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Then a
letter came to him from
Elijah the
prophet saying,
"Thus says the
LORD God of your
father David,
'Because * you have not
walked in the
ways of
Jehoshaphat your
father and the
ways of
Asa king of
Judah,
r{mael ayib'N;h .Wh'Yileaem b'T.kim wy'lea a{b'Y;w ? t;x;T '$yib'a dyiw'D yeh{l/a h'wh.y r;m'a h{K ? '$yib'a j'p'vw{h.y yek.r;d.B 'T.k;l'h -a{l r,v]a ? h'd.Wh.y -.k,l,m a's'a yek.r;d.b.W
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but have
walked in the
way of the
kings of
Israel, and have caused
Judah and the
inhabitants of
Jerusalem to
play the
harlot as the
house of
Ahab played the
harlot, and you have
also killed your
brothers, your own
family *, who were
better than you,
h'd.Wh.y -t,a h,n.z;T;w lea'r.fIy yek.l;m .$,r,d.B .$,leT;w ? b'a.x;a tyeB tw{n.z;h.K ~i;l'v.Wr.y yeb.v{y -t,a.w ? '$.Mim ~yibw{J;h '$yib'a -tyeb '$y,x;a -t,a ~;g.w ? 'T.g'r'h
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behold, the
LORD is going to
strike your
people, your
sons, your
wives and
all your
possessions with a
great calamity;
'$y,n'b.b.W '$,M;[.B h'lw{d.g h'peG;m @eg{n h'wh.y heNih ? '$,v.Wk.r -l'k.b.W '$y,v'n.b.W
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and you will suffer
severe sickness, a
disease of your
bowels,
until your
bowels come out
because of the
sickness,
day by
day.' "
.Wa.cey -d;[ '$y,[em hel]x;m.B ~yiB;r ~yIy'l\x'B h'T;a.w ? ~yim'y -l;[ ~yim'y yil{x;h -nim '$y,[em
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Then the
LORD stirred up
against Jehoram the
spirit of the
Philistines and the
Arabs who bordered * the
Ethiopians;
~yiT.vil.P;h ;x.Wr tea ~'rw{h.y -l;[ h'wh.y r;['Y;w ? ~yiv.WK d;y -l;[ r,v]a ~yib.r;['h.w
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and they
came against
Judah and
invaded it, and
carried away
all the
possessions found in the
king's house together with his
sons and his
wives, so that
no son was
left to him
except * Jehoahaz, the
youngest of his
sons.
v.Wk.r'h -l'K tea .WB.viY;w 'h.W['q.biY;w h'd.Whyib .Wl][;Y;w ? wy'v'n.w wy'n'B -m;g.w .$,l,M;h -tyeb.l a'c.miN;h ? !{j.q z'x'aw{h.y -mia yiK !eB w{l -r;a.vin a{l.w ? wy'n'B
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So
after all this the
LORD smote him in his
bowels with an
incurable * sickness.
yil\x'l wy'[em.B h'wh.y w{p'g.n ta{z -l'K yer]x;a.w ? aeP.r;m !yea.l
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Now it
came about in the
course * of
time, at the
end of
two years, that his
bowels came out
because of his
sickness and he
died in
great pain. And his
people made no fire for him like the
fire for his
fathers.
~yim'y.l #eQ;h taec te[.k.W ~yim'Yim ~yim'y.l yih.y;w ? ~yiaUl]x;t.B t'm'Y;w w{y.l'x -mi[ wy'[em .Wa.c'y ~Iy;n.v ? t;per.fiK h'per.f w{M;[ w{l .Wf'[ -a{l.w ~yi['r ? wy't{b]a