| 1And in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, Abijam ruled over Judah. |
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אוּבִשְׁנַת֙ שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֑ט מָלַ֥ךְ אֲבִיָּ֖ם עַל־יְהוּדָֽה: |
| And in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam. One year after Rehoboam’s death. Now in the twentieth year of Jeroboam, Asa reigned. The third year of Nadab [Abijam] is counted for King Asa as a year, and for him it is also counted. |
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וּבִשְׁנַת שְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה לַמֶּלֶךְ יָרָבְעָם.
שָׁנָה אַחַת אַחַר מוֹת רְחַבְעָם, וּבִשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים לְיָרָבְעָם מָלַךְ אָסָא, שָׁנָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית שֶׁל נָדָב (אֲבִיָּם) נִמְנֵית לַמֶּלֶךְ אָסָא שָׁנָה, וְלוֹ נַמֵּי נִמְנֵית.
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| 2Three years he ruled in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom. |
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בשָׁל֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑םִ וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ מַעֲכָ֖ה בַּת־אֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם: |
| 3And he went in all the sins of his father that he had done before him, and his heart was not complete with the Lord, his God, as was the heart of David his father. |
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גוַיֵּ֕לֶךְ בְּכָל־חַטֹּ֥אות אָבִ֖יו אֲשֶׁר־עָשָֹ֣ה לְפָנָ֑יו וְלֹא־הָיָ֨ה לְבָב֚וֹ שָׁלֵם֙ עִם־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔יו כִּלְבַ֖ב דָּוִ֥ד אָבִֽיו: |
| 4For because of David, the Lord his God gave him rule in Jerusalem to set up his son after him to preserve Jerusalem. |
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דכִּי לְמַ֣עַן דָּוִ֔ד נָתַן֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהָ֥יו ל֛וֹ נִ֖יר בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑םִ לְהָקִ֚ים אֶת־בְּנוֹ֙ אַחֲרָ֔יו וּֽלְהַעֲמִ֖יד אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלָֽםִ: |
| 5Since David did what was just in the eyes of the Lord and he did not turn away from all that the Lord had commanded him, all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. |
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האֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָֹ֥ה דָוִ֛ד אֶת־הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־סָ֞ר מִכֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֗הוּ כֹּל יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֔יו רַ֕ק בִּדְבַ֖ר אוּרִיָּ֥ה הַחִתִּֽי: |
| 6And there was war between Rehoboam and between Jeroboam all the days of his life. |
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ווּמִלְחָמָ֨ה הָיְתָ֧ה בֵין־רְחַבְעָ֛ם וּבֵ֥ין יָרָבְעָ֖ם כָּל־יְמֵ֥י חַיָּֽיו: |
| 7And the rest of the events of Abijam and all that he did are written in the book of Chronicles of the kings of Judah. And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. |
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זוְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֚י אֲבִיָּם֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָֹ֔ה הֲלֽוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וּמִלְחָמָ֥ה הָיְתָ֛ה בֵּ֥ין אֲבִיָּ֖ם וּבֵ֥ין יָרָבְעָֽם: |
| 8And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his stead. |
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חוַיִּשְׁכַּ֚ב אֲבִיָּם֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָסָ֥א בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו: |
| 9And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam, king of Israel, Asa ruled over Judah. |
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טוּבִשְׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מָלַ֥ךְ אָסָ֖א מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה: |
| 10Forty-one years he ruled in Jerusalem and his mother's name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom. |
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יוְאַרְבָּעִ֚ים וְאַחַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑םִ וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ מַעֲכָ֖ה בַּת־אֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם: |
| 11And Asa did what was just in the eyes of the Lord, as had done David his father. |
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יאוַיַּ֧עַשׂ אָסָ֛א הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה כְּדָוִ֖ד אָבִֽיו: |
| 12And he abolished the adulterers from the land, and he removed the idols that his fathers had made. |
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יבוַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר הַקְּדֵשִׁ֖ים מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּ֙סַר֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַגִּלֻּלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשֹ֖וּ אֲבֹתָֽיו: |
| and he abolished the adulterers. Jonathan renders: And he abolished the prostitutes. |
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וַיַּעֲבֵר הַקְּדֵשִׁים.
תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: וּפַלֵּי נָפְקַת בְּרָא.
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| 13And also Maachah his mother he removed from [being] queen, for she had made a frightful image for an Asheira and Asa cut off her image and burnt it in Kidron Valley. |
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יגוְגַ֣ם | אֶת־מַעֲכָ֣ה אִמּ֗וֹ וַיְסִרֶ֙הָ֙ מִגְּבִירָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֥ה מִפְלֶ֖צֶת לָאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה וַיִּכְרֹ֚ת אָסָא֙ אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְרֽוֹן: |
| from being queen. Heb. מגבירה, [lit. from queen,] from being queen. |
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וַיְסִרֶה מִגְּבִירָה.
מִהְיוֹת גְּבִירָה.
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| for she had made a frightful image. Our Rabbis stated: [מפלצת is a combination of] מפליא ליצנותא, it carried lasciviousness to an extreme. She made for it a phallic symbol, and she would copulate with it every day. |
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אֲשֶׁר עָשְׂתָה מִפְלֶצֶת.
אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ מַפְלִיא לֵיצָנוּתָא, כְּמִין זַכְרוּת עָשְׂתָה לָּהּ, וְהִיא הָיְתָה נִבְעֶלֶת לוֹ בְּכָל יוֹם.
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| 14The high places he did not remove, but Asa's heart was complete with the Lord all of his days. |
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ידוְהַבָּמ֖וֹת לֹא־סָ֑רוּ רַ֣ק לְבַב־אָסָ֗א הָיָ֥ה שָׁלֵ֛ם עִם־יְהֹוָ֖ה כָּל־יָמָֽיו: |
| The high places he did not remove. The private high places upon which they had become accustomed to sacrifice to Heaven since Shiloh had been destroyed until the Temple was built, when the high places were permissible, were not removed now. Even though they were forbidden when the Temple was built and the people were punished by premature death because of it. |
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וְהַבָּמוֹת לֹא סָרוּ.
בָּמוֹת הַיָּחִיד, שֶׁהֻרְגְּלוּ לִקָּרֵב עֲלֵיהֶן לַשָּׁמַיִם מִשֶּׁחָרְבָה שִׁילֹה עַד שֶׁנִּבְנָה הַבַּיִת שֶׁהָיוּ הַבָּמוֹת מֻתָּרוֹת, לֹא סָרוּ עַתָּה, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנֶּאֶסְרוּ מִשֶּׁנִּבְנָה הַבַּיִת, וְהָיוּ עֲנוּשִׁים עָלֶיהָ כָּרֵת.
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| 15And he brought his father's consecrated things and his own consecrated things into the house of the Lord, silver and gold and vessels. |
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טווַיָּבֵא֙ אֶת־קָדְשֵׁ֣י אָבִ֔יו וְקָדְשֵׁ֖י (כתיב וְקָדְשֵׁ֖ו) בֵּ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה כֶּ֥סֶף וְזָהָ֖ב וְכֵלִֽים: |
| 16There was war between Asa and Basha the king of Israel all their days. |
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טזוּמִלְחָמָ֨ה הָיְתָ֜ה בֵּ֣ין אָסָ֗א וּבֵ֛ין בַּעְשָׁ֥א מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כָּל־יְמֵיהֶֽם: |
| 17And Basha the king of Israel went up against Judah and built a high tower, so that nobody belonging to Asa the king of Judah would be able to leave or enter. |
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יזוַיַּ֨עַל בַּעְשָׁ֚א מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ עַל־יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיִּ֖בֶן אֶת־הָרָמָ֑ה לְבִלְתִּ֗י תֵּת יֹצֵ֣א וָבָ֔א לְאָסָ֖א מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה: |
| 18And Asa took all of the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the treasuries of the king's house, and he entrusted them in the hands of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben Haddad, the son of Tabrimon the son of Chezyon, king of Aram who resided in Damascus, saying, |
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יחוַיִּקַּ֣ח אָ֠סָא אֶת־כָּל־הַכֶּ֨סֶף וְהַזָּהָ֜ב הַֽנּוֹתָרִ֣ים | בְּאוֹצְר֣וֹת בֵּית־יְהֹוָ֗ה וְאֶת־אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (כתיב מֶּ֔לֶךְ) וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם בְּיַד־עֲבָדָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֞ם הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֗א אֶל־בֶּן־הֲ֠דַד בֶּן־טַבְרִמֹּ֚ן בֶּן־חֶזְיוֹן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם הַיּשֵׁ֥ב בְּדַמֶּ֖שֶׂק לֵאמֹֽר: |
| 19"There is a treaty between me and you and between my father and your father. Behold I have sent to you a bribe of silver and gold. Go abrogate your treaty with Basha, king of Israel, that he depart from me. |
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יטבְּרִית֙ בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֔ךָ בֵּ֥ין אָבִ֖י וּבֵ֣ין אָבִ֑יךָ הִנֵּה֩ שָׁלַ֨חְתִּֽי לְךָ֥ שֹׁ֙חַד֙ כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֔ב לֵ֣ךְ הָפֵ֗רָה אֶת־בְּרִֽיתְךָ֙ אֶת־בַּעְשָׁ֣א מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְיַעֲלֶ֖ה מֵעָלָֽי: |
| 20And Ben Haddad listened to king Asa, and he sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and he struck Ijon and Dan and Abel-Beth Maachah and all Kinereth with all the land of Naftali. |
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כוַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע בֶּן־הֲדַ֜ד אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֗א וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י הַחֲיָלִ֚ים אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙ עַל־עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־עִיּ֣וֹן וְאֶת־דָּ֔ן וְאֵ֖ת אָבֵ֣ל בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֑ה וְאֵת֙ כָּל־כִּנְר֔וֹת עַ֖ל כָּל־אֶ֥רֶץ נַפְתָּלִֽי: |
| 21And as Basha heard this, he refrained from building the high tower, and he resided in Tirzah. |
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כאוַֽיְהִי֙ כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ בַּעְשָׁ֔א וַיֶּחְדַּ֕ל מִבְּנ֖וֹת אֶת־הָֽרָמָ֑ה וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּתִרְצָֽה: |
| 22King Asa proclaimed to all Judah without exception and they carried the stones of the high tower, and its timber with which Baasha had built it, and king Asa built with it Geba of Benjamin and Mitzpah. |
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כבוְהַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָסָ֜א הִשְׁמִ֚יעַ אֶת־כָּל־יְהוּדָה֙ אֵ֣ין נָקִ֔י וַיִּשְׂא֞וּ אֶת־אַבְנֵ֚י הָֽרָמָה֙ וְאֶת־עֵצֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה בַּעְשָׁ֑א וַיִּ֚בֶן בָּם֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֔א אֶת־גֶּ֥בַע בִּנְיָמִ֖ן וְאֶת־הַמִּצְפָּֽה: |
| without exception. [lit. no one was exempt.] Even a bridegroom concerning whom it is stated (Deut. 24:5) “He shall be free for his house one year.” |
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אֵין נָקִי.
אֲפִלּוּ חָתָן מֵחֶדְרוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ: נָקִי יִהְיֶה לְבֵיתוֹ שָׁנָה אֶחָת.
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| 23The remainder of the acts of Asa and all his mighty deeds and all that he accomplished and the cities which he built, they are inscribed in the book of Chronicles of the kings of Judah. However, during his old age, he was stricken with a foot ailment. |
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כגוְיֶ֣תֶר כָּל־דִּבְרֵֽי־אָ֠סָא וְכָל־גְּב֨וּרָת֜וֹ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָֹ֗ה וְהֶֽעָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנָ֔ה הֲלֹֽא־הֵ֣מָּה כְתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה רַק לְעֵ֣ת זִקְנָת֔וֹ חָלָ֖ה אֶת־רַגְלָֽיו: |
| 24And Asa lay with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. |
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כדוַיִּשְׁכַּ֚ב אָסָא֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵר֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו בְּעִ֖יר דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו: |
| 25Nadab the son of Jeroboam, reigned over Israel during the second year of Asa, king of Judah, and ruled over Israel two years. |
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כהוְנָדָ֣ב בֶּן־יָרָבְעָ֗ם מָלַךְ֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שְׁתַּ֔יִם לְאָסָ֖א מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שְׁנָתָֽיִם: |
| two years. the second and the third year of Asa. |
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שְׁנָתַיִם.
הַשְּׁנִיָּה וְהַשְּׁלִישִׁית לְאָסָא.
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| 26He did what was bad in the eyes of the Lord, and he went in the way of his father and in his sin that he had caused Israel to sin. |
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כווַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אָבִ֔יו וּ֨בְחַטָּאת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: |
| 27And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him, and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, when Nadab and all Israel were laying seige to Gibbethon. |
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כזוַיִּקְשֹׁ֨ר עָלָ֜יו בַּעְשָׁ֚א בֶן־אֲחִיָּה֙ לְבֵ֣ית יִשָּׂשׂכָ֔ר וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּ בַעְשָׁ֔א בְּגִבְּת֖וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וְנָדָב֙ וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל צָרִ֖ים עַֽל־גִּבְּתֽוֹן: |
| 28And Basha slew him in the third year of Asa the king of Judah and ruled in his stead. |
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כחוַיְמִתֵ֣הוּ בַעְשָׁ֔א בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שָׁל֔שׁ לְאָסָ֖א מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו: |
| 29And it was as soon as he was king, he slew all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave over any person belonging to Jeroboam, until he destroyed it, according to the word of the Lord through his servant, Ahijah the Shilonite. |
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כטוַיְהִ֣י כְמָלְכ֗וֹ הִכָּה֙ אֶת־כָּל־בֵּ֣ית יָרָבְעָ֔ם לֹֽא־הִשְׁאִ֧יר כָּל־נְשָׁמָ֛ה לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם עַד־הִשְׁמִד֑וֹ כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֔ר בְּיַד־עַבְדּ֖וֹ אֲחִיָּ֥ה הַשִּׁילֹנִֽי: |
| 30For the sins of Jeroboam which he had sinned and caused Israel to sin because of his angering which he angered the Lord, the God of Israel. |
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לעַל־חַטֹּ֚אות יָרָבְעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֔א וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּכַעְס֕וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִכְעִ֔יס אֶת־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: |
| 31And the rest of the events of Nadab and all that he did, they are inscribed in the book of Chronicles of the kings of Israel. |
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לאוְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י נָדָ֖ב וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָֹ֑ה הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: |
| 32And there was war between Asa and Baasha the king of Israel, all their lives. |
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לבוּמִלְחָמָ֨ה הָיְתָ֜ה בֵּ֣ין אָסָ֗א וּבֵ֛ין בַּעְשָׁ֥א מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כָּל־יְמֵיהֶֽם: |
| 33During the third year of Asa, king of Judah, Baasha the son of Achijah reigned over all of Israel in Tirzah twenty-four years. |
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לגבִּשְׁנַ֣ת שָׁל֔שׁ לְאָסָ֖א מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַךְ בַּעְשָׁ֨א בֶן־אֲחִיָּ֚ה עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּתִרְצָ֔ה עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבַּ֖ע שָׁנָֽה: |
| During the third year of Asa, king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah, reigned. The third year of Asa is counted for Nadab and Baasha. |
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בִּשְׁנַת שָׁלשׁ לְאָסָא מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה מָלַךְ בַּעְשָׁא.
שָׁנָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית לְאָסָא, נִמְנֵית לְנָדָב וּלְבַּעְשָׁא.
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| 34And he did what was bad in the eyes of the Lord, and he went in the way of Jeroboam and in his sins that he had caused Israel to sin. |
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לדוַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יָרָבְעָ֔ם וּ֨בְחַטָּאת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: |
