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2 Chronicles 35:20-23

20Afterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310all this, whenJosiahיֹֽאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙yo.shi.Ya.huH2977hadpreparedהֵכִ֤יןhe.KhinH3559thetempleהַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitH1004,Nechoנְכ֧וֹne.KhoH5224kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֛יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714cameupעָלָ֞ה'a.LahH5927tofightלְהִלָּחֵ֥םle.hi.la.ChemH3898againstCarchemishבְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁbe.khar.ke.MishH3751byEuphratesפְּרָ֑תpe.RatH6578: andJosiahיֹאשִׁיָּֽהוּ׃yo.shi.Ya.huH2977wentoutוַיֵּצֵ֥אvai.ye.Tze'H3318againstH7125him.

21But hesentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971ambassadorsמַלְאָכִ֣ים׀mal.'a.KhimH4397to him,sayingלֵאמֹר֩׀le.MorH559, What have I to do with thee, thoukingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063? I come not against thee thisdayהַיּוֹם֙hai.yOmH3117, but against thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004with which I havewarמִלְחַמְתִּ֔יmil.cham.TiH4421: forGodוֵאלֹהִ֖יםve.lo.HimH430commandedאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559me to makehasteלְבַֽהֲלֵ֑נִיle.va.ha.Le.niH926:forbearחֲדַל־cha.dal-H2308thee from meddling withGodמֵאֱלֹהִ֥יםme.'E.lo.HimH430, who is with me, that he may notdestroyיַשְׁחִיתֶֽךָ׃yash.chi.Te.khaH7843thee.

22NeverthelessJosiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֨הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977would notturnהֵסֵב֩he.SevH5437hisfaceפָנָ֜יוfa.NavH6440from him, butdisguisedהִתְחַפֵּ֔שׂhit.cha.PesH2664himself, that he mightfightלְהִלָּחֵֽם־le.hi.la.chem-H3898with him, andhearkenedשָׁמַ֛עsha.Ma'H8085not to thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697ofNechoנְכ֖וֹne.KhoH5224from themouthמִפִּ֣יmi.PiH6310ofGodאֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimH430, andcameוַיָּבֹ֕אvai.ya.Vo'H935tofightלְהִלָּחֵ֖םle.hi.la.ChemH3898in thevalleyבְּבִקְעַ֥תbe.vik.'AtH1237ofMegiddoמְגִדּֽוֹ׃me.gi.DoH4023.

23And thearchersוַיֹּרוּ֙vai.yo.RuH3384shotהַיֹּרִ֔יםhai.yo.RimH3384atkingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977; and thekingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to hisservantsלַעֲבָדָיו֙la.'a.va.DavH5650, Take meawayהַעֲבִיר֔וּנִיha.'a.vi.Ru.niH5674; for I amgrievouslyמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966woundedהָחֳלֵ֖יתִיho.cho.Lei.tiH2470.

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