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2 Chronicles 9:20-27

20Andallוְ֠כֹלVe.kholH3605kingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Solomon’sשְׁלֹמֹה֙she.lo.MohH8010drinkingvesselsכְּלֵ֞יke.LeiH3627were ofgoldזָהָ֔בza.HavH2091, andallוְכֹ֗לve.KholH3605thevesselsכְּלֵ֛יke.LeiH3627of thehouseבֵּֽית־beit-H1004of theforestיַ֥עַרYa.'arH3293ofLebanonהַלְּבָנ֖וֹןha.le.va.NonH3844were ofpureסָג֑וּרsa.GurH5462goldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091:silverכֶּ֗סֶףKe.sefH3701wasnothingאֵ֣ין'einH369accountedנֶחְשָׁ֛בnech.ShavH2803of in thedaysבִּימֵ֥יbi.MeiH3117ofSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֖הshe.lo.MohH8010.

21For thekingלַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙la.Me.lekhH4428hadshipsאֳנִיּ֤וֹת'o.ni.YotH591thatwentהֹלְכ֣וֹתho.le.KhotH1980toTarshishתַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁtar.ShishH8659with theservantsעַבְדֵ֣י'av.DeiH5650ofHuramחוּרָ֑םchu.RamH2361:onceH259everyH259threeלְשָׁל֨וֹשׁle.sha.Lo.oshH7969yearsשָׁנִ֜יםsha.NimH8141cameH935theshipsאֳנִיּ֣וֹת'o.ni.YotH591ofTarshishתַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁtar.ShishH8659,bringingH935goldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091, andsilverוָכֶ֔סֶףva.Khe.sefH3701,ivoryשֶׁנְהַבִּ֥יםshen.ha.BimH8143, andapesוְקוֹפִ֖יםve.ko.FimH6971, andpeacocksוְתוּכִּיִּֽים׃ פve.tu.ki.YimH8500.

22Soוַיִּגְדַּל֙vai.yig.DalH1431kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohH8010exceededallמִכֹּ֖לmi.KolH3605thekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428of theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776inrichesלְעֹ֖שֶׁרle.'O.sherH6239andwisdomוְחָכְמָֽה׃ve.cha.khe.MahH2451.

23Andallוְכֹל֙ve.KholH3605thekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428of theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776soughtמְבַקְשִׁ֖יםme.vak.ShimH1245thepresenceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440ofSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֑הshe.lo.MohH8010, tohearלִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙lish.Mo.a'H8085hiswisdomחָכְמָת֔וֹcha.khe.ma.ToH2451,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834Godהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430hadputנָתַ֥ןna.TanH5414in hisheartבְּלִבּֽוֹ׃be.li.BoH3820.

24And theybroughtמְבִיאִ֣יםme.vi.'ImH935verymanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376hispresentמִנְחָת֡וֹmin.cha.ToH4503,vesselsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627ofsilverכֶסֶף֩khe.SefH3701, andvesselsוּכְלֵ֨יu.khe.LeiH3627ofgoldזָהָ֤בza.HavH2091, and raiment, armour, andspicesוּבְשָׂמִ֔יםu.ve.sa.MimH1314,horsesסוּסִ֖יםsu.SimH5483, andmulesוּפְרָדִ֑יםu.fe.ra.DimH6505, a rateyearשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141byyearבְּשָׁנָֽה׃ פbe.sha.NahH8141.

25AndSolomonלִשְׁלֹמֹ֜הlish.lo.MohH8010hadfourאַרְבַּעַת֩'ar.ba.'AtH702thousandאֲלָפִ֨ים'a.la.FimH505stallsאֻֽרְי֤וֹת'ur.YotH723forhorsesסוּסִים֙su.SimH5483andchariotsהָרֶ֔כֶבha.Re.khevH7393, andtwelveעָשָׂ֥ר'a.SarH6240thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505horsemenפָּרָשִׁ֑יםpa.ra.ShimH6571, which he bestowed in thechariotוּמַרְכָּב֔וֹתu.mar.ka.VotH4818citiesבְּעָרֵ֣יbe.'a.ReiH5892, and with thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428atJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

26And heruledמוֹשֵׁ֖לmo.ShelH4910overallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thekingsהַמְּלָכִ֑יםha.me.la.KhimH4428from theRiverהַנָּהָר֙ha.na.HarH5104evenH5704unto thelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776of thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430, and to theborderגְּב֥וּלge.VulH1366ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

27And thekingהַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428madeוַיִּתֵּ֨ןvai.yi.TenH5414silverהַכֶּ֛סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701to be inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389asstonesכָּאֲבָנִ֑יםka.'a.va.NimH68, andcedarsהָאֲרָזִ֗יםha.'a.ra.ZimH730madeנָתַ֛ןna.TanH5414he to be as the sycomoretreesכַּשִּׁקְמִ֥יםka.shik.MimH8256that are in thelowlandבַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖הba.she.fe.LahH8219, forabundanceלָרֹֽב׃la.RoH7230.

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