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2 Kings 24:8-17

8Jehoiachinיְהוֹיָכִ֣יןye.ho.ya.KhinH3078waseighteenעֶשְׂרֵ֤ה'es.RehH6240yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121when he began toreignבְּמָלְכ֔וֹbe.ma.le.KhoH4427; and hereignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389threeוּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הu.she.lo.ShahH7969monthsחֳדָשִׁ֔יםcho.da.ShimH2320: and hismother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034was Nehushta thedaughterבַת־vat-H1323ofElnathanאֶלְנָתָ֖ן'el.na.TanH494ofJerusalemמִירוּשָׂלִָֽם׃mi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

9And hedidוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213thatwhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834wasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, according toallכְּכֹ֥לke.KholH3605that hisfatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1haddoneעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213.

10At that time theservantsעַבְדֵ֛י'av.DeiH5650ofNebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֥רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894cameוַתָּבֹ֥אva.ta.Vo'H935upעָל֗וּa.lahH5927toJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389, and thecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892wasbesiegedבַּמָּצֽוֹר׃ba.ma.TzorH4692.

11AndNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֥רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894cameוַיָּבֹ֛אvai.ya.Vo'H935unto thecityהָעִ֑ירha.'IrH5892,whileעַל־'al-H5921hisservantsוַעֲבָדָ֖יוva.'a.va.DavH5650werebesiegingעָלֶֽיהָ׃'a.Lei.haH5921it;

12andJehoiachinיְהוֹיָכִ֤יןye.ho.ya.KhinH3078thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063wentH3318outH3318to thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894, he, and hismotherוְאִמּ֔וֹve.'i.MoH517, and hisservantsוַעֲבָדָ֖יוva.'a.va.DavH5650, and hisprincesH8269, and hisofficersH8269: and thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894tookוַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.KachH3947him in theeighthשְׁמֹנֶ֖הshe.mo.NehH8083yearבִּשְׁנַ֥תbish.NatH8141of hisreignלְמָלְכֽוֹ׃le.ma.le.KhoH4427.

13And hecarriedH3318outH3318thenceallכָּל־kol-H3605thetreasuresאוֹצְרוֹת֙'otz.rOtH214of thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, and thetreasuresוְאֽוֹצְר֖וֹתve.'otz.RotH214of theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004, andcutוַיְקַצֵּ֞ץvay.ka.TzetzH7112inpiecesH7112allכָּל־kol-H3605thevesselsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627ofgoldהַזָּהָ֗בha.za.HavH2091whichH834Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֤הshe.lo.MohH8010kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478hadmadeעָשָׂ֜ה'a.SahH6213in thetempleH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, as theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068hadsaidדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696.

14And hecarriedH1540awayH1540allכָּל־kol-H3605Jerusalemיְ֠רוּשָׁלִַםYe.ru.sha.limH3389, andallכָּל־kol-H3605theprincesהַשָּׂרִ֞יםha.sa.RimH8269, andallכָּל־kol-H3605themightyגִּבּוֹרֵ֣יgi.bo.ReiH1368menH1368of valour,evenH3808tenעֲשֶׂ֤רֶתa.sa.rahH6235thousandאֲלָפִים֙'a.la.FimH505captivesH1540, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605thecraftsmenהֶחָרָ֖שׁhe.cha.RashH2796and thesmithsוְהַמַּסְגֵּ֑רve.ha.mas.GerH4525;noneH3808remainedנִשְׁאַ֔רnish.'ArH7604, save the poorest sort of thepeopleעַם־'am-H5971of thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

15And hecarriedH1540awayH1540Jehoiachinיְהוֹיָכִ֖יןye.ho.ya.KhinH3078toBabylonבָּבֶ֑לָהba.Ve.lahH894; and theking’sהַ֠מֶּלֶךְHa.Me.lekhH4428motherאֵ֣ם'emH517, and theking’sהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428wivesנְשֵׁ֨יne.SheiH802, and hisofficersסָרִיסָ֗יוsa.ri.SavH5631, and the chief men of thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,carriedH1540heintoH1540captivityH1540fromJerusalemמִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םmi.ru.sha.LimH3389toBabylonבָּבֶֽלָה׃ba.Ve.lahH894.

16Andallכָּל־kol-H3605themenH376of might,evenH853sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651thousandאֲלָפִ֗ים'a.la.FimH505, and thecraftsmenוְהֶחָרָ֤שׁve.he.cha.RashH2796and thesmithsוְהַמַּסְגֵּר֙ve.ha.mas.GerH4525athousandאֶ֔לֶף'E.lefH505,allהַכֹּ֕לha.KolH3605of themstrongהַחַ֜יִלha.Cha.yilH2428and apt forwarמִלְחָמָ֑הmil.cha.MahH4421,evenH853them thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֛לba.VelH894broughtוַיְבִיאֵ֧םvay.vi.'EmH935captive toBabylonבָּבֶֽלָה׃ba.Ve.lahH894.

17And thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֛לba.VelH894madeH5437Mattaniahמַתַּנְיָ֥הma.tan.YahH4983his father’s brotherkingH4428in hissteadתַּחְתָּ֑יוtach.TavH8478, andchangedH5437hisnameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034toZedekiahצִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃ פtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667.

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