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2 Kings 21:2-7

2And hedidוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213that which wasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, after theabominationsכְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת֙ke.to.'a.VotH8441of theheathenהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471, whom theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068castoutהוֹרִ֣ישׁho.RishH3423beforeמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

3For hebuiltוַיִּ֙בֶן֙vai.Yi.venH1129againוַיָּ֗שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725the highplacesהַבָּמ֔וֹתha.ba.MotH1116whichHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396hisfatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1haddestroyedאִבַּ֖ד'i.BadH6; and herearedוַיָּ֨קֶםvai.Ya.kemH6965altarsמִזְבְּחֹ֜תmiz.be.ChotH4196forBaalלַבַּ֗עַלla.Ba.'alH1168, andmadeוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213agroveאֲשֵׁרָה֙'a.she.RahH842, asdidעָשָׂ֗ה'a.SahH6213Ahabאַחְאָב֙'ach.'AvH256kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478; andworshippedוַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙vai.yish.Ta.chuH7812all thehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, andservedוַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖דvai.ya.'a.VodH5647them.

4And hebuiltוּבָנָ֥הu.va.NahH1129altarsמִזְבְּחֹ֖תmiz.be.ChotH4196in thehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, of which theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559, InJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389will Iputאָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimH7760mynameשְׁמִֽי׃she.MiH8034.

5And hebuiltוַיִּ֥בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129altarsמִזְבְּח֖וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196for all thehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064in thetwoבִּשְׁתֵּ֖יbish.TeiH8147courtsחַצְר֥וֹתchatz.RotH2691of thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

6And he made hissonבְּנוֹ֙be.NoH1121passוְהֶעֱבִ֤ירve.he.'e.VirH5674through thefireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784, and observedtimesוְעוֹנֵ֣ןve.'o.NenH6049, and usedenchantmentsוְנִחֵ֔שׁve.ni.CheshH5172, anddealtוְעָ֥שָׂהve.'A.sahH6213withmediumsא֖וֹב'ovH178andwizardsוְיִדְּעֹנִ֑יםve.yi.de.'o.NimH3049: hecommittedלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213muchהִרְבָּ֗הhir.BahH7235wickednessהָרַ֛עha.Ra'H7451in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, to provoke him toangerלְהַכְעִֽיס׃le.hakh.'IsH3707.

7And hesetוַיָּ֕שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760a gravenimageפֶּ֥סֶלPe.selH6459of thegroveהָאֲשֵׁרָ֖הha.'a.she.RahH842that he hadmadeעָשָׂ֑ה'a.SahH6213in thehouseבַּבַּ֗יִתba.Ba.yitH1004, of which theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559toDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732, and toSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohH8010hissonבְנ֔וֹve.NoH1121, In thishouseבַּבַּ֨יִתba.Ba.yitH1004, and inJerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֗םu.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389, which I havechosenבָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ba.Char.tiH977out of alltribesשִׁבְטֵ֣יshiv.TeiH7626ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, will Iputאָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimH7760mynameשְׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034foreverלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769:

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