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Chapter 24
Joash Repairs the Temple
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Joash was seven years old… when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; vvv she was from Beersheba.
𐤉𐤀𐤔 𐤔𐤁𐤏 𐤁𐤍 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤅 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤅 𐤅𐤔𐤌 𐤑𐤁𐤉𐤄 𐤌𐤁𐤀𐤓 𐤔𐤁𐤏
יֹאָ֣שׁ שֶׁ֤בַע בֶּן־ שָׁנִים֙ בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ מָלַ֖ךְ בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה אִמּ֔וֹ וְשֵׁ֣ם צִבְיָ֖ה מִבְּאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע׃ yō·’āš še·ḇa‘ ben- šā·nîm bə·mā·lə·ḵōw mā·laḵ bî·rū·šā·lim wə·’ar·bā·‘îm šā·nāh ’im·mōw wə·šêm ṣiḇ·yāh mib·bə·’êr šā·ḇa‘ — WLC · 1
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And Joash did [what was] right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤔 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤔 𐤄𐤉𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤉𐤌𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏 𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍
יוֹאָ֛שׁ וַיַּ֧עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כָּל־ יְמֵ֖י יְהוֹיָדָ֥ע הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ yō·w·’āš way·ya·‘aś hay·yā·šār bə·‘ê·nê Yah·weh kāl- yə·mê yə·hō·w·yā·ḏā‘ hak·kō·hên — WLC · 2
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Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤀 𐤋𐤅 𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤅𐤋𐤃 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕
יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע וַיִּשָּׂא־ ל֥וֹ שְׁתָּ֑יִם נָשִׁ֣ים וַיּ֖וֹלֶד בָּנִ֥ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃ yə·hō·w·yā·ḏā‘ way·yiś·śā- lōw šə·tā·yim nā·šîm way·yō·w·leḏ bā·nîm ū·ḇā·nō·wṯ — WLC · 3
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Some time later…, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤊𐤍 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤔 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤏𐤌 𐤋𐤁 𐤋𐤇𐤃𐤔 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
וַיְהִ֖י אַחֲרֵיכֵ֑ן יוֹאָ֔שׁ הָיָה֙ עִם־ לֵ֣ב לְחַדֵּ֖שׁ אֶת־ בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ way·hî ’a·ḥă·rê·ḵên yō·w·’āš hā·yāh ‘im- lêḇ lə·ḥad·dêš ’eṯ- bêṯ Yah·weh — WLC · 4
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So he gathered the priests and Levites and said “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually… from all Israel, to repair the house of your God… Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.
𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤁𐤑 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤑𐤀𐤅 𐤋𐤏𐤓𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤒𐤁𐤑𐤅 𐤊𐤎𐤐 𐤌𐤃𐤉 𐤔𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤔𐤍𐤄 𐤌𐤊𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤋𐤇𐤆𐤒 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤋𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤕𐤌𐤄𐤓𐤅 𐤄𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤌𐤄𐤓𐤅
וַיִּקְבֹּץ֮ אֶת־ הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְהַלְוִיִּם֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֡ם צְא֣וּ לְעָרֵ֪י יְהוּדָ֟ה וְקִבְצוּ֩ כֶּ֜סֶף מִדֵּ֤י שָׁנָה֙ בְּשָׁנָ֔ה מִכָּל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל לְחַזֵּ֣ק׀ אֶת־ בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם וְאַתֶּ֖ם לַדָּבָ֑ר תְּמַהֲר֣וּ הַֽלְוִיִּֽם׃ וְלֹ֥א מִֽהֲר֖וּ way·yiq·bōṣ ’eṯ- hak·kō·hă·nîm wə·hal·wî·yim way·yō·mer lā·hem ṣə·’ū lə·‘ā·rê yə·hū·ḏāh wə·qiḇ·ṣū ke·sep̄ mid·dê šā·nāh bə·šā·nāh mik·kāl yiś·rā·’êl lə·ḥaz·zêq ’eṯ- bêṯ ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem wə·’at·tem lad·dā·ḇār tə·ma·hă·rū hal·wî·yim wə·lō mi·hă·rū — WLC · 5
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So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said “Why have you not required… the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤀 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏 𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤔 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤅 𐤌𐤃𐤅𐤏 𐤋𐤀 𐤃𐤓𐤔𐤕 𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤀 𐤌𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤌𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤔𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤔𐤄 𐤏𐤁𐤃 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤒𐤄𐤋 𐤋𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤋𐤀𐤄𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤃𐤅𐤕
הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ וַיִּקְרָ֣א לִֽיהוֹיָדָ֣ע הָרֹאשׁ֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ לֹֽא־ דָרַ֣שְׁתָּ עַל־ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם לְהָבִ֞יא מִֽיהוּדָ֣ה וּמִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֶת־ מַשְׂאַת֙ מֹשֶׁ֣ה עֶֽבֶד־ יְהוָ֔ה וְהַקָּהָ֖ל לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לְאֹ֖הֶל הָעֵדֽוּת׃ ham·me·leḵ way·yiq·rā lî·hō·w·yā·ḏā‘ hā·rōš way·yō·mer lōw mad·dū·a‘ lō- ḏā·raš·tā ‘al- hal·wî·yim lə·hā·ḇî mî·hū·ḏāh ū·mî·rū·šā·lim ’eṯ- maś·’aṯ mō·šeh ‘e·ḇeḏ- Yah·weh wə·haq·qā·hāl lə·yiś·rā·’êl lə·’ō·hel hā·‘ê·ḏūṯ — WLC · 6
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For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even… used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.
𐤊𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤓𐤔𐤏𐤕 𐤏𐤕𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤐𐤓𐤑𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤂𐤌 𐤊𐤋 𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤒𐤃𐤔𐤉 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤋𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤌
כִּ֤י בָּנֶ֥יהָ הַמִּרְשַׁ֔עַת עֲתַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ פָרְצ֖וּ אֶת־ בֵּ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְגַם֙ כָּל־ עָשׂ֖וּ קָדְשֵׁ֣י בֵית־ יְהוָ֔ה לַבְּעָלִֽים׃ kî bā·ne·hā ham·mir·ša·‘aṯ ‘ă·ṯal·yā·hū p̄ā·rə·ṣū ’eṯ- bêṯ hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm wə·ḡam kāl- ‘ā·śū qā·ḏə·šê ḇêṯ- Yah·weh lab·bə·‘ā·lîm — WLC · 7
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At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤇𐤃 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤍𐤄𐤅 𐤇𐤅𐤑𐤄 𐤁𐤔𐤏𐤓 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶחָ֑ד אֲר֣וֹן וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֛הוּ חֽוּצָה׃ בְּשַׁ֥עַר בֵּית־ יְהוָ֖ה ham·me·leḵ way·yō·mer ’e·ḥāḏ ’ă·rō·wn way·ya·‘ă·śū way·yit·tə·nu·hū ḥū·ṣāh bə·ša·‘ar bêṯ- Yah·weh — WLC · 8
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And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax [imposed by] Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.
𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤋𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤀 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤌𐤔𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤔𐤄 𐤏𐤁𐤃 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓
ק֞וֹל וַיִּתְּנוּ־ בִּֽיהוּדָ֣ה וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם לְהָבִ֤יא לַֽיהוָה֙ מַשְׂאַ֞ת מֹשֶׁ֧ה עֶֽבֶד־ הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים עַל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ qō·wl way·yit·tə·nū- bî·hū·ḏāh ū·ḇî·rū·šā·lim lə·hā·ḇî Yah·weh maś·’aṯ mō·šeh ‘e·ḇeḏ- hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm ‘al- yiś·rā·’êl bam·miḏ·bār — WLC · 9
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All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full.
𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤇𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤉𐤀𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤉𐤊𐤅 𐤋𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤏𐤃 𐤋𐤊𐤋𐤄
כָל־ הַשָּׂרִ֖ים וְכָל־ הָעָ֑ם וַיִּשְׂמְח֥וּ וַיָּבִ֛יאוּ וַיַּשְׁלִ֥יכוּ לָאָר֖וֹן עַד־ לְכַלֵּֽה׃ ḵāl haś·śā·rîm wə·ḵāl hā·‘ām way·yiś·mə·ḥū way·yā·ḇî·’ū way·yaš·lî·ḵū lā·’ā·rō·wn ‘aḏ- lə·ḵal·lêh — WLC · 10
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- Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily… and gathered the money in abundance.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤁𐤏𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤉𐤁𐤉𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤄𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤐𐤒𐤃𐤕 𐤅𐤊𐤓𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤓𐤁 𐤄𐤊𐤎𐤐 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤎𐤅𐤐𐤓 𐤅𐤐𐤒𐤉𐤃 𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤔 𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤅𐤁𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤀𐤄𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤉𐤁𐤄𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤒𐤌𐤅 𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤊𐤄 𐤋𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤎𐤐𐤅 𐤊𐤎𐤐 𐤋𐤓𐤁
וַיְהִ֡י בְּעֵת֩ הָֽאָר֜וֹן יָבִ֨יא אֶת־ בְּיַ֣ד הַלְוִיִּם֒ אֶל־ הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ פְּקֻדַּ֣ת וְכִרְאוֹתָ֞ם כִּי־ רַ֣ב הַכֶּ֗סֶף הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ סוֹפֵ֤ר וּפְקִיד֙ הָרֹ֔אשׁ כֹּהֵ֣ן וּבָ֨א וִיעָ֙רוּ֙ אֶת־ הָ֣אָר֔וֹן וְיִשָּׂאֻ֖הוּ וִֽישִׁיבֻ֣הוּ אֶל־ מְקֹמ֑וֹ עָשׂוּ֙ כֹּ֤ה לְי֣וֹם׀ בְּי֔וֹם וַיַּֽאַסְפוּ־ כֶ֖סֶף לָרֹֽב׃ way·hî bə·‘êṯ hā·’ā·rō·wn yā·ḇî ’eṯ- bə·yaḏ hal·wî·yim ’el- ham·me·leḵ pə·qud·daṯ wə·ḵir·’ō·w·ṯām kî- raḇ hak·ke·sep̄ ham·me·leḵ sō·w·p̄êr ū·p̄ə·qîḏ hā·rōš kō·hên ū·ḇā wî·‘ā·rū ’eṯ- hā·’ā·rō·wn wə·yiś·śā·’u·hū wî·šî·ḇu·hū ’el- mə·qō·mōw ‘ā·śū kōh lə·yō·wm bə·yō·wm way·ya·’as·p̄ū- ḵe·sep̄ lā·rōḇ — WLC · 11
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Then the king and Jehoiada would give [the money] to those who supervised… the labor on the house of the LORD… to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤍𐤄𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤏𐤅𐤔𐤄 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤕 𐤏𐤁𐤅𐤃𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤔𐤊𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤇𐤑𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤇𐤓𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤇𐤃𐤔 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤂𐤌 𐤋𐤇𐤓𐤔𐤉 𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋 𐤅𐤍𐤇𐤔𐤕 𐤋𐤇𐤆𐤒 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וִֽיהוֹיָדָ֗ע וַיִּתְּנֵ֨הוּ אֶל־ עוֹשֵׂה֙ מְלֶ֙אכֶת֙ עֲבוֹדַ֣ת בֵּית־ יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ שֹׂכְרִים֙ חֹצְבִ֣ים וְחָרָשִׁ֔ים לְחַדֵּ֖שׁ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וְ֠גַם לְחָרָשֵׁ֤י בַרְזֶל֙ וּנְחֹ֔שֶׁת לְחַזֵּ֖ק אֶת־ בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ ham·me·leḵ wî·hō·w·yā·ḏā‘ way·yit·tə·nê·hū ’el- ‘ō·w·śêh mə·le·ḵeṯ ‘ă·ḇō·w·ḏaṯ bêṯ- Yah·weh way·yih·yū śō·ḵə·rîm ḥō·ṣə·ḇîm wə·ḥā·rā·šîm lə·ḥad·dêš bêṯ Yah·weh wə·ḡam lə·ḥā·rā·šê ḇar·zel ū·nə·ḥō·šeṯ lə·ḥaz·zêq ’eṯ- bêṯ Yah·weh — WLC · 12
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So the workmen… labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.
𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤄 𐤏𐤔𐤉 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤌 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤊𐤄 𐤋𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤏𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤋 𐤌𐤕𐤊𐤍𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤑𐤄𐤅
וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה עֹשֵׂ֣י בְּיָדָ֑ם אֲרוּכָ֛ה לַמְּלָאכָ֖ה וַתַּ֧עַל וַֽיַּעֲמִ֜ידוּ אֶת־ בֵּ֧ית הָֽאֱלֹהִ֛ים עַל־ מַתְכֻּנְתּ֖וֹ וַֽיְאַמְּצֻֽהוּ׃ way·ya·‘ă·śū ham·mə·lā·ḵāh ‘ō·śê bə·yā·ḏām ’ă·rū·ḵāh lam·mə·lā·ḵāh wat·ta·‘al way·ya·‘ă·mî·ḏū ’eṯ- bêṯ hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm ‘al- maṯ·kun·tōw way·’am·mə·ṣu·hū — WLC · 13
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When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the house of the LORD— utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.
𐤅𐤊𐤊𐤋𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤀𐤅 𐤔𐤀𐤓 𐤄𐤊𐤎𐤐 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤔𐤄𐤅 𐤊𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤋𐤉 𐤔𐤓𐤕 𐤅𐤄𐤏𐤋𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤊𐤐𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤊𐤋𐤉 𐤆𐤄𐤁 𐤅𐤊𐤎𐤐 𐤊𐤋 𐤉𐤌𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤐 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤏𐤋𐤅𐤕 𐤌𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤕𐤌𐤉𐤃 𐤁𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
וּֽכְכַלּוֹתָ֡ם הֵבִ֣יאוּ שְׁאָ֣ר הַכֶּ֗סֶף לִפְנֵי֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ וִֽיהוֹיָדָ֜ע אֶת־ וַיַּעֲשֵׂ֨הוּ כֵלִ֤ים לְבֵית־ יְהוָה֙ כְּלֵ֣י שָׁרֵ֔ת וְהַעֲל֣וֹת וְכַפּ֔וֹת וּכְלֵ֥י זָהָ֖ב וָכָ֑סֶף כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י יְהוֹיָדָֽע׃פ וַ֠יִּֽהְיוּ עֹל֤וֹת מַעֲלִ֨ים תָּמִ֔יד בְּבֵית־ יְהוָה֙ ū·ḵə·ḵal·lō·w·ṯām hê·ḇî·’ū šə·’ār hak·ke·sep̄ lip̄·nê ham·me·leḵ wî·hō·w·yā·ḏā‘ ’eṯ- way·ya·‘ă·śê·hū ḵê·lîm lə·ḇêṯ- Yah·weh kə·lê šā·rêṯ wə·ha·‘ă·lō·wṯ wə·ḵap·pō·wṯ ū·ḵə·lê zā·hāḇ wā·ḵā·sep̄ kōl yə·mê yə·hō·w·yā·ḏā‘ way·yih·yū ‘ō·lō·wṯ ma·‘ă·lîm tā·mîḏ bə·ḇêṯ- Yah·weh — WLC · 14
Jehoiada’s Death and Burial
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When Jehoiada was old and full of years, [he] died at the age of 130… -.
𐤅𐤉𐤆𐤒𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤏 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤕 𐤔𐤍𐤄 𐤌𐤀𐤄 𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤍 𐤁𐤌𐤅𐤕𐤅
וַיִּזְקַ֧ן וַיִּשְׂבַּ֥ע יָמִ֖ים יְהוֹיָדָ֛ע וַיָּמֹ֑ת שָׁנָ֖ה מֵאָ֧ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים בֶּן־ בְּמוֹתֽוֹ׃ way·yiz·qan way·yiś·ba‘ yā·mîm yə·hō·w·yā·ḏā‘ way·yā·mōṯ šā·nāh mê·’āh ū·šə·lō·šîm ben- bə·mō·w·ṯōw — WLC · 15
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And [Jehoiada] was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤁𐤓𐤄𐤅 𐤏𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤃𐤅𐤉𐤃 𐤊𐤉 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤈𐤅𐤁𐤄 𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤏𐤌 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤅𐤎
וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּ עִם־ הַמְּלָכִ֑ים בְעִיר־ דָּוִ֖יד כִּֽי־ עָשָׂ֤ה טוֹבָה֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְעִ֥ם הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים וּבֵיתֽוֹ׃ס way·yiq·bə·ru·hū ‘im- ham·mə·lā·ḵîm ḇə·‘îr- dā·wîḏ kî- ‘ā·śāh ṭō·w·ḇāh bə·yiś·rā·’êl wə·‘im hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm ū·ḇê·ṯōw — WLC · 16
The Wickedness of Joash
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After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and [he] listened to them.
𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏 𐤔𐤓𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤕𐤇𐤅𐤅 𐤋𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤆 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌
וְאַֽחֲרֵ֥י מוֹת֙ יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע שָׂרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה בָּ֚אוּ וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ אָ֛ז הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ שָׁמַ֥ע אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ wə·’a·ḥă·rê mō·wṯ yə·hō·w·yā·ḏā‘ śā·rê yə·hū·ḏāh bā·’ū way·yiš·ta·ḥă·wū lam·me·leḵ ’āz ham·me·leḵ šā·ma‘ ’ă·lê·hem — WLC · 17
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They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤆𐤁𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤏𐤑𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤒𐤑𐤐 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤕𐤌
וַיַּֽעַזְב֗וּ אֶת־ בֵּ֤ית יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם וַיַּֽעַבְד֥וּ אֶת־ הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים וְאֶת־ הָֽעֲצַבִּ֑ים קֶ֗צֶף וַֽיְהִי־ עַל־ יְהוּדָה֙ וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם זֹֽאת׃ בְּאַשְׁמָתָ֖ם way·ya·‘az·ḇū ’eṯ- bêṯ Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū ’eṯ- hā·’ă·šê·rîm wə·’eṯ- hā·‘ă·ṣab·bîm qe·ṣep̄ way·hî- ‘al- yə·hū·ḏāh wî·rū·šā·lim zōṯ bə·’aš·mā·ṯām — WLC · 18
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Nevertheless, [the LORD] sent prophets to bring [the people] back to [Him] and to testify against them, but they would not listen.
𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤁𐤄𐤌 𐤍𐤁𐤀𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤁𐤌 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤄𐤀𐤆𐤉𐤍𐤅𐤎
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח בָּהֶם֙ נְבִאִ֔ים לַהֲשִׁיבָ֖ם אֶל־ יְהוָ֑ה וַיָּעִ֥ידוּ בָ֖ם וְלֹ֥א הֶאֱזִֽינוּ׃ס way·yiš·laḥ bā·hem nə·ḇi·’îm la·hă·šî·ḇām ’el- Yah·weh way·yā·‘î·ḏū ḇām wə·lō he·’ĕ·zî·nū — WLC · 19
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Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”
𐤅𐤓𐤅𐤇 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤁𐤔𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤆𐤊𐤓𐤉𐤄 𐤁𐤍 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏 𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤌𐤃 𐤌𐤏𐤋 𐤋𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤊𐤄 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤑𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤕𐤑𐤋𐤉𐤇𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤏𐤆𐤁𐤕𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤆𐤁 𐤀𐤕𐤊𐤌
וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֗ים לָֽבְשָׁה֙ אֶת־ זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּן־ יְהוֹיָדָ֣ע הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד מֵעַ֣ל לָעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לָהֶ֜ם כֹּ֣ה׀ הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים אָמַ֣ר לָמָה֩ אַתֶּ֨ם עֹבְרִ֜ים אֶת־ מִצְוֺ֤ת יְהוָה֙ וְלֹ֣א תַצְלִ֔יחוּ כִּֽי־ עֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־ יְהוָ֖ה וַיַּֽעֲזֹ֥ב אֶתְכֶֽם׃ wə·rū·aḥ ’ĕ·lō·hîm lā·ḇə·šāh ’eṯ- zə·ḵar·yāh ben- yə·hō·w·yā·ḏā‘ hak·kō·hên way·ya·‘ă·mōḏ mê·‘al lā·‘ām way·yō·mer lā·hem kōh hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm ’ā·mar lā·māh ’at·tem ‘ō·ḇə·rîm ’eṯ- miṣ·wōṯ Yah·weh wə·lō ṯaṣ·lî·ḥū kî- ‘ă·zaḇ·tem ’eṯ- Yah·weh way·ya·‘ă·zōḇ ’eṯ·ḵem — WLC · 20
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But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him… in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤔𐤓𐤅 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤁𐤌𐤑𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤂𐤌𐤄𐤅 𐤀𐤁𐤍 𐤁𐤇𐤑𐤓 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
וַיִּקְשְׁר֣וּ עָלָ֔יו בְּמִצְוַ֣ת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיִּרְגְּמֻ֥הוּ אֶ֖בֶן בַּחֲצַ֖ר בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ way·yiq·šə·rū ‘ā·lāw bə·miṣ·waṯ ham·me·leḵ way·yir·gə·mu·hū ’e·ḇen ba·ḥă·ṣar bêṯ Yah·weh — WLC · 21
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Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, [Joash] killed [Jehoiada’s] son. As he lay dying, [Zechariah] said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤔 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤆𐤊𐤓 𐤄𐤇𐤎𐤃 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤅 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤏𐤌𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤓𐤂 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤊𐤌𐤅𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤓𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤓𐤔𐤐
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ יוֹאָ֣שׁ וְלֹא־ זָכַ֞ר הַחֶ֙סֶד֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָבִיו֙ יְהוֹיָדָ֤ע עָשָׂ֜ה עִמּ֔וֹ וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֖ג אֶת־ בְּנ֑וֹ וּכְמוֹת֣וֹ אָמַ֔ר יְהוָ֖ה יֵ֥רֶא וְיִדְרֹֽשׁ׃פ ham·me·leḵ yō·w·’āš wə·lō- zā·ḵar ha·ḥe·seḏ ’ă·šer ’ā·ḇîw yə·hō·w·yā·ḏā‘ ‘ā·śāh ‘im·mōw way·ya·hă·rōḡ ’eṯ- bə·nōw ū·ḵə·mō·w·ṯōw ’ā·mar Yah·weh yê·re wə·yiḏ·rōš — WLC · 22
The Death of Joash
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- In the spring…, the army of Aram went to war against Joash… They entered… Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people -, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤋𐤕𐤒𐤅𐤐𐤕 𐤄𐤔𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤓𐤌 𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤇𐤉𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤇𐤉𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤔𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤌𐤏𐤌 𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤅 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤔𐤋𐤋𐤌 𐤋𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤃𐤓𐤌𐤔𐤒
וַיְהִ֣י׀ לִתְקוּפַ֣ת הַשָּׁנָ֗ה אֲרָם֒ עָלָ֣ה עָלָיו֮ חֵ֣יל וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ אֶל־ יְהוּדָה֙ וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַיַּשְׁחִ֛יתוּ אֶת־ כָּל־ שָׂרֵ֥י הָעָ֖ם מֵעָ֑ם שִׁלְּח֖וּ וְכָל־ שְׁלָלָ֥ם לְמֶ֥לֶךְ דַּרְמָֽשֶׂק׃ way·hî liṯ·qū·p̄aṯ haš·šā·nāh ’ă·rām ‘ā·lāh ‘ā·lāw ḥêl way·yā·ḇō·’ū ’el- yə·hū·ḏāh wî·rū·šā·lim way·yaš·ḥî·ṯū ’eṯ- kāl- śā·rê hā·‘ām mê·‘ām šil·lə·ḥū wə·ḵāl šə·lā·lām lə·me·leḵ dar·mā·śeq — WLC · 23
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Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.
𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤓𐤌 𐤇𐤉𐤋 𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤁𐤌𐤑𐤏𐤓 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤌 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤋𐤓𐤁 𐤇𐤉𐤋 𐤊𐤉 𐤏𐤆𐤁𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤔𐤐𐤈𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤔
כִּי֩ אֲרָ֗ם חֵ֣יל בָּ֣אוּ׀ בְמִצְעַ֨ר אֲנָשִׁ֜ים וַֽיהוָה֙ נָתַ֨ן בְּיָדָ֥ם מְאֹ֔ד לָרֹ֣ב חַ֙יִל֙ כִּ֣י עָֽזְב֔וּ אֶת־ יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם שְׁפָטִֽים׃ עָשׂ֥וּ וְאֶת־ יוֹאָ֖שׁ kî ’ă·rām ḥêl bā·’ū ḇə·miṣ·‘ar ’ă·nā·šîm Yah·weh nā·ṯan bə·yā·ḏām mə·’ōḏ lā·rōḇ ḥa·yil kî ‘ā·zə·ḇū ’eṯ- Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem šə·p̄ā·ṭîm ‘ā·śū wə·’eṯ- yō·w·’āš — WLC · 24
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And when [the Arameans] had withdrawn… they left [Joash] severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
𐤅𐤁𐤋𐤊𐤕𐤌 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤏𐤆𐤁𐤅 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤌𐤇𐤋𐤉𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤅 𐤄𐤕𐤒𐤔𐤓𐤅 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤁𐤃𐤌𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏 𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤓𐤂𐤄𐤅 𐤏𐤋 𐤌𐤈𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤁𐤓𐤄𐤅 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤃𐤅𐤉𐤃 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤒𐤁𐤓𐤄𐤅 𐤁𐤒𐤁𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉𐤌𐤎
וּבְלֶכְתָּ֣ם מִמֶּ֗נּוּ כִּֽי־ עָזְב֣וּ אֹתוֹ֮ רַבִּים֒ בְּמַחֲלִיִּים עֲבָדָ֗יו הִתְקַשְּׁר֨וּ עָלָ֜יו בִּדְמֵי֙ בְּנֵי֙ יְהוֹיָדָ֣ע הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וַיַּֽהַרְגֻ֥הוּ עַל־ מִטָּת֖וֹ וַיָּמֹ֑ת וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔יד וְלֹ֥א קְבָרֻ֖הוּ בְּקִבְר֥וֹת הַמְּלָכִֽים׃ס ū·ḇə·leḵ·tām mim·men·nū kî- ‘ā·zə·ḇū ’ō·ṯōw rab·bîm bə·ma·ḥă·lī·yīm ‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw hiṯ·qaš·šə·rū ‘ā·lāw biḏ·mê bə·nê yə·hō·w·yā·ḏā‘ hak·kō·hên way·ya·har·ḡu·hū ‘al- miṭ·ṭā·ṯōw way·yā·mōṯ way·yiq·bə·ru·hū bə·‘îr dā·wîḏ wə·lō qə·ḇā·ru·hū bə·qiḇ·rō·wṯ ham·mə·lā·ḵîm — WLC · 25
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Those who conspired against [Joash] were Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
𐤅𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤕𐤒𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤆𐤁𐤃 𐤁𐤍 𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤕 𐤄𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤉𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤆𐤁𐤃 𐤁𐤍 𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤕
וְאֵ֖לֶּה הַמִּתְקַשְּׁרִ֣ים עָלָ֑יו זָבָ֗ד בֶּן־ שִׁמְעָת֙ הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֔ית וִיה֣וֹזָבָ֔ד בֶּן־ שִׁמְרִ֖ית הַמּוֹאָבִֽית׃ wə·’êl·leh ham·miṯ·qaš·šə·rîm ‘ā·lāw zā·ḇāḏ ben- šim·‘āṯ hā·‘am·mō·w·nîṯ wî·hō·w·zā·ḇāḏ ben- šim·rîṯ ham·mō·w·’ā·ḇîṯ — WLC · 26
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The accounts of the sons [of Joash] and the many pronouncements about him, and of the restoration of the house of God, [are] indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
𐤅𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤓𐤁 𐤄𐤌𐤔𐤀 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤎𐤅𐤃 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤍𐤌 𐤊𐤕𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤋 𐤌𐤃𐤓𐤔 𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤍𐤅 𐤀𐤌𐤑𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤕𐤇𐤕𐤉𐤅𐤐
וּבָנָ֞יו וְרֹב הַמַּשָּׂ֣א עָלָ֗יו וִיסוֹד֙ בֵּ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים הִנָּ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֔ים עַל־ מִדְרַ֖שׁ סֵ֣פֶר הַמְּלָכִ֑ים בְנ֖וֹ אֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃פ ū·ḇā·nāw wə·rōḇ ham·maś·śā ‘ā·lāw wî·sō·wḏ bêṯ hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm hin·nām kə·ṯū·ḇîm ‘al- miḏ·raš sê·p̄er ham·mə·lā·ḵîm ḇə·nōw ’ă·maṣ·yā·hū way·yim·lōḵ taḥ·tāw — WLC · 27