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2 Chronicles 17:1-5

1AndJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טye.ho.sha.FatH3092hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121reignedוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.LokhH4427in his stead, andstrengthenedוַיִּתְחַזֵּ֖קvai.yit.cha.ZekH2388himself againstIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

2And heplacedוַיִּ֨תֶּן־vai.Yi.ten-H5414forcesחַ֔יִלCha.yilH2428in all thefortifiedהַבְּצֻר֑וֹתha.be.tzu.RotH1219citiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063, andsetוַיִּתֵּ֤ןvai.yi.TenH5414garrisonsנְצִיבִים֙ne.tzi.VimH5333in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, and in thecitiesוּבְעָרֵ֣יu.ve.'a.ReiH5892ofEphraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669, whichAsaאָסָ֥א'a.Sa'H609hisfatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1hadtakenלָכַ֖דla.KhadH3920.

3And theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068was withJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֑טye.ho.sha.FatH3092, because hewalkedהָלַ֗ךְha.LakhH1980in thefirstהָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםha.Ri.sho.NimH7223waysבְּדַרְכֵ֞יbe.dar.KheiH1870of hisfatherאָבִיו֙'a.VivH1Davidדָּוִ֤ידda.VidH1732, andsoughtדָרַ֖שׁda.RashH1875not toBaalimלַבְּעָלִֽים׃la.be.'a.LimH1168;

4Butsoughtדָּרָ֔שׁda.RashH1875to the LORDGodלֵֽאלֹהֵ֤יle.lo.HeiH430of hisfatherאָבִיו֙'a.VivH1, andwalkedהָלָ֑ךְha.LakhH1980in hiscommandmentsוּבְמִצְוֹתָ֖יוu.ve.mitz.vo.TavH4687, and not after thedoingsכְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הke.ma.'a.SehH4639ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

5Therefore theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068establishedוַיָּ֨כֶןvai.Ya.khenH3559thekingdomהַמַּמְלָכָה֙ha.mam.la.KhahH4467in hishandבְּיָד֔וֹbe.ya.DoH3027; and allJudahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063broughtוַיִּתְּנ֧וּvai.yi.te.NuH5414toJehoshaphatלִיהוֹשָׁפָ֑טli.ho.sha.FatH3092tributeמִנְחָ֖הmin.ChahH4503; and he hadrichesעֹֽשֶׁר־'o.sher-H6239andhonourוְכָב֖וֹדve.kha.VodH3519inabundanceלָרֹֽב׃la.RoH7230.

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