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2 Kings 25:2-4

2Soוַתָּבֹ֥אva.ta.Vo'H935thecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892wasbesiegedבַּמָּצ֑וֹרba.ma.TzorH4692unto theeleventhעֶשְׂרֵ֣ה'es.RehH6240yearשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667.

3On theninthבְּתִשְׁעָ֣הbe.tish.'AhH8672dayבַּחֹדֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320of the fourthmonthלַחֹ֔דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320thefamineהָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'AvH7458was sore in thecityבָּעִ֑ירba.'IrH5892,soהָ֥יָהHa.yahH1961that there wasnoוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808breadלֶ֖חֶםLe.chemH3899for thepeopleלְעַ֥םle.'AmH5971of thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

4Then abreachוַתִּבָּקַ֣עva.ti.ba.Ka'H1234wasmadeH3605in thecityהָעִ֗ירha.'IrH5892, andallH3605themenH376ofwarהַמִּלְחָמָ֤ה׀ha.mil.cha.MahH4421fled bynightהַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ha.Lay.lahH3915by thewayדֶּ֜רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of thegateשַׁ֣עַר׀Sha.'arH8179betweenבֵּ֣יןbeinH996thetwoהַחֹמֹתַ֗יִםha.cho.mo.Ta.yimH2346wallsH2346,whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834was by theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gardenגַּ֣ןganH1588: (now theChaldeansוְכַשְׂדִּ֥יםve.khas.DimH3778wereagainstH5921thecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892roundH5439aboutH5439:) and thekingH4428wentH376by thewayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of theArabahהָעֲרָבָֽה׃ha.'a.ra.VahH6160.

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