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2 Chronicles 16:1-6

1In thesixוָשֵׁשׁ֙va.SheshH8337andthirtiethשְׁלֹשִׁ֤יםshe.lo.ShimH7970yearבִּשְׁנַ֨תbish.NatH8141of thereignלְמַלְכ֣וּתle.mal.KhutH4438ofAsaאָסָ֔א'a.Sa'H609Baashaבַּעְשָׁ֤אba'.Sha'H1201kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478cameעָלָ֞ה'a.LahH5927againstJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, andbuiltוַיִּ֖בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129Ramahהָרָמָ֑הha.ra.MahH7414, to the intentthatלְבִלְתִּ֗יle.vil.TiH1115he mightletתֵּ֚תtetH5414none gooutיוֹצֵ֣אyo.Tze'H3318or comeinוָבָ֔אva.Va'H935toAsaלְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

2ThenAsaאָסָ֜א'a.Sa'H609broughtוַיֹּצֵ֨אvai.yo.Tze'H3318silverכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701andgoldוְזָהָ֗בve.za.HavH2091out of thetreasuriesמֵאֹֽצְר֛וֹתme.'o.tze.RotH214of thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068and of theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseוּבֵ֣יתu.VeitH1004, andsentוַיִּשְׁלַ֗חvai.yish.LachH7971toBenhadadH1130kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofSyriaאֲרָ֔ם'a.RamH758, thatdweltהַיּוֹשֵׁ֥בhai.yo.ShevH3427atDamascusבְּדַרְמֶ֖שֶׂקbe.dar.Me.sekH1834,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

3There is aleagueבְּרִית֙be.RitH1285between me and thee, as there was between myfatherאָבִ֖י'a.ViH1and thyfatherאָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1: behold, I havesentשָׁלַ֤חְתִּֽיsha.Lach.tiH7971theesilverכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701andgoldוְזָהָ֔בve.za.HavH2091;goH3212,breakהָפֵ֣רha.FerH6565thyleagueבְּרִֽיתְךָ֗be.ri.te.KhaH1285withBaashaבַּעְשָׁא֙ba'.Sha'H1201kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, that he maydepartוְיַעֲלֶ֖הve.ya.'a.LehH5927from me.

4AndBenhadadH1130hearkenedוַיִּשְׁמַ֨עvai.yish.Ma'H8085tokingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Asaאָסָ֗א'a.Sa'H609, andsentוַ֠יִּשְׁלַחVai.yish.lachH7971thecaptainsשָׂרֵ֨יsa.ReiH8269of hisarmiesהַחֲיָלִ֤יםha.cha.ya.LimH2428against thecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478; and theysmoteוַיַּכּוּ֙vai.ya.KuH5221Ijonעִיּ֣וֹןi.YonH5859, andDanדָּ֔ןDanH1835, andAbelmaimH66, and all thestoreמִסְכְּנ֖וֹתmis.ke.NotH4543citiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892ofNaphtaliנַפְתָּלִֽי׃naf.ta.LiH5321.

5And it came to pass, whenBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'H1201heardכִּשְׁמֹ֣עַkish.Mo.a'H8085it, that hestoppedוַיֶּחְדַּ֕לvai.yech.DalH2308buildingמִבְּנ֖וֹתmi.be.NotH1129ofRamahהָרָמָ֑הha.ra.MahH7414, and let hisworkמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ סme.lakh.ToH4399ceaseוַיַּשְׁבֵּ֖תvai.yash.BetH7673.

6ThenAsaוְאָסָ֣אve.'a.Sa'H609thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428tookלָקַח֙la.KachH3947allJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063; and they carriedawayוַיִּשְׂא֞וּvai.yis.'UH5375thestonesאַבְנֵ֤י'av.NeiH68ofRamahהָֽרָמָה֙ha.ra.MahH7414, and thetimberעֵצֶ֔יהָ'e.Tzei.haH6086of it, with whichBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֑אba'.Sha'H1201wasbuildingבָּנָ֖הba.NahH1129; and hebuiltוַיִּ֣בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129with itGebaגֶּ֖בַעGe.va'H1387andMizpahהַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ סha.mitz.PahH4709.

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