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2 Kings 25:4-7

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.

5But thearmyחֵיל־cheil-H2428of theChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּים֙kas.DimH3778pursuedוַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּvai.yir.de.FuH7291afterאַחַ֣ר'a.CharH310thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, andovertookוַיַּשִּׂ֥גוּvai.ya.Si.guH5381him in theplainsבְּעַרְב֣וֹתbe.'ar.VotH6160ofJerichoיְרֵח֑וֹye.re.ChoH3405: andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605hisarmyחֵיל֔וֹchei.LoH2428wasscatteredנָפֹ֖צוּna.Fo.tzuH6327from him.

6Then theytookוַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙vai.yit.pe.SuH8610thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, andcarriedH5927himupH5927unto thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894toRiblahרִבְלָ֑תָהriv.La.tahH7247; and they gavejudgmentמִשְׁפָּֽט׃mish.PatH4941uponאֶל־'el-H413him.

7And theyslewשָׁחֲט֖וּsha.cha.TuH7819thesonsבְּנֵי֙be.NeiH1121ofZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667beforeH5869hiseyesלְעֵינָ֑יוle.'ei.NavH5869, andputH935outH935theeyesעֵינֵ֤י'ei.NeiH5869ofZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667, andboundוַיַּאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙vai.ya.'as.Re.huH631him infettersבַֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםvan.chush.Ta.yimH5178, andcarriedH935him toBabylonבָּבֶֽל׃ סba.VelH894.

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