H9005–/ל–l

So the Lord sent fear on the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah; and the Ethiopians went in flight.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”וְלִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

And Asa and the people who were with him went after them as far as Gerar; and so great was the destruction among the Ethiopians that they were not able to get their army together again, for they were broken before the Lord and before his army; and they t

לִגְרָר֒ (לִ) li “to”לְאֵ֣ין (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶ֣ם (לָ) la. “[belonged] to”לִפְנֵֽי־ (לִ) li “<to>”וְלִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

And they made an attack on the tents of the owners of the cattle, and took away great numbers of sheep and camels and went back to Jerusalem.

לָרֹב֙ (לָ) la. “to”

And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”לָכֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “by”

Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;

לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (לְ) le. “[belonged] to”לְלֹ֣א׀ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְלֹ֛א (לְ) le. “to”וּלְלֹ֥א (לְ) le. “to”

But when in their trouble they were turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, searching after him, he let their search be rewarded.

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “by”

In those times there was no peace for him who went out or for him who came in, but great trouble was on all the people of the lands.

לַיּוֹצֵ֣א (לַ) la “[belonged] to the”וְלַבָּ֑א (לַ) la. “to the”

But be you strong and let not your hands be feeble, for your work will be rewarded.

לִפְעֻלַּתְכֶֽם׃ (לִ) li “for”

And Asa, hearing these words of Azariah, the son of Oded the prophet, took heart and put away all the disgusting things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the towns which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he made new a

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “[was] <to>”

And he got together all Judah and Benjamin and those of Ephraim and Manasseh and Simeon who were living with them; for numbers of them came to him out of Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

לָרֹ֔ב (לָ) la. “to”

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

לִשְׁנַ֥ת (לִ) li “of”לְמַלְכ֥וּת (לְ) le. “of”

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

לַיהוָה֙ (לַ) la. “to”

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

לִדְר֕וֹשׁ (לִ) li “to”

And that anyone, small or great, man or woman, who was not true to the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death.

לַיהוָ֥ה (לַ) la. “<to>”לְמִן־ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְמֵאִ֖ישׁ (לְ) le. “<to>”

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

לַיהוָ֔ה (לַ) la. “to”

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.

לָהֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “by”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”

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.

לַאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to”

And there was no more war till the thirty-fifth year of the rule of Asa.

לְמַלְכ֥וּת (לְ) le. “of”

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.

לְמַלְכ֣וּת (לְ) le. “of”לְבִלְתִּ֗י (לְ) le. “to”לְאָסָ֖א (לְ) le. “to”

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,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I have sent you silver and gold; go and put an end to your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may give up attacking me.

לְךָ֙ (לְ) le. “to”

And Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel, attacking Ijon and Dan and Abel-maim, and all the store-towns of Naphtali.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “[belonged] to <the>”

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.

לְחַ֧יִל׀ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָרֹ֛ב (לָ) la. “for”לְרֶ֥כֶב (לְ) le. “<to>”וּלְפָרָשִׁ֖ים (לְ) le. “<to>”לְהַרְבֵּ֣ה (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לְ֠הִתְחַזֵּק (לְ֠) Le. “to”

Now the acts of Asa, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

לִיהוּדָ֖ה (לִ) li. “of”