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2 Kings 21:3-7

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:

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