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And he had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel.

וְלֽוֹ־ (לֽ) lo “[belonged] to”

And their father gave them much silver and gold and things of great value, as well as walled towns in Judah; but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, because he was the oldest.

לָהֶ֣ם׀ (לָ) la. “to”לְכֶ֤סֶף (לְ) le. “to”וּלְזָהָב֙ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְמִגְדָּנ֔וֹת (לְ) le. “to”לִֽיהוֹרָ֖ם (לִֽ) li. “to”

He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and did as the family of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

לּ֖וֹ (לּ֖) l “of”

But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on the family of David, because of the agreement he had made with David, when he said he would give to him and to his sons a light for ever.

לְהַשְׁחִית֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְדָוִ֑יד (לְ) le. “to”לָתֵ֨ת (לָ) la. “to”ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “to”וּלְבָנָ֖יו (לְ) le. “to”

And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, The Lord, the God of your father David, says, Because you have not kept to the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah,

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And they came up against Judah, forcing a way into it, and took away all the goods in the king's house, as well as his sons and his wives; so that he had no son but only Jehoahaz, the youngest.

לְבֵית־ (לְ) le. “to”לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to”

And after all this the Lord sent on him a disease of the stomach from which it was impossible for him to be made well.

לָחֳלִ֖י (לָ) lo. “to”לְאֵ֥ין (לְ) le. “to”

And time went on, and after two years, his inside falling out because of the disease, he came to his death in cruel pain. And his people made no burning for him like the burning made for his fathers.

לְיָמִ֣ים׀ (לְ) le. “to”לְיָמִ֣ים (לְ) le. “of”ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “for”

And the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the army had put all the older sons to death. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, became king.

לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה (לַֽ) la. “to the”

He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, for his mother was his teacher in evil-doing.

לְהַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the family of Ahab did; for after the death of his father they were his guides to his destruction.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “of”לְמַשְׁחִ֥ית (לְ) le. “to”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “of”

Acting on their suggestion, he went with Jehoram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Joram was wounded by the bowmen.

לַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה (לַ) la. “to <the>”

And he went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which they had given him at Ramah when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to Jezreel to see Jehoram, the son of Ahab, because he

לְהִתְרַפֵּ֣א (לְ) le. “to”לִרְא֞וֹת (לִ) li “to”

Now by the purpose of God, Ahaziah's journey to see Jehoram was the cause of his downfall: for when he came there, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu, the son of Nimshi, who had been marked out by the Lord for the destruction of the family of Ahab.

לָב֖וֹא (לָ) la. “by”לְהַכְרִ֖ית (לְ) le. “to”

Now when Jehu was effecting the punishment of the family of Ahab, he came to the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers, the servants of Ahaziah, and put them to death.

לַאֲחַזְיָ֖הוּ (לַ) la. “<to>”

And he went in search of Ahaziah; and when they came where he was, (for he was in a secret place in Samaria,) they took him to Jehu and put him to death; then they put his body to rest in the earth, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, whose hear

לְבֵ֣ית (לְ) le. “for”לַעְצֹ֥ר (לַ) la “to”לְמַמְלָכָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “for”

Now when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she had all the rest of the seed of the kingdom of Judah put to death.

לְבֵ֥ית (לְ) le. “of”

In the seventh year, Jehoiada made himself strong, and made an agreement with the captains of hundreds, Azariah, the son of Jeroham, Ishmael, the son of Jehohanan, Azariah, the son of Obed, Maaseiah, the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat, the son of Zichri.

לַעֲזַרְיָ֣הוּ (לַ) la. “to”וּלְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל (לְ) le. “to”וְלַֽעֲזַרְיָ֨הוּ (לַֽ) la. “to”

And they went through Judah, getting together the Levites and the heads of families in Israel from all the towns of Judah, and they came to Jerusalem.

לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (לְ) le. “of”

And all the people made an agreement with the king in the house of God. And he said to them, Truly, the king's son will be king, as the Lord has said about the sons of David.

לָהֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “to”

This is what you are to do: let a third of you, of the priests and Levites, who come in on the Sabbath, keep the doors;

לַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַלְוִיִּ֔ם (לַ) la “to the”לְשֹֽׁעֲרֵ֖י (לְ) le. “[will become] <into>”

But let no one come into the house of the Lord but only the priests and those of the Levites who have work to do there; they may go in for they are holy; but the rest of the people are to keep the orders of the Lord.

לַלְוִיִּ֔ם (לַ) la “of the”

Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and body-covers which had been King David's and which were kept in the house of God.

לְשָׂרֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (לַ) la. “[had belonged] to the”

And he put all the people in position, every man with his instruments of war in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left, by the altar and the house and all round the king.

לַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַבָּ֑יִת (לַ) la. “to the”

And looking, she saw the king in his place by the pillar at the doorway, and the captains and the horns by his side; and all the people of the land were giving signs of joy and sounding the horns; and the makers of melody were playing on instruments of m

לְהַלֵּ֑ל (לְ) le. “to”