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2 Kings 18:1-7

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.

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