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2 Chronicles 21:1-8

1NowJehoshaphatיְהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙ye.ho.sha.FatH3092sleptוַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvai.yish.KavH7901with hisfathersאֲבֹתָ֔יו'a.vo.TavH1, and wasburiedוַיִּקָּבֵ֥רvai.yi.ka.VerH6912with hisfathersאֲבֹתָ֖יו'a.vo.TavH1in thecityבְּעִ֣ירbe.'IrH5892ofDavidדָּוִ֑ידda.VidH1732. AndJehoramיְהוֹרָ֥םye.ho.RamH3088hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121reignedוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.LokhH4427in his stead.

2And he hadbrethrenאַחִ֞ים'a.ChimH251thesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טye.ho.sha.FatH3092,Azariahעֲזַרְיָ֤ה'a.zar.YahH5838, andJehielוִֽיחִיאֵל֙vi.chi.'ElH3171, andZechariahוּזְכַרְיָ֣הוּu.ze.khar.Ya.huH2148, andAzariahוַעֲזַרְיָ֔הוּva.'a.zar.Ya.huH5838, andMichaelוּמִיכָאֵ֖לu.mi.kha.'ElH4317, andShephatiahוּשְׁפַטְיָ֑הוּu.she.fat.Ya.huH8203: all these were thesonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טye.ho.sha.FatH3092kingמֶ֥לֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

3And theirfatherאֲ֠בִיהֶם'A.vi.hemH1gaveוַיִּתֵּ֣ןvai.yi.TenH5414themgreatרַבּ֜וֹתra.BotH7227giftsמַתָּנ֨וֹתma.ta.NotH4979ofsilverלְכֶ֤סֶףle.Khe.sefH3701, and ofgoldוּלְזָהָב֙u.le.za.HavH2091, and of preciousthingsוּלְמִגְדָּנ֔וֹתu.le.mig.da.NotH4030, withfortifiedמְצֻר֖וֹתme.tzu.RotH4694citiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892inJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֑הbi.hu.DahH3063: but thekingdomהַמַּמְלָכָ֛הha.mam.la.KhahH4467hegaveנָתַ֥ןna.TanH5414toJehoramלִֽיהוֹרָ֖םli.ho.RamH3088; because he was thefirstbornהַבְּכֽוֹר׃ פha.be.KhorH1060.

4Now whenJehoramיְהוֹרָ֜םye.ho.RamH3088hadrisenוַיָּ֨קָםvai.Ya.komH6965to thekingdomמַמְלֶ֤כַתmam.Le.khatH4467of hisfatherאָבִיו֙'a.VivH1, hestrengthenedוַיִּתְחַזַּ֔קvai.yit.cha.ZakH2388himself, andslewוַיַּהֲרֹ֥גvai.ya.ha.RogH2026all hisbrethrenאֶחָ֖יו'e.ChavH251with theswordבֶּחָ֑רֶבbe.Cha.revH2719, and others also of theprincesמִשָּׂרֵ֥יmi.sa.ReiH8269ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

5Jehoramיְהוֹרָ֣םye.ho.RamH3088wasthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe.lo.ShimH7970andtwoוּשְׁתַּ֛יִםu.she.Ta.yimH8147yearsשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121when he began toreignבְּמָלְכ֑וֹbe.ma.le.KhoH4427, and hereignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427eightוּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣הu.she.mo.NehH8083yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

6And hewalkedH3212in thewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְ׀be.De.rekhH1870of thekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478, asdidעָשׂוּ֙'a.SuH6213thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofAhabאַחְאָ֔ב'ach.'AvH256: for he had thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofAhabאַחְאָ֔ב'ach.'AvH256for awifeאִשָּׁ֑ה'i.ShahH802: and hewroughtוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213that which wasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in theeyesבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

7Yet theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068wouldאָבָ֣ה'a.VahH14notdestroyלְהַשְׁחִית֙le.hash.ChitH7843thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofDavidדָּוִ֔ידda.VidH1732, because of thecovenantהַבְּרִ֔יתha.be.RitH1285that he hadmadeכָּרַ֖תka.RatH3772withDavidלְדָוִ֑ידle.da.VidH1732, and as hepromisedאָמַ֗ר'a.MarH559togiveלָתֵ֨תla.TetH5414alightנִ֛ירnirH5216to him and to hissonsוּלְבָנָ֖יוu.le.va.NavH1121foreverהַיָּמִֽים׃hai.ya.MimH3117.

8In hisdaysבְּיָמָיו֙be.ya.MavH3117theEdomitesאֱד֔וֹם'e.DomH123revoltedפָּשַׁ֣עpa.Sha'H6586from under thedominionיַד־yad-H3027ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063, andmadeוַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּvai.yam.Li.khuH4427themselves akingמֶֽלֶךְ׃Me.lekhH4428.

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