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So they came together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the rule of Asa.

בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And that day they made offerings to the Lord of the things they had taken in war, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And they made an agreement to be true to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and all their soul;

בַבְּרִ֔ית (בַ) va. “in the”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “with”

And they made an oath to the Lord, with a loud voice, sounding wind-instruments and horns.

בְּק֥וֹל (בְּ) be. “with”וּבִתְרוּעָ֑ה (בִ) vi “with”וּבַחֲצֹצְר֖וֹת (בַ) va. “with”וּבְשׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃ (בְ) ve. “with”

And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.

בְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “with”וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “with”

And Asa would not let Maacah, his mother, be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah; and Asa had her image cut down and broken up and burned by the stream Kidron.

בְּנַ֥חַל (בְּ) be. “in”

In the thirty-sixth year of the rule of Asa, Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah so that no one was able to go out or in to Asa, king of Judah.

בִּשְׁנַ֨ת (בִּ) bi “in”

Then Asa took silver and gold out of the stores of the Lord's house and of the king's store-house, and sent to Ben-hadad, king of Aram, at Damascus, saying,

בְּדַרְמֶ֖שֶׂק (בְּ) be. “in”

Then King Asa, with all Judah, took away the stones and wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and he made use of them for building Geba and Mizpah.

בָּהֶ֔ם (בָּ) ba. “with”

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have put your faith in the king of Aram and not in the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has got away out of your hands.

וּבָעֵ֣ת (בָ) va. “at the”בְּהִשָּׁ֨עֶנְךָ֜ (בְּ) be. “because”

Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a very great army, with war-carriages and horsemen more than might be numbered? but because your faith was in the Lord, he gave them up into your hands.

וּבְהִשָּֽׁעֶנְךָ֥ (בְ) ve. “because”בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, burning with wrath against him because of this thing. And at the same time Asa was cruel to some of the people.

בְזַ֥עַף (בְ) ve. “in”בָּעֵ֥ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

In the thirty-ninth year of his rule, Asa had a very bad disease of the feet; but he did not go to the Lord for help in his disease, but to medical men.

בִּשְׁנַת֩ (בִּ) bi “in”בְּרַגְלָ֔יו (בְּ) be. “in”בְּחָלְיוֹ֙ (בְּ) be. “in”בָּרֹפְאִֽים׃ (בָּ) ba. “<in> the”

So Asa went to rest with his fathers, and death came to him in the forty-first year of his rule.

בִּשְׁנַ֛ת (בִּ) bi “in”

And they put him into the resting-place which he had made for himself in the town of David, in a bed full of sweet perfumes of all sorts of spices, made by the perfumer's art, and they made a great burning for him.

בְקִבְרֹתָ֗יו (בְ) ve. “in”בְּעִ֣יר (בְּ) be. “in”בַּמִּשְׁכָּב֙ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּמִרְקַ֣חַת (בְּ) be. “as”

He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְעָרֵ֣י (בְ) ve. “in”

And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,

בְּדַרְכֵ֞י (בְּ) be. “in”

But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.

וּבְמִצְוֹתָ֖יו (בְ) ve. “in”

So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.

בְּיָד֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord; and he went so far as to take away the high places and the wood pillars out of Judah.

בְּדַרְכֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

In the third year of his rule he sent Benhail and Obadiah and Zechariah and Nethanel and Micaiah, his captains, as teachers into the towns of Judah;

וּבִשְׁנַ֨ת (בִ) vi “in”בְּעָרֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

And they gave teaching in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them; they went through all the towns of Judah teaching the people.

בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה (בִּֽ) bi. “in”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בָּעָֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “among the”

Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.

בִּֽיהוּדָ֛ה (בִּֽ) bi. “in”

He had much property in the towns of Judah; he had forces of armed men, great and strong, in Jerusalem.

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “[were] in”