Revised Version 1895

2 Kings 21

1Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֣הme.na.ShehH4519wastwelveעֶשְׂרֵ֤ה'es.RehH6240yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121when he began toreignבְמָלְכ֔וֹve.ma.le.KhoH4427; and hereignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427fiveוְחָמֵשׁ֙ve.cha.MeshH2568andfiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁ֤יםva.cha.mi.ShimH2572yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389: and hismother’sאִמּ֖וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034was Hephzi-bah.

2And hedidוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213thatwhichH834wasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, after theabominationsכְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת֙ke.to.'a.VotH8441of the heathen,whomH834theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068castH3423outH3423beforeמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

3For hebuiltוַיִּ֙בֶן֙vai.Yi.venH1129againוַיָּ֗שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725thehighהַבָּמ֔וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116whichH834Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396hisfatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1haddestroyedאִבַּ֖ד'i.BadH6; and he rearedupוַיָּ֨קֶםvai.Ya.kemH6965altarsמִזְבְּחֹ֜תmiz.be.ChotH4196forBaalלַבַּ֗עַלla.Ba.'alH1168, andmadeוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213anAsherahאֲשֵׁרָה֙'a.she.RahH842, asdidעָשָׂ֗ה'a.SahH6213Ahabאַחְאָב֙'ach.'AvH256kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and worshippedallלְכָל־le.kholH3605thehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, andservedוַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖דvai.ya.'a.VodH5647them.

4And hebuiltוּבָנָ֥הu.va.NahH1129altarsמִזְבְּחֹ֖תmiz.be.ChotH4196in thehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, whereof theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559, InJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389will Iputאָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimH7760mynameשְׁמִֽי׃she.MiH8034.

5And hebuiltוַיִּ֥בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129altarsמִזְבְּח֖וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196forallלְכָל־le.kholH3605thehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064in thetwoבִּשְׁתֵּ֖יbish.TeiH8147courts of thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

6And hemadeוְעָ֥שָׂהve.'A.sahH6213hissonבְּנוֹ֙be.NoH1121topassוְהֶעֱבִ֤ירve.he.'e.VirH5674throughH5674thefireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784, and practised augury, andusedלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213enchantmentsוְנִחֵ֔שׁve.ni.CheshH5172, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wroughtmuchהִרְבָּ֗הhir.BahH7235evilהָרַ֛עha.Ra'H7451in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, toprovokeלְהַכְעִֽיס׃le.hakh.'IsH3707him toangerH3707.

7And hesetוַיָּ֕שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760thegravenH6459imageפֶּ֥סֶלPe.selH6459ofAsherahהָאֲשֵׁרָ֖הha.'a.she.RahH842, that he hadmadeעָשָׂ֑ה'a.SahH6213, in thehouseבַּבַּ֗יִתba.Ba.yitH1004ofwhichH834theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559toDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732and toSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohH8010hissonבְנ֔וֹve.NoH1121, In thishouseבַּבַּ֨יִתba.Ba.yitH1004, and inJerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֗םu.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389,whichH834I havechosenבָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ba.Char.tiH977outH413ofallמִכֹּל֙mi.KolH3605thetribesשִׁבְטֵ֣יshiv.TeiH7626ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, will Iputאָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimH7760mynameשְׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034foreverלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769:

8neitherוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808will IcauseH5414thefeetרֶ֣גֶלRe.gelH7272ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478towanderלְהָנִיד֙le.ha.NidH5110anyH3605moreH4480outH4480of thelandהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127whichH834IgaveH5414theirfathersלַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑םla.'a.vo.TamH1;ifאִם־'im-H518onlyרַ֣ק׀rakH7535they willobserveיִשְׁמְר֣וּyish.me.RuH8104todoלַעֲשׂ֗וֹתla.'a.SotH6213accordingH4480toallH3605that I havecommandedצִוִּיתִ֔יםtzi.vi.TimH6680them, andaccordingH4480toallH3605thelawהַ֨תּוֹרָ֔הha.to.RahH8451that myservantעַבְדִּ֥י'av.DiH5650Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680them.

9But they hearkenednotוְלֹ֖אve.Lo'H3808: andManassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehH4519seducedוַיַּתְעֵ֤םvai.yat.'EmH8582them todoH6213thatwhichH834isevilהָרָ֔עha.Ra'H7451moreמִן־min-H4480thanH4480didH6213thenationsהַ֨גּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471,whomH834theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068destroyedהִשְׁמִ֣ידhish.MidH8045beforeמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

10And theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068spake by hisservantsעֲבָדָ֥יו'a.va.DavH5650theprophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֖יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

11Becauseיַעַן֩ya.'AnH3282Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֤הme.na.ShehH4519kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063hathdoneH6213theseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428abominationsהַתֹּעֵב֣וֹתha.to.'e.VotH8441, and hathdoneH6213wickedlyaboveH6440allמִכֹּ֛לmi.KolH3605that theAmoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֖יha.'e.mo.RiH567didH6213,whichH834werebeforeH6440him, and hathmadeH6213Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063also tosinוַיַּחֲטִ֥אvai.ya.cha.Ti'H2398with hisidolsבְּגִלּוּלָֽיו׃ פbe.gi.lu.LavH1544:

12thereforethusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Beholdהִנְנִי֙hi.NiH2005, Ibringמֵבִ֣יאme.Vi'H935suchלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651evilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451uponעַל־'al-H5921Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389andJudahוִֽיהוּדָ֑הvi.hu.DahH3063, that whosoever heareth of it,bothשְׁתֵּ֥יshe.TeiH8147hisearsאָזְנָֽיו׃'a.ze.NavH241shalltingleתִּצַּ֖לְנָהti.Tzal.nahH6750.

13And I willstretchוְנָטִ֣יתִיve.na.Ti.tiH5186overJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389thelineפָּנֶֽיהָ׃pa.Nei.haH6440ofSamariaשֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111, and theplummetמִשְׁקֹ֖לֶתmish.Ko.letH4949of thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofAhabאַחְאָ֑ב'ach.'AvH256: and I willwipeH4229Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389as a man wipeth adishהַצַּלַּ֙חַת֙ha.tza.La.chatH6747, wiping it andturningוְהָפַ֖ךְve.ha.FakhH2015it upsidedownH5186.

14And I willcastH5414offH5414theremnantשְׁאֵרִ֣יתshe.'e.RitH7611of mineinheritanceנַחֲלָתִ֔יna.cha.la.TiH5159, anddeliverH5414themintoH3027thehandבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027of theirenemiesאֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֑ם'o.ye.vei.HemH341; and they shallbecomeוְהָי֥וּve.ha.YuH1961apreyH957and aspoilלְבַ֛זle.VazH957toallלְכָל־le.kholH3605theirenemiesאֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃'o.ye.vei.HemH341;

15becauseH4480they havedoneעָשׂ֤וּ'a.SuH6213thatwhichH834isevilהָרַע֙ha.Ra'H7451in mysightבְּעֵינַ֔יbe.'ei.NaiH5869, and haveprovokedH3707meH4480toangerמַכְעִסִ֖יםmakh.'i.SimH3707,sinceH4480thedayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117theirfathersאֲבוֹתָם֙'a.vo.TamH1cameוַיִּהְי֥וּvai.yih.YuH1961forthH3318outH3318ofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,evenוְעַ֖דve.'AdH5704unto thisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

16MoreoverH1571Manassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehH4519shedשָׁפַ֤ךְsha.FakhH8210innocentנָקִ֜יna.KiH5355bloodדָּ֨םdamH1818veryמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966muchהַרְבֵּ֣הhar.BehH7235,tillעַ֛ד'adH5704he hadfilledמִלֵּ֥אmi.Le'H4390Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389from oneendH6310toanotherH1571; beside hissinהֶחֱטִ֣יאhe.che.Ti'H2398wherewith hemadeH6213Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063tosinH2398, indoingH6213thatwhichH834wasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068,

17Nowהַיָּמִ֖יםhai.ya.MimH3117therestוְיֶ֨תֶרve.Ye.terH3499of theactsדִּבְרֵ֤יdiv.ReiH1697ofManassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehH4519, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605that hedidעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213, and hissinH2398that hesinnedH2398, are theynotהֲלֹא־ha.lo'-H3808writtenכְּתוּבִ֗יםke.tu.VimH3789in thebookסֵ֛פֶרSe.ferH5612of thechroniclesדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of thekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063?

18AndManassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehH4519sleptוַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvai.yish.KavH7901with hisfathersאֲבֹתָ֔יו'a.vo.TavH1, and wasburiedוַיִּקָּבֵ֥רvai.yi.ka.VerH6912in thegardenבְּגַן־be.gan-H1588of hisownעִם־'im-H5973houseבֵּית֖וֹbei.ToH1004, in thegardenבְּגַן־be.gan-H1588ofUzzaעֻזָּ֑א'u.Za'H5798: andAmonאָמ֥וֹן'a.MonH526hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121reignedוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.LokhH4427in hissteadתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פtach.TavH8478.

19Amonאָמ֣וֹן'a.MonH526wastwentyעֶשְׂרִ֨ים'es.RimH6242andtwoוּשְׁתַּ֤יִםu.she.Ta.yimH8147yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121when he began toreignבְּמָלְכ֔וֹbe.ma.le.KhoH4427; and hereignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427twoוּשְׁתַּ֣יִםu.she.Ta.yimH8147yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389: and hismother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasMeshullemethמְשֻׁלֶּ֥מֶתme.shu.Le.metH4922thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofHaruzחָר֖וּץcha.RutzH2743ofJotbahיָטְבָֽה׃ya.te.VahH3192.

20And hedidוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213thatwhichכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.SherH834wasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, asdidעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֥הme.na.ShehH4519hisfatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1.

21And hewalkedוַיֵּ֕לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thewayהַדֶּ֖רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870that hisfatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1walkedהָלַ֣ךְha.LakhH1980in, andservedוַֽיַּעֲבֹ֗דvai.ya.'a.VodH5647theidolsהַגִּלֻּלִים֙ha.gi.lu.LimH1544that hisfatherאָבִ֔יו'a.VivH1servedעָבַ֣ד'a.VadH5647, and worshipped them:

22and he forsook theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of hisfathersאֲבֹתָ֑יו'a.vo.TavH1, andwalkedהָלַ֖ךְha.LakhH1980notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808in thewayבְּדֶ֥רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

23And theservantsעַבְדֵֽי־'av.dei-H5650ofAmonאָמ֖וֹן'a.MonH526conspiredוַיִּקְשְׁר֥וּvai.yik.she.RuH7194againstעָלָ֑יו'a.LavH5921him, andputH4191thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428todeathH4191in his ownhouseבְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃be.vei.ToH1004.

24But thepeopleעַם־'am-H5971of thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776slewוַיַּךְ֙vai.yaKhH5221allכָּל־kol-H3605them that hadconspiredH7194againstעַל־'al-H5921kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Amonאָמ֑וֹן'a.MonH526; and thepeopleעַם־'am-H5971of thelandהָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzH776madeH7194Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977hissonבְנ֖וֹve.NoH1121kingH4428in hissteadתַּחְתָּֽיו׃tach.TavH8478.

25Nowהַיָּמִ֖יםhai.ya.MimH3117therestוְיֶ֛תֶרve.Ye.terH3499of theactsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697ofAmonאָמ֖וֹן'a.MonH526whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834hedidעָשָׂ֑ה'a.SahH6213, are theynotהֲלֹא־ha.lo'-H3808writtenכְּתוּבִ֗יםke.tu.VimH3789in thebookסֵ֛פֶרSe.ferH5612of thechroniclesדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of thekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063?

26And he wasburiedוַיִּקְבְֹּ֥רvai.yik.BerH6912in his sepulchre in thegardenבְּגַן־be.gan-H1588ofUzzaעֻזָּ֑א'u.Za'H5798: andJosiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977hissonבְנ֖וֹve.NoH1121reignedוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.LokhH4427in hissteadתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פtach.TavH8478.

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