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2 Chronicles 24:4-14

4And it came to passafterאַחֲרֵיכֵ֑ן'a.cha.rei.KhenH310this, thatJoashיוֹאָ֔שׁyo.'AshH3101wasmindedלֵ֣בlevH3820torepairלְחַדֵּ֖שׁle.cha.DeshH2318thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

5And hegatheredוַיִּקְבֹּץ֮vai.yik.BotzH6908thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548and theLevitesוְהַלְוִיִּם֒ve.hal.vi.YimH3881, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, Gooutצְא֣וּtze.'UH3318to thecitiesלְעָרֵ֪יle.'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֟הye.hu.DahH3063, andgatherוְקִבְצוּ֩ve.kiv.TzuH6908from allIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֨לYis.ra.'ElH3478moneyכֶּ֜סֶףKe.sefH3701torepairלְחַזֵּ֣ק׀le.cha.ZekH2388thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of yourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430fromמִדֵּ֤יmi.DeiH1767yearשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141toyearבְּשָׁנָ֔הbe.sha.NahH8141, and see that yehastenתְּמַהֲר֣וּte.ma.ha.RuH4116thematterלַדָּבָ֑רla.da.VarH1697. But theLevitesהַֽלְוִיִּֽם׃Hal.vi.YimH3881hastenedמִֽהֲר֖וּmi.ha.RuH4116it not.

6And thekingהַמֶּלֶךְ֮ha.me.leKhH4428calledוַיִּקְרָ֣אvai.yik.Ra'H7121forJehoiadaלִֽיהוֹיָדָ֣עli.ho.ya.Da'H3077thechiefהָרֹאשׁ֒ha.roShH7218, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, Why hast thou notrequiredדָרַ֣שְׁתָּda.Rash.taH1875of theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.YimH3881to bringinלְהָבִ֞יאle.ha.Vi'H935out ofJudahמִֽיהוּדָ֣הmi.hu.DahH3063and out ofJerusalemוּמִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗םu.mi.ru.sha.LimH3389thecollectionמַשְׂאַת֙mas.'AtH4864, according to the commandment ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehH4872theservantעֶֽבֶד־'e.ved-H5650of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, and of thecongregationוְהַקָּהָ֖לve.ha.ka.HalH6951ofIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, for thetabernacleלְאֹ֖הֶלle.'O.helH168ofwitnessהָעֵדֽוּת׃ha.'e.DutH5715?

7For thesonsבָּנֶ֥יהָba.Nei.haH1121ofAthaliahעֲתַלְיָ֙הוּ֙'a.tal.Ya.huH6271, thatwickedהַמִּרְשַׁ֔עַתha.mir.Sha.'atH4849woman, had brokenupפָרְצ֖וּfa.re.TzuH6555thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430; and also all the dedicatedthingsקָדְשֵׁ֣יka.de.SheiH6944of thehouseבֵית־veit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068theybestowedעָשׂ֖וּ'a.SuH6213uponBaalimלַבְּעָלִֽים׃la.be.'a.LimH1168.

8And at theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commandmentוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559theymadeוַֽיַּעֲשׂ֖וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213aאֶחָ֑ד'e.ChadH259chestאֲר֣וֹן'a.RonH727, andsetוַֽיִּתְּנֻ֛הוּvai.yi.te.Nu.huH5414itwithoutחֽוּצָה׃Chu.tzahH2351at thegateבְּשַׁ֥עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179of thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

9And theymadeוַיִּתְּנוּ־vai.yi.te.nu-H5414aproclamationק֞וֹלKolH6963throughJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֣הbi.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗םu.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389, to bringinלְהָבִ֤יאle.ha.Vi'H935to theLORDלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068thecollectionמַשְׂאַ֞תmas.'AtH4864thatMosesמֹשֶׁ֧הmo.ShehH4872theservantעֶֽבֶד־'e.ved-H5650ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430laid uponIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ba.mid.BarH4057.

10And all theprincesהַשָּׂרִ֖יםha.sa.RimH8269and all thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971rejoicedוַיִּשְׂמְח֥וּvai.yis.me.ChuH8055, and broughtinוַיָּבִ֛יאוּvai.ya.Vi.'uH935, andcastוַיַּשְׁלִ֥יכוּvai.yash.Li.khuH7993into thechestלָאָר֖וֹןla.'a.RonH727, until they hadfinishedלְכַלֵּֽה׃le.kha.LehH3615.

11Now it came to pass, that at thetimeבְּעֵת֩be.'EtH6256thechestהָֽאָר֜וֹןha.'a.RonH727wasbroughtיָבִ֨יאya.Vi'H935to theking’sהַמֶּלֶךְ֮ha.me.leKhH4428officeפְּקֻדַּ֣תpe.ku.DatH6486by thehandבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027of theLevitesהַלְוִיִּם֒hal.vi.YimH3881, and when theysawוְכִרְאוֹתָ֞םve.khir.'o.TamH7200that there wasmuchרַ֣בravH7227moneyהַכֶּ֗סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701, theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428scribeסוֹפֵ֤רso.FerH5608and thehighהָרֹ֔אשׁha.RoshH7218priest’sכֹּהֵ֣ןko.HenH3548officerוּפְקִיד֙u.fe.KidH6496cameוּבָ֨אu.Va'H935andemptiedוִיעָ֙רוּ֙vi.'A.ruH6168thechestהָ֣אָר֔וֹןha.'a.RonH727, andtookוְיִשָּׂאֻ֖הוּve.yi.sa.'U.huH5375it, andcarriedH7725it to itsplaceמְקֹמ֑וֹme.ko.MoH4725againH7725. Thus theydidעָשׂוּ֙'a.SuH6213dayלְי֣וֹם׀le.YomH3117bydayבְּי֔וֹםbe.YomH3117, andassembledוַיַּֽאַסְפוּ־vai.ya.'as.fu-H622moneyכֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefH3701inabundanceלָרֹֽב׃la.RoH7230.

12And thekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andJehoiadaוִֽיהוֹיָדָ֗עvi.ho.ya.Da'H3077gaveוַיִּתְּנֵ֨הוּvai.yi.te.Ne.huH5414it to such asdidעוֹשֵׂה֙o.SehH6213theworkמְלֶ֙אכֶת֙me.Le.khetH4399of theserviceעֲבוֹדַ֣תa.vo.DatH5656of thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, andhiredשֹׂכְרִים֙so.khe.RimH7936masonsחֹצְבִ֣יםcho.tze.VimH2672andcarpentersוְחָרָשִׁ֔יםve.cha.ra.ShimH2796torepairלְחַדֵּ֖שׁle.cha.DeshH2318thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, and also such aswroughtלְחָרָשֵׁ֤יle.cha.ra.SheiH2796ironבַרְזֶל֙var.ZelH1270andbrassוּנְחֹ֔שֶׁתu.ne.Cho.shetH5178tomendלְחַזֵּ֖קle.cha.ZekH2388thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

13So theworkmenוַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ הַמְּלָאכָ֔הvai.ya.'a.Su ha.me.la.KhahH4399 H6213wroughtעֹשֵׂ֣י'o.SeiH6213, and theworkלַמְּלָאכָ֖הla.me.la.KhahH4399wasוַתַּ֧עַלva.Ta.'alH5927perfectedאֲרוּכָ֛ה'a.ru.KhahH724bythemבְּיָדָ֑םbe.ya.DamH3027, and theysetוַֽיַּעֲמִ֜ידוּvai.ya.'a.Mi.duH5975thehouseבֵּ֧יתbeitH1004ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430inorderמַתְכֻּנְתּ֖וֹmat.kun.ToH4971, andstrengthenedוַֽיְאַמְּצֻֽהוּ׃Vay.'a.me.Tzu.huH553it.

14And when they hadfinishedוּֽכְכַלּוֹתָ֡םu.khe.kha.lo.TamH3615it, theybroughtהֵבִ֣יאוּhe.Vi.'uH935therestשְׁאָ֣רshe.'ArH7605of themoneyהַכֶּ֗סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701beforeלִפְנֵי֩lif.NeiH6440thekingהַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andJehoiadaוִֽיהוֹיָדָ֜עvi.ho.ya.Da'H3077, of which weremadeוַיַּעֲשֵׂ֨הוּvai.ya.'a.Se.huH6213vesselsכֵלִ֤יםkhe.LimH3627for thehouseלְבֵית־le.veit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, evenvesselsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627toministerשָׁרֵ֔תsha.RetH8335, and toofferוְהַעֲל֣וֹתve.ha.'a.LotH5927with, andspoonsוְכַפּ֔וֹתve.kha.PotH3709, andvesselsוּכְלֵ֥יu.khe.LeiH3627ofgoldזָהָ֖בza.HavH2091andsilverוָכָ֑סֶףva.Kha.sefH3701. And theyofferedמַעֲלִ֨יםma.'a.LimH5927burntofferingsעֹל֤וֹתo.LotH5930in thehouseבְּבֵית־be.veit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068continuallyתָּמִ֔ידta.MidH8548all thedaysיְמֵ֥יye.MeiH3117ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָֽע׃ פye.ho.ya.Da'H3077.

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