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2 Chronicles 15

1And theSpiritר֥וּחַRu.achH7307ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430came uponAzariahוַעֲזַרְיָ֙הוּ֙va.'a.zar.Ya.huH5838thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofOdedעוֹדֵ֔דo.DedH5752:

2And he wentoutוַיֵּצֵא֮vai.ye.Tze'H3318tomeetלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Asaאָסָא֒'a.Sa'H609, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him,Hearשְׁמָע֕וּנִיshe.ma.'U.niH8085ye me,Asaאָסָ֖א'a.Sa'H609, and allJudahיְהוּדָ֣הye.hu.DahH3063andBenjaminוּבִנְיָמִ֑ןu.vin.ya.MinH1144; TheLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068is with you, while ye are with him; and if yeseekתִּדְרְשֻׁ֙הוּ֙tid.re.Shu.huH1875him, he will befoundיִמָּצֵ֣אyi.ma.Tze'H4672of you; but if yeforsakeתַּעַזְבֻ֖הוּta.'az.Vu.huH5800him, he willforsakeיַעֲזֹ֥בya.'a.ZoH5800you.

3Now for alongרַבִּ֖יםra.BimH7227seasonוְיָמִ֥יםve.ya.MimH3117Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478hath beenwithoutH3808thetrueאֱמֶ֗ת'e.MetH571Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430, and without ateachingמוֹרֶ֖הmo.RehH3384priestכֹּהֵ֥ןko.HenH3548, and withoutlawתוֹרָֽה׃to.RahH8451.

4But when they in theirtroubleבַּצַּר־ba.tzar-H6862returnedוַיָּ֙שָׁב֙vai.Ya.shovH7725to theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, andsoughtוַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּvay.vak.Shu.huH1245him, he wasfoundוַיִּמָּצֵ֥אvai.yi.ma.Tze'H4672by them.

5And in thosetimesוּבָעִתִּ֣יםu.va.'i.TimH6256there was nopeaceשָׁל֖וֹםsha.LomH7965to him that wentoutלַיּוֹצֵ֣אlai.yo.Tze'H3318, nor to him that cameinוְלַבָּ֑אve.la.Ba'H935, butgreatרַבּ֔וֹתra.BotH7227vexationsמְהוּמֹ֣תme.hu.MotH4103were upon all theinhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.VeiH3427of thecountriesהָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ha.'a.ra.TzotH776.

6Andnationגוֹי־goy-H1471wasdestroyedוְכֻתְּת֥וּve.khu.te.TuH3807bynationבְּג֖וֹיbe.GoyH1471, andcityוְעִ֣ירve.'IrH5892bycityבְּעִ֑ירbe.'IrH5892: forGodאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430troubledהֲמָמָ֖םha.ma.MamH2000them with alladversityצָרָֽה׃tza.RahH6869.

7Be yestrongחִזְק֔וּchiz.KuH2388therefore, and let not yourhandsיְדֵיכֶ֑םye.dei.KhemH3027beweakיִרְפּ֖וּyir.PuH7503: for yourworkלִפְעֻלַּתְכֶֽם׃ סlif.'u.lat.KhemH6468shallbeיֵ֥שׁyeshH3426rewardedשָׂכָ֖רsa.KharH7939.

8And whenAsaאָסָ֜א'a.Sa'H609heardוְכִשְׁמֹ֨עַve.khish.Mo.a'H8085thesewordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697, and theprophecyוְהַנְּבוּאָה֮ve.ha.ne.vu.'AhH5016ofOdedעֹדֵ֣ד'o.DedH5752theprophetהַנָּבִיא֒ha.na.Vi'H5030, he tookcourageהִתְחַזַּ֗קhit.cha.ZakH2388, and putawayוַיַּעֲבֵ֤רvai.ya.'a.VerH5674the abominableidolsהַשִּׁקּוּצִים֙ha.shi.ku.TzimH8251out of all thelandאֶ֤רֶץ'E.retzH776ofJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063andBenjaminוּבִנְיָמִ֔ןu.vin.ya.MinH1144, and out of thecitiesהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhe.'a.RimH5892which he hadtakenלָכַ֖דla.KhadH3920frommountמֵהַ֣רme.HarH2022Ephraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669, andrepairedוַיְחַדֵּשׁ֙vay.cha.DeshH2318thealtarמִזְבַּ֣חmiz.BachH4196of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, that wasbeforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440theporchאוּלָ֥ם'u.LamH197of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

9And hegatheredוַיִּקְבֹּ֗ץvai.yik.BotzH6908allJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063andBenjaminוּבִנְיָמִ֔ןu.vin.ya.MinH1144, and thestrangersוְהַגָּרִים֙ve.ha.ga.RimH1481with them out ofEphraimמֵאֶפְרַ֥יִםme.'ef.Ra.yimH669andManassehוּמְנַשֶּׁ֖הu.me.na.ShehH4519, and out ofSimeonוּמִשִּׁמְע֑וֹןu.mi.shim.'onH8095: for theyresortedנָפְל֨וּna.fe.LuH5307to him out ofIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֙mi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478inmultitudesלָרֹ֔בla.RoH7230, when theysawבִּרְאֹתָ֕םbir.'o.TamH7200that theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068hisGodאֱלֹהָ֖יו'e.lo.HavH430was with him.

10So they gathered themselvestogetherוַיִּקָּבְצ֥וּvai.yi.ka.ve.TzuH6908atJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389in thethirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑יha.she.li.ShiH7992monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320, in thefifteenthחֲמֵשׁ־ עֶשְׂרֵ֖הcha.mesh- 'es.RehH2568 H6240yearלִשְׁנַ֥תlish.NatH8141of thereignלְמַלְכ֥וּתle.mal.KhutH4438ofAsaאָסָֽא׃'a.Sa'H609.

11And theyofferedוַיִּזְבְּח֤וּvai.yiz.be.ChuH2076to theLORDלַיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068at the sametimeבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117, of thespoilהַשָּׁלָ֖לha.sha.LalH7998which they hadbroughtהֵבִ֑יאוּhe.Vi.'uH935,sevenשְׁבַ֣עshe.Va'H7651hundredמֵא֔וֹתme.'otH3967oxenבָּקָר֙ba.KarH1241andsevenשִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtH7651thousandאֲלָפִֽים׃'a.la.FimH505sheepוְצֹ֖אןve.TzonH6629.

12And theyenteredוַיָּבֹ֣אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935into acovenantבַבְּרִ֔יתva.be.RitH1285toseekלִדְר֕וֹשׁlid.Ro.oshH1875theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of theirfathersאֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם'a.vo.tei.HemH1with all theirheartלְבָבָ֖םle.va.VamH3824and with all theirsoulנַפְשָֽׁם׃naf.ShamH5315;

13That whoever would notseekיִדְרֹ֛שׁyid.RoshH1875theLORDלַיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478should be put todeathיוּמָ֑תyu.MatH4191,whetherלְמִן־le.min-H4480smallקָטֹן֙ka.TonH6996orgreatגָּד֔וֹלga.DolH1419, whethermanלְמֵאִ֖ישׁle.me.'IshH376orwomanאִשָּֽׁה׃'i.ShahH802.

14And theysworeוַיִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ֙vai.yi.sha.ve.'UH7650to theLORDלַיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068with aloudגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419voiceבְּק֥וֹלbe.KolH6963, and withshoutingוּבִתְרוּעָ֑הu.vit.ru.'AhH8643, and withtrumpetsוּבַחֲצֹצְר֖וֹתu.va.cha.tzo.tze.RotH2689, and withcornetsוּבְשׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃u.ve.sho.fa.RotH7782.

15And allJudahיְהוּדָ֜הye.hu.DahH3063rejoicedוַיִּשְׂמְח֨וּvai.yis.me.ChuH8055at theoathהַשְּׁבוּעָ֗הha.she.vu.'AhH7621: for they hadswornנִשְׁבָּ֔עוּnish.Ba.'uH7650with all theirheartלְבָבָם֙le.va.VamH3824, andsoughtבִּקְשֻׁ֔הוּbik.Shu.huH1245him with their wholedesireרְצוֹנָ֣םre.tzo.NamH7522; and he wasfoundוַיִּמָּצֵ֖אvai.yi.ma.Tze'H4672by them: and theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068gave themrestוַיָּ֧נַחvai.Ya.nachH5117on allsidesמִסָּבִֽיב׃mi.sa.VivH5439.

16And also concerningMaachahמַעֲכָ֞הma.'a.KhahH4601themotherאֵ֣ם׀'emH517ofAsaאָסָ֣א'a.Sa'H609thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, heremovedהֱסִירָהּ֙he.si.RahH5493her from beingqueenמִגְּבִירָ֔הmi.ge.vi.RahH1377, because she hadmadeעָשְׂתָ֥ה'a.se.TahH6213anidolמִפְלָ֑צֶתmif.La.tzetH4656in agroveלַאֲשֵׁרָ֖הla.'a.she.RahH842: andAsaאָסָא֙'a.Sa'H609cutdownוַיִּכְרֹ֤תvai.yikh.RotH3772heridolמִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּmif.latz.TahH4656, andstampedוַיָּ֕דֶקvai.Ya.dekH1854it, andburntוַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ףvai.yis.RofH8313it at thebrookבְּנַ֥חַלbe.Na.chalH5158Kidronקִדְרֽוֹן׃kid.RonH6939.

17But the highplacesוְהַ֨בָּמ֔וֹתve.Ha.ba.MotH1116were not takenawayסָ֖רוּSa.ruH5493out ofIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑לmi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478: nevertheless theheartלְבַב־le.vav-H3824ofAsaאָסָ֛א'a.Sa'H609wasperfectשָׁלֵ֖םsha.LemH8003all hisdaysיָמָֽיו׃ya.MavH3117.

18And hebroughtוַיָּבֵ֞אvai.ya.Ve'H935into thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430the things that hisfatherאָבִ֛יו'a.VivH1haddedicatedקָדְשֵׁ֥יka.de.SheiH6944, and that he himself haddedicatedוְקָֽדָשָׁ֖יוve.ka.da.ShavH6944,silverכֶּ֥סֶףKe.sefH3701, andgoldוְזָהָ֖בve.za.HavH2091, andvesselsוְכֵלִֽים׃ve.khe.LimH3627.

19And there was no morewarוּמִלְחָמָ֖הu.mil.cha.MahH4421until thefiveוְחָמֵ֖שׁve.cha.MeshH2568andthirtiethשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe.lo.ShimH7970yearשְׁנַת־she.nat-H8141of thereignלְמַלְכ֥וּתle.mal.KhutH4438ofAsaאָסָֽא׃ ס'a.Sa'H609.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 15

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