Revised Version 1895

2 Kings 18:1-12

1NowH1961itcameH1961topassH1961in thethirdשָׁלֹ֔שׁsha.LoshH7969yearבִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.NatH8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַle.ho.She.a'H1954sonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofElahאֵלָ֖ה'e.LahH425kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, thatHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֥הchiz.ki.YahH2396thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAhazאָחָ֖ז'a.ChazH271kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063beganH1961toreignמָלַ֛ךְma.LakhH4427.

2Twentyעֶשְׂרִ֨ים'es.RimH6242andfiveוְחָמֵ֤שׁve.cha.MeshH2568yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121was he when hebeganהָיָ֣הha.YahH1961toreignבְמָלְכ֔וֹve.ma.le.KhoH4427; and hereignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427twentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםve.'es.RimH6242andnineוָתֵ֙שַׁע֙va.Te.sha'H8672yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389: and hismother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasAbiאֲבִ֖י'a.ViH21thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofZechariahזְכַרְיָֽה׃ze.khar.YahH2148.

3And hedidוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213thatwhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834wasrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477hi theeyesבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, according toallכְּכֹ֥לke.KholH3605thatDavidדָּוִ֥דda.VidH1732hisfatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1haddoneעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213.

4Heremovedהֵסִ֣ירhe.SirH5493thehighהַבָּמ֗וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116, and brake thepillarsהַמַּצֵּבֹ֔תha.ma.tze.VotH4676, andcutוְכָרַ֖תve.kha.RatH3772downH3772theAsherahהָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑הha.'a.she.RahH842: And he brake inpiecesוְשִׁבַּר֙ve.shi.BarH7665the brasenserpentנְחַ֨שׁne.ChashH5175thatMosesמֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehH4872hadmadeH6213; for untothoseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834daysהַיָּמִ֤יםhai.ya.MimH3117thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478didH6213burnH6999incenseH6999to it; and hecalledוַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-H7121itNehushtanנְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃ne.chush.TanH5180.

5Hetrustedבָּטָ֑חba.TachH982in theLORDבַּיהוָ֥הba.Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478;soH1961thatafterוְאַחֲרָ֞יוve.'a.cha.RavH310him wasnoneH3808like him amongallבְּכֹל֙be.KholH3605thekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,norH3808among them that werebeforeלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440him.

6For he clave to theLORDבַּֽיהוָ֔הba.Yah.wehH3068, hedepartedסָ֖רsarH5493notלֹא־lo'-H3808fromfollowingמֵאַֽחֲרָ֑יוme.'a.cha.RavH310him, butkeptוַיִּשְׁמֹר֙vai.yish.MorH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֔יוmitz.vo.TavH4687,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872.

7And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068was with him; whithersoever hewentH3318forthH3318he prospered: and herebelledוַיִּמְרֹ֥דvai.yim.RodH4775againstעִמּ֔וֹi.MoH5973thekingבְּמֶֽלֶךְ־be.Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804, andservedעֲבָדֽוֹ׃a.va.DoH5647himnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808.

8Hesmoteהִכָּ֧הhi.KahH5221thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֛יםpe.lish.TimH6430untoGazaעַזָּ֖ה'a.ZahH5804and thebordersגְּבוּלֶ֑יהָge.vu.Lei.haH1366thereof, from thetowerמִמִּגְדַּ֥לmi.mig.DalH4026of thewatchmenנוֹצְרִ֖יםnotz.RimH5341to the fencedcityעִ֥יר'irH5892.

9And itcameH1961topassH1961in thefourthהָֽרְבִיעִית֙ha.re.vi.'ItH7243yearבַּשָּׁנָ֤הba.sha.NahH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396,whichהִ֚יאhi'H1931was theseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יתha.she.vi.'ItH7637yearהַשָּׁנָ֣הha.sha.NahH8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַle.ho.She.a'H1954sonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofElahאֵלָ֖ה'e.LahH425kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, thatShalmaneserשַׁלְמַנְאֶ֧סֶרshal.man.'E.serH8022kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804cameH1961upעָלָ֞ה'a.LahH5927againstH5921Samariaשֹׁמְר֖וֹןsho.me.RonH8111, and besieged it.

10And at theendמִקְצֵה֙mik.TzehH7097ofthreeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141theytookוַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֗הָvai.yil.ke.Du.haH3920it: even in the sixthyearבִּשְׁנַת־bish.nat-H8141ofHezekiahלְחִזְקִיָּ֑הle.chiz.ki.YahH2396,whichהִ֣יאhi'H1931was theninthתֵּ֗שַׁעTe.sha'H8672yearשְׁנַת־she.nat-H8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙le.ho.She.a'H1954kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Samariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111wastakenנִלְכְּדָ֖הnil.ke.DahH3920.

11And thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804carriedH1540Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478awayH1540untoAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּרָה'a.Shu.rahH804, andputוַיַּנְחֵ֞םvai.yan.ChemH5148them inHalahבַּחְלַ֧חbach.LachH2477, and inHaborוּבְחָב֛וֹרu.ve.cha.VorH2249, on theriverנְהַ֥רne.HarH5104ofGozanגּוֹזָ֖ןgo.ZanH1470, and in thecitiesוְעָרֵ֥יve.'a.ReiH5892of theMedesמָדָֽי׃ma.DaiH4074:

12becauseעַ֣ל׀'alH5921theyobeyedשָׁמְע֗וּsha.me.'UH8085notH3808thevoiceבְּקוֹל֙be.kOlH6963of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, but transgressed hiscovenantבְּרִית֔וֹbe.ri.ToH1285,evenH3808allכָּל־kol-H3605thatMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872theservantעֶ֣בֶד'E.vedH5650of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֔הtzi.VahH6680, and wouldnotH3808hearשָׁמְע֖וּsha.me.'UH8085it,norH3808doעָשֽׂוּ׃ פ'a.SuH6213it.

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