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2 Kings 12:5-8

5Let thepriestsH3548takeיִקְח֤וּyik.ChuH3947it to them, everymanH376of hisacquaintanceמַכָּר֑וֹma.ka.RoH4378: and let themrepairיְחַזְּקוּ֙ye.cha.ze.KuH2388thebreachesבֶּ֣דֶקBe.dekH919of thehouseH1004, wherever anybreachבָּֽדֶק׃ פBa.dekH919shall befoundיִמָּצֵ֥אyi.ma.Tze'H4672.

6But it was so, that in thethreeבִּשְׁנַ֨ת וְשָׁלֹ֛שׁbish.Nat ve.sha.LoshH7969 H8141andtwentiethעֶשְׂרִ֧ים'es.RimH6242yearשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Jehoashיְהוֹאָ֑שׁye.ho.'AshH3060thepriestsH3548had notrepairedH2388thebreachesH919of thehouseH1004.

7ThenkingH4428JehoashH3060calledוַיִּקְרָא֩vai.yik.Ra'H7121forJehoiadaלִיהוֹיָדָ֤עli.ho.ya.Da'H3077thepriestH3548, and the otherpriestsH3548, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, WhyrepairH2388ye not thebreachesH919of thehouseH1004? now thereforereceiveתִּקְחוּ־tik.chu-H3947no moremoneyכֶ֙סֶף֙khe.sefH3701of youracquaintanceמַכָּֽרֵיכֶ֔םma.ka.rei.KhemH4378, butdeliverתִּתְּנֻֽהוּ׃ti.te.Nu.huH5414it for thebreachesH919of thehouseH1004.

8And thepriestsH3548consentedוַיֵּאֹ֖תוּvai.ye.'O.tuH225toreceiveH3947noלְבִלְתִּ֤יle.vil.TiH1115moremoneyH3701of thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,neitherוּלְבִלְתִּ֥יu.le.vil.TiH1115torepairH2388thebreachesH919of thehouseH1004.

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