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2 Chronicles 8:1-9

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.

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