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So
Judah gathered together to
seek help from the
LORD; they
even came from
all the
cities of
Judah to
seek the
LORD.
yer'[ -l'Kim ~;G h'wh.yem veQ;b.l h'd.Wh.y .Wc.b'QiY;w ? h'wh.y -t,a veQ;b.l .Wa'B h'd.Wh.y
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Then
Jehoshaphat stood in the
assembly of
Judah and
Jerusalem, in the
house of the
LORD before the
new court,
~i;l'v.Wryiw h'd.Wh.y l;h.qiB j'p'vw{h.y d{m][;Y;w ? h'v'd]x;h rec'x,h yen.pil h'wh.y tyeb.B
6
and he
said, "O
LORD, the
God of our
fathers, are You not
God in the
heavens? And are You not
ruler over all the
kingdoms of the
nations?
Power and
might are in Your
hand so that
no one can
stand against You.
a.Wh -h'T;a a{l]h .Wnyet{b]a yeh{l/a h'wh.y r;ma{Y;w ? tw{k.l.m;m l{k.B levw{m h'T;a.w ~Iy;m'V;B ~yih{l/a ? '$.Mi[ !yea.w h'r.Wb.g.W ;x{K '$.d'y.b.W ~Iyw{G;h ? beC;y.tih.l
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"Did You not, O our
God,
drive out the
inhabitants of
this land before * Your
people Israel and
give it to the
descendants of
Abraham Your
friend forever?
#,r'a'h yeb.v{y -t,a 'T.v;rw{h .Wnyeh{l/a h'T;a a{l]h ? [;r,z.l H'n.TiT;w lea'r.fIy '$.M;[ yen.piLim ta{Z;h ? ~'lw{[.l '$.b;h{a ~'h'r.b;a
8
"They have
lived in it, and have
built You a
sanctuary there for Your
name,
saying,
'$.miv.l v'D.qim H'B '$.l .Wn.biY;w H'b -.Wb.veY;w ? r{mael
9
'Should evil come upon us, the
sword, or
judgment, or
pestilence, or
famine, we will
stand before this house and
before You (for Your
name is in
this house ) and
cry to You in our
distress, and You will
hear and
deliver us.'
b'['r.w r,b,d.w jw{p.v b,r,x h'['r .Wnyel'[ aw{b'T -mia ? '$y,n'p.l.W h,Z;h tIy;B;h(for yen.pil(for h'd.m;[;n ? .Wnet'r'Cim '$y,lea q;[.zin.w h,Z;h tIy;B;B<01004)> '$.miv yiK ? ;[yivw{t.w [;m.vit.w
10
"Now behold, the
sons of
Ammon and
Moab and
Mount Seir,
whom You did not
let Israel invade when they
came out of the
land of
Egypt (they
turned aside from them and did not
destroy them),
ryi[ef -r;h.w b'aw{m.W !w{M;[ -yen.b heNih h'T;[.w ? ~'a{b.B ~,h'b aw{b'l lea'r.fIy.l h'T;t'n -a{l r,v]a ? ~.Wdyim.vih a{l.w ~,hyel][em .Wr's yiK ~Iy'r.cim #,r,aem
11
see how they are
rewarding us by
coming to
drive us out from Your
possession which You have
given us as an
inheritance.
.Wnev.r'g.l aw{b'l .Wnyel'[ ~yil.m{G ~eh -heNih.w ? .Wn'T.v;rw{h r,v]a '$.t'VUr.Yim
12
"O our
God, will You not
judge them? For we are
powerless before this great multitude who are
coming against us;
nor do we
know what to
do, but our
eyes are on You."
.Wn'B !yea yiK ~'B -j'P.vit a{l]h .Wnyeh{l/a ? .Wnyel'[ a'B;h h,Z;h b'r'h !w{m'h,h yen.pil ;x{K ? '$y,l'[ yiK h,f][;N -h;m [;den a{l .Wn.x;n]a;w ? .Wnyenye[
13
All Judah was
standing before the
LORD, with their
infants, their
wives and their
children.
~'P;j -m;G h'wh.y yen.pil ~yid.m{[ h'd.Wh.y -l{k.w ? ~,hyen.b.W ~,hyev.n
14
Then in the
midst of the
assembly the
Spirit of the
LORD came upon
Jahaziel the
son of
Zechariah, the
son of
Benaiah, the
son of
Jeiel, the
son of
Mattaniah, the
Levite of the
sons of
Asaph;
leayi[.y -n,B h'y'n.B -n,B .Wh'y.r;k.z -n,B leayiz]x;y.w ? h't.y'h @'s'a yen.B -nim yiweL;h h'y.n;T;m -n,B ? l'h'Q;h .$w{t.B h'wh.y ;x.Wr wy'l'[
15
and he
said,
"Listen,
all Judah and the
inhabitants of
Jerusalem and
King Jehoshaphat:
thus says the
LORD to you, 'Do not
fear or be
dismayed because * of
this great multitude, for the
battle is not yours but
God's.
~i;l'v.Wr.y yeb.v{y.w h'd.Wh.y -l'k .Wbyiv.q;h r,ma{Y;w ? ~,T;a ~,k'l h'wh.y r;m'a -h{K j'p'vw{h.y .$,l,M;h.w ? !w{m'h,h yen.Pim .WT;xeT -l;a.w .Wa.ryiT -l;a ? ~yih{lael yiK h'm'x.liM;h ~,k'l a{l yiK h,Z;h b'r'h