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2 Kings 18:1-12

1Now it came to pass in thethirdשָׁלֹ֔שׁsha.LoshH7969yearבִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.NatH8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַle.ho.She.a'H1954sonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofElahאֵלָ֖ה'e.LahH425kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, thatHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֥הchiz.ki.YahH2396thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAhazאָחָ֖ז'a.ChazH271kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063began toreignמָלַ֛ךְma.LakhH4427.

2Twentyעֶשְׂרִ֨ים'es.RimH6242andfiveוְחָמֵ֤שׁve.cha.MeshH2568yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121was he when he began toreignבְמָלְכ֔וֹve.ma.le.KhoH4427; and hereignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427twentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםve.'es.RimH6242andnineוָתֵ֙שַׁע֙va.Te.sha'H8672yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389. Hismother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034also wasAbiאֲבִ֖י'a.ViH21, thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofZachariahזְכַרְיָֽה׃ze.khar.YahH2148.

3And hedidוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213that which wasrightהַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.SharH3477in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, according to all thatDavidדָּוִ֥דda.VidH1732hisfatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1didעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213.

4Heremovedהֵסִ֣ירhe.SirH5493the highplacesהַבָּמ֗וֹתha.ba.MotH1116, andbrokeוְשִׁבַּר֙ve.shi.BarH7665theimagesהַמַּצֵּבֹ֔תha.ma.tze.VotH4676, and cutdownוְכָרַ֖תve.kha.RatH3772thegrovesהָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑הha.'a.she.RahH842, and broke inpiecesוְכִתַּת֩ve.khi.TatH3807thebrasenהַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁתha.ne.Cho.shetH5178serpentנְחַ֨שׁne.ChashH5175thatMosesמֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehH4872hadmadeעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213: for till thosedaysהַיָּמִ֤יםhai.ya.MimH3117thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478burntincenseמְקַטְּרִ֣יםme.ka.te.RimH6999to it: and hecalledוַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-H7121itNehushtanנְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃ne.chush.TanH5180.

5Hetrustedבָּטָ֑חba.TachH982in theLORDבַּיהוָ֥הba.Yah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478; so thatafterוְאַחֲרָ֞יוve.'a.cha.RavH310him was none like him among all thekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, nor any that werebeforeלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440him.

6For heclungוַיִּדְבַּק֙vai.yid.BakH1692to theLORDבַּֽיהוָ֔הba.Yah.wehH3068, anddepartedסָ֖רsarH5493not fromfollowingמֵאַֽחֲרָ֑יוme.'a.cha.RavH310him, butkeptוַיִּשְׁמֹר֙vai.yish.MorH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֔יוmitz.vo.TavH4687, which theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872.

7And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068was with him; and heprosperedיַשְׂכִּ֑ילyas.KilH7919wherever he wentforthיֵצֵ֖אye.Tze'H3318: and herebelledוַיִּמְרֹ֥דvai.yim.RodH4775against thekingבְּמֶֽלֶךְ־be.Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804, andservedעֲבָדֽוֹ׃a.va.DoH5647him not.

8Hesmoteהִכָּ֧הhi.KahH5221thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֛יםpe.lish.TimH6430, even toGazaעַזָּ֖ה'a.ZahH5804, and itsbordersגְּבוּלֶ֑יהָge.vu.Lei.haH1366, from thetowerמִמִּגְדַּ֥לmi.mig.DalH4026of thewatchmenנוֹצְרִ֖יםnotz.RimH5341to thefortifiedמִבְצָֽר׃ פmiv.TzarH4013cityעִ֥יר'irH5892.

9And it came to pass in thefourthהָֽרְבִיעִית֙ha.re.vi.'ItH7243yearבַּשָּׁנָ֤הba.sha.NahH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396, which was theseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יתha.she.vi.'ItH7637yearהַשָּׁנָ֣הha.sha.NahH8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַle.ho.She.a'H1954sonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofElahאֵלָ֖ה'e.LahH425kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, thatShalmaneserשַׁלְמַנְאֶ֧סֶרshal.man.'E.serH8022kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804cameupעָלָ֞ה'a.LahH5927againstSamariaשֹׁמְר֖וֹןsho.me.RonH8111, andbesiegedוַיָּ֥צַרvai.Ya.tzarH6696it.

10And at theendמִקְצֵה֙mik.TzehH7097ofthreeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141theytookוַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֗הָvai.yil.ke.Du.haH3920it: even in thesixthשֵׁ֖שׁsheshH8337yearבִּשְׁנַת־bish.nat-H8141ofHezekiahלְחִזְקִיָּ֑הle.chiz.ki.YahH2396, that is theninthתֵּ֗שַׁעTe.sha'H8672yearשְׁנַת־she.nat-H8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙le.ho.She.a'H1954kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Samariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111wastakenנִלְכְּדָ֖הnil.ke.DahH3920.

11And thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804carriedawayוַיֶּ֧גֶלvai.Ye.gelH1540Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478toAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּרָה'a.Shu.rahH804, andputוַיַּנְחֵ֞םvai.yan.ChemH5148them inHalahבַּחְלַ֧חbach.LachH2477and inHaborוּבְחָב֛וֹרu.ve.cha.VorH2249by theriverנְהַ֥רne.HarH5104ofGozanגּוֹזָ֖ןgo.ZanH1470, and in thecitiesוְעָרֵ֥יve.'a.ReiH5892of theMedesמָדָֽי׃ma.DaiH4074:

12Because theyobeyedשָׁמְע֗וּsha.me.'UH8085not thevoiceבְּקוֹל֙be.kOlH6963of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, buttransgressedוַיַּעַבְרוּ֙vai.ya.'av.RuH5674hiscovenantבְּרִית֔וֹbe.ri.ToH1285, and all thatMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872theservantעֶ֣בֶד'E.vedH5650of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֔הtzi.VahH6680, and would nothearשָׁמְע֖וּsha.me.'UH8085them, nordoעָשֽׂוּ׃ פ'a.SuH6213them .

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