650for hisworkלִמְלַאכְתּ֑וֹlim.lakh.ToH4399; but they weremenH376ofwarמִלְחָמָה֙mil.cha.MahH4421, andchiefH8269of hiscaptainsH8269, andrulersH8269of hischariotsרִכְבּ֖וֹrikh.BoH7393and of hishorsemenוּפָרָשָֽׁיו׃ פu.fa.ra.ShavH6571.

10Andtheseוְאֵ֨לֶּהve.'E.lehH428were thechiefH8269officersH8269ofkingלַמֶּ֥לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֖הshe.lo.MohH8010, eventwoוּמָאתָ֑יִםu.ma.Ta.yimH3967hundredH3967andfiftyחֲמִשִּׁ֣יםcha.mi.ShimH2572, that bareruleהָרֹדִ֖יםha.ro.DimH7287over thepeopleבָּעָֽם׃ba.'AmH5971,

11AndSolomonשְׁלֹמֹה֙she.lo.MohH8010broughtH935upהֶעֱלָ֤הhe.'e.LahH5927thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֗הpar.'OhH6547outH413of thecityמֵעִ֣ירme.'IrH5892ofDavidדָּוִ֔ידda.VidH1732unto thehouseלַבַּ֖יִתla.Ba.yitH1004that he hadbuiltבָּֽנָה־ba.nah-H1129forherH413: for hesaidאָמַ֗ר'a.MarH559, Mywifeאִשָּׁ֥ה'i.ShahH802shallnotלֹא־lo'-H3808dwellתֵשֵׁ֨בte.ShevH3427in thehouseבְּבֵית֙be.VeitH1004ofDavidדָּוִ֣ידda.VidH1732kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,becauseH3588theplacesH1004areholyקֹ֣דֶשׁKo.deshH6944, whereunto thearkאֲר֥וֹן'a.RonH727of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068hathcomeבָּֽאָ֥הba.'AhH935.

12ThenSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֛הshe.lo.MohH8010offeredהֶעֱלָ֧הhe.'e.LahH5927burntעֹל֖וֹתo.LotH5930offeringsH3068unto theLORDH3068on thealtarמִזְבַּ֣חmiz.BachH4196of theLORDH3068,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he hadbuiltבָּנָ֖הba.NahH1129beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440theporchהָאוּלָֽם׃ha.'u.LamH197,

13even as thedutyH1697ofeveryי֣וֹםYomH3117dayבְּי֗וֹםbe.YomH3117requiredH1697, offering according to thecommandmentכְּמִצְוַ֣תke.mitz.VatH4687ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872, on thesabbathsלַשַּׁבָּתוֹת֙la.sha.ba.tOtH7676, and on thenewוְלֶ֣חֳדָשִׁ֔יםve.Le.cho.da.ShimH2320moonsH2320, and on thesetH4150feastsH4150,threeשָׁל֥וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969timesפְּעָמִ֖יםpe.'a.MimH6471in theyearבַּשָּׁנָ֑הba.sha.NahH8141, even in thefeastבְּחַ֧גbe.ChagH2282ofunleavenedהַמַּצּ֛וֹתha.ma.TzotH4682breadH4682, and in thefeastוּבְחַ֥גu.ve.ChagH2282ofweeksהַשָּׁבֻע֖וֹתha.sha.vu.'otH7620, and in thefeastוּבְחַ֥גu.ve.ChagH2282of tabernacles.

14And heappointedוַיַּעֲמֵ֣דvai.ya.'a.MedH5975,accordingH5921to theordinanceכְּמִשְׁפַּ֣טke.mish.PatH4941ofDavidדָּֽוִיד־da.vid-H1732hisfatherאָ֠בִיו'A.vivH1, the courses of thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֜יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548to theirserviceעֲבֹדָתָ֗ם'a.vo.da.TamH5656, and theLevitesוְהַלְוִיִּ֣םve.hal.vi.YimH3881to their charges, topraiseלְהַלֵּ֨לle.ha.LelH1984, and toministerוּלְשָׁרֵ֜תu.le.sha.RetH8334beforeנֶ֤גֶדNe.gedH5048thepriestsהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.NimH3548, as thedutyמִ֠שְׁמְרוֹתָםMish.me.ro.tomH4931ofeveryH376dayH3117requiredלִדְבַר־lid.var-H1697: the doorkeepers also by their courses ateveryH376gateH8179: forsoכֵ֔ןKhenH3651hadDavidדָּוִ֥ידda.VidH1732themanאִישׁ־'ish-H376ofGodהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ha.'E.lo.HimH430commandedמִצְוַ֖תmitz.VatH4687.

15And theydepartedסָרוּ֩sa.RuH5493notוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808from thecommandmentמִצְוַ֨תmitz.VatH4687of thekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428unto thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֧יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548andLevitesוְהַלְוִיִּ֛םve.hal.vi.YimH3881concerninganyלְכָל־le.kholH3605matterדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697, or concerning thetreasuresוְלָאֹצָרֽוֹת׃ve.la.'o.tza.RotH214.

16NowH3117allכָּל־kol-H3605theworkמְלֶ֣אכֶתme.Le.khetH4399ofSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohH8010waspreparedוַתִּכֹּן֙va.ti.KonH3559unto thedayהַיּ֛וֹםhai.YomH3117of thefoundationמוּסַ֥דmu.SadH4143of thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, anduntilעַד־'ad-H5704it wasfinishedכְּלֹת֑וֹke.lo.ToH3615.Soוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068was perfected.

17Thenwentהָלַ֨ךְha.LakhH1980Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֜הshe.lo.MohH8010toEzion-geberH6100, and toElothאֵיל֛וֹת'ei.LotH359, on theseaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220shoreשְׂפַ֥תse.FatH8193in thelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEdomאֱדֽוֹם׃'e.DomH123.

18AndHuramחוּרָ֨םchu.RamH2361sentוַיִּֽשְׁלַֽח־vai.yish.lach-H7971him by thehandsבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of hisservantsעֲבָדָ֜יו'a.va.DavH5650shipsאֳנִיּ֗וֹת'o.ni.yotH591, andservantsוַעֲבָדִים֮va.'a.va.DimH5650that hadknowledgeי֣וֹדְעֵיYod.'eiH3045of theseaיָם֒yamH3220; and theycameוַיָּבֹ֜אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935with theservantsעַבְדֵ֤י'av.DeiH5650ofSolomonשְׁלֹמֹה֙she.lo.MohH8010toOphirאוֹפִ֔ירָה'o.Fi.rahH211, and fetched from thencefourאַרְבַּע־'ar.ba'-H702hundredמֵא֥וֹתme.'otH3967andfiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁ֖יםva.cha.mi.ShimH2572talentsכִּכַּ֣רki.KarH3603ofgoldזָהָ֑בza.HavH2091, andbroughtוַיָּבִ֖יאוּvai.ya.Vi.'uH935them tokingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Solomonשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ פshe.lo.MohH8010.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8

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