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2 Chronicles 23:16-21

16AndJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָע֙ye.ho.ya.Da'H3077madeוַיִּכְרֹ֤תvai.yikh.RotH3772acovenantבְּרִ֔יתbe.RitH1285between him, and between all thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971, and between thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, that they should be theLORD’Sלַיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068peopleלְעָ֖םle.'AmH5971.

17Then all thepeopleהָעָ֤םha.'AmH5971wentוַיָּבֹ֨אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofBaalהַבַּ֙עַל֙ha.Ba.'alH1168, and broke itdownוַֽיִּתְּצֻ֔הוּvai.yi.te.Tzu.huH5422, andbrokeH7665hisaltarsמִזְבְּחֹתָ֥יוmiz.be.cho.TavH4196and hisimagesצְלָמָ֖יוtze.la.MavH6754inpiecesH7665, andslewהָרְג֖וּha.re.GuH2026Mattanמַתָּן֙ma.TanH4977thepriestכֹּהֵ֣ןko.HenH3548ofBaalהַבַּ֔עַלha.Ba.'alH1168beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440thealtarsהַֽמִּזְבְּחֽוֹת׃Ha.miz.be.ChotH4196.

18AlsoJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֨עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077appointedוַיָּשֶׂם֩vai.ya.SemH7760theofficesפְּקֻדֹּ֜תpe.ku.DotH6486of thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068by thehandבְּיַ֨דbe.YadH3027of thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548theLevitesהַלְוִיִּם֮hal.vi.YimH3881, whomDavidדָּוִיד֮da.VidH1732haddistributedחָלַ֣קcha.LakH2505in thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָה֒Yah.wehH3068, toofferלְֽהַעֲל֞וֹתle.ha.'a.LotH5927the burntofferingsעֹל֣וֹתo.LotH5930of theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, as it iswrittenכַּכָּת֛וּבka.ka.TuvH3789in thelawבְּתוֹרַ֥תbe.to.RatH8451ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872, withrejoicingבְּשִׂמְחָ֣הbe.sim.ChahH8057and withsingingוּבְשִׁ֑ירu.ve.ShirH7892, as it was ordainedbyיְדֵ֥יye.DeiH3027Davidדָוִֽיד׃da.VidH1732.

19And hesetוַֽיַּעֲמֵד֙vai.ya.'a.MedH5975theportersהַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔יםha.Sho.'a.RimH7778at thegatesשַׁעֲרֵ֖יsha.'a.ReiH8179of thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, that none who wasuncleanטָמֵ֖אta.Me'H2931in anythingדָּבָֽר׃da.VarH1697shouldenterיָבֹ֥אya.Vo'H935.

20And hetookוַיִּקַּ֣חvai.yi.KachH3947thecaptainsשָׂרֵ֣יsa.ReiH8269ofhundredsהַמֵּא֡וֹתha.me.'otH3967, and thenoblesהָֽאַדִּירִים֩ha.'a.di.RimH117, and thegovernorsהַמּֽוֹשְׁלִ֨יםha.mo.she.LimH4910of thepeopleבָּעָ֜םba.'AmH5971, and all thepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971of thelandהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and broughtdownוַיּ֤וֹרֶדvai.Yo.redH3381thekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428from thehouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068: and theycameוַיָּבֹ֛אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935throughבְּתֽוֹךְ־be.tokh-H8432thehighהָֽעֶלְי֖וֹןha.'el.YonH5945gateשַׁ֥עַרSha.'arH8179into theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004, andsetוַיּוֹשִׁ֙יבוּ֙vai.yo.Shi.vuH3427thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428upon thethroneכִּסֵּ֥אki.Se'H3678of thekingdomהַמַּמְלָכָֽה׃ha.mam.la.KhahH4467.

21And all thepeopleעַם־'am-H5971of thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776rejoicedוַיִּשְׂמְח֥וּvai.yis.me.ChuH8055: and thecityוְהָעִ֣ירve.ha.'IrH5892wasquietשָׁקָ֑טָהsha.Ka.tahH8252, after they hadslainהֵמִ֥יתוּhe.Mi.tuH4191Athaliahעֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ'a.tal.Ya.huH6271with theswordבֶחָֽרֶב׃ סve.Cha.revH2719.

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