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And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

הֶהָמ֖וֹן (הֶ) he. “the”הַזֶּ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

הַכּוּשִׁ֔ים (הַ) ha. “the”הַכּוּשִֽׁים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerar; and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that none of them was left alive; for they were crushed before Jehovah and before his army. And they carried away very much spoil.

וְהָעָ֣ם (הָ) ha. “the”

And they smote all the cities round about Gerar, for the terror of Jehovah came upon them; and they spoiled all the cities, for there was very much spoil in them.

הֶֽעָרִים֙ (הֶֽ) he. “the”הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (הֶ֣) he. “the”

And in those times there [ergänzt: was] no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in, but great disturbances were amongst all the inhabitants of the countries.

הָהֵ֔ם (הָ) ha. “<the>”הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ (הָ) ha. “the”

And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.

הַדְּבָרִ֣ים (הַ) ha. “the”הָאֵ֗לֶּה (הָ) ha. “<the>”וְהַנְּבוּאָה֮ (הַ) ha. “the”הַנָּבִיא֒ (הַ) ha. “the”הַשִּׁקּוּצִים֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (הֶ֣) he. “the”

And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

וְהַגָּרִים֙ (הַ) ha. “those”

And they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And they sacrificed to Jehovah in that day, of the spoil that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

הַה֔וּא (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַשָּׁלָ֖ל (הַ) ha. “the”

And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.

הַשְּׁבוּעָ֗ה (הַ) ha. “the”

And also Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burned it in the valley Kidron.

הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”

But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.

וְהַ֨בָּמ֔וֹת (הַ֨) Ha. “the”

And he brought into the house of God the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”

In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order to let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

הָרָמָ֑ה (הָ) ha. “<the>”

And Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,

הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַיּוֹשֵׁ֥ב (הַ) hai. “who”

And Ben-hadad hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his forces against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon and Dan and Abelmaim, and all the store-magazines of the cities of Naphtali.

הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַחֲיָלִ֤ים (הַ) ha. “the”

And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.

הָרָמָ֑ה (הָ) ha. “<the>”

And king Asa took all Judah; and they carried away the stones and the timber from Ramah, with which Baasha had been building, and he built with them Geba and Mizpah.

הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הָֽרָמָה֙ (הָֽ) ha. “<the>”הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on Jehovah thy God, therefore has the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.

הַהִ֗יא (הַ) ha. “<the>”הָרֹאֶ֔ה (הָ) ha. “the”

Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? but when thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand.

הַכּוּשִׁ֣ים (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַלּוּבִ֗ים (הַ) ha. “the”

For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (הָ) ha. “the”

And Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was enraged with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

הָרֹאֶ֗ה (הָ) ha. “the”הַמַּהְפֶּ֔כֶת (הַ) ha. “the”הָעָ֖ם (הָ) ha. “the”הַהִֽיא׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And behold the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

הָרִאשׁוֹנִ֖ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִ֑ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”הַמְּלָכִ֔ים (הַ) ha. “the”

And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had taken.

הַבְּצֻר֑וֹת (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals;

הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”