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align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Text Analysis</div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/nahum/3-18.htm">Go to Parallel Hebrew</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" class="maintext"><tr><td class="top" width="25%">Strong's</td><td class="top" width="25%">Hebrew</td><td class="top" width="25%">English</td><td class="top" width="25%">Morphology</td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5123.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5123: 1) to be drowsy, slumber, sleep <BR> 1a) (Qal) to slumber, be drowsy">5123</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5123.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5123 -- Occurrence 6 of 6">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">נָמ֤וּ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/namu_5123.htm" title="na·Mu: are sleeping -- Occurrence 2 of 2.">nā-mū</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Slumber</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural">V-Qal-Perf-3cp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 7462: 1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to tend, pasture <BR> 1a1a) to shepherd <BR> 1a1b) of ruler, teacher (fig) <BR> 1a1c) of people as flock (fig) <BR> 1a1d) shepherd, herdsman (subst) <BR> 1a2) to feed, graze <BR> 1a2a) of cows, sheep etc (literal) <BR> 1a2b) of idolater, Israel as flock (fig) <BR> 1b) (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess <BR> 2) to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable) <BR> 2a) (Qal) to associate with <BR> 2b) (Hithpael) to be companions <BR> 3) (Piel) to be a special friend">7462</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7462 -- Occurrence 149 of 164">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">רֹעֶ֙יךָ֙<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/roeicha_7462.htm" title="ro·'Ei·cha: your shepherds -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">rō-‘e-ḵā</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Your shepherds</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct :: second person masculine singular">V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc | 2ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4428: 1) king">4428</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4428 -- Occurrence 2507 of 2523">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מֶ֣לֶךְ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/melech_4428.htm" title="Me·lech: king -- Occurrence 891 of 896.">me-leḵ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">king</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular construct">N-msc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/804.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 804: Asshur or Assyria = 'a step' <BR> n pr m <BR> 1) the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians <BR> 2) the people of Assyria <BR> n pr loc <BR> 3) the nation, Assyria <BR> 4) the land, Assyria or Asshur">804</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_804.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 804 -- Occurrence 148 of 151">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אַשּׁ֔וּר<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ashshur_804.htm" title="'ash·Shur,: of Assyria -- Occurrence 129 of 131.">’aš-šūr,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">of Assyria</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - proper - feminine singular">N-proper-fs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/7931.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 7931: 1) to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to settle down to abide <BR> 1a2) to abide, dwell, reside <BR> 1b) (Piel) <BR> 1b1) to make settle down, establish <BR> 1b2) to make or cause to dwell <BR> 1c) (Hiphil) <BR> 1c1) to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix <BR> 1c2) to cause to dwell or abide">7931</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7931.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7931 -- Occurrence 124 of 128">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/yishkenu_7931.htm" title="yish·ke·Nu: are lying -- Occurrence 9 of 9.">yiš-kə-nū</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">rest [in the dust]</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural">V-Qal-Imperf-3mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/117.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 117: 1) great, majestic <BR> 1a) of waters of sea<BR> 1b) of a tree <BR> 1c) of kings, nations, gods <BR> 2) great one, majestic one <BR> 2a) of nobles, chieftains, servants">117</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_117.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 117 -- Occurrence 26 of 27">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אַדִּירֶ֑יךָ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/addireicha_117.htm" title="'ad·di·Rei·cha;: your nobles -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">’ad-dî-re-ḵā;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Your nobles</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine plural construct :: second person masculine singular">N-mpc | 2ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6335.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6335: 1) to spring about <BR> 1a) (Qal) to frisk, act proudly (fig.) <BR> 2) (Niphal) to be scattered, be spread">6335</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6335.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6335 -- Occurrence 2 of 4">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">נָפֹ֧שׁוּ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/nafoshu_6335.htm" title="na·Fo·shu: are scattered -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">nā-p̄ō-šū</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">are scattered</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural">V-Nifal-Perf-3cp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5971: 1) nation, people <BR> 1a) people, nation <BR> 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men <BR> 2) kinsman, kindred">5971</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5971 -- Occurrence 1826 of 1868">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">עַמְּךָ֛<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ammecha_5971.htm" title="'am·me·Cha: your people -- Occurrence 76 of 77.">‘am-mə-ḵā</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Your people</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular construct :: second person masculine singular">N-msc | 2ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep<BR> 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against <BR> 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards <BR> 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) <BR> 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) <BR> 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) <BR> 1e) over (of suspension or extension) <BR> 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) <BR> 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) <BR> 1h) to (as a dative) <BR> conj <BR> 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although">5921</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5921 -- Occurrence 5630 of 5778">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">עַל־<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/al_5921.htm" title="'al-: on -- Occurrence 3383 of 3469.">‘al-</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">on</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2022: 1) hill, mountain, hill country, mount">2022</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2022 -- Occurrence 529 of 546">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">הֶהָרִ֖ים<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/heharim_2022.htm" title="he·ha·Rim: the mountains -- Occurrence 51 of 53.">he-hā-rîm</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">the mountains</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Article :: Noun - masculine plural">Art | N-mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 369: 1) nothing, not, nought n <BR> 1a) nothing, nought neg <BR> 1b) not <BR> 1c) to have not (of possession) adv <BR> 1d) without w/prep <BR> 1e) for lack of">369</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 369 -- Occurrence 766 of 788">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְאֵ֥ין<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/veein_369.htm" title="ve·'Ein: and there -- Occurrence 223 of 230.">wə-’ên</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and no one</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Adverb">Conj-w | Adv</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6908: 1) to gather, assemble <BR> 1a) (Qal) to gather, collect, assemble <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) to assemble, gather <BR> 1b2) to be gathered <BR> 1c) (Piel) to gather, gather together, take away <BR> 1d) (Pual) to be gathered together <BR> 1e) (Hithpael) to gather together, be gathered together">6908</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6908 -- Occurrence 121 of 127">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מְקַבֵּֽץ׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/mekabbetz_6908.htm" title="me·kab·Betz.: to regather -- Occurrence 5 of 5.">mə-qab-bêṣ.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">gathers them</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular">V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div 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dwell">יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/117.htm" title="ad·di·rei·cha;: your nobles -- 117: majestic">אַדִּירֶ֑יךָ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6335.htm" title="na·fo·shu: are scattered -- 6335: probably to spring about">נָפֹ֧שׁוּ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5971.htm" title="am·me·cha: your people -- 5971: people">עַמְּךָ֛</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5921.htm" title="al-: on -- 5921: upon, above, over">עַל־</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2022.htm" title="he·ha·rim: the mountains -- 2022: mountain, hill, hill country">הֶהָרִ֖ים</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/369.htm" title="ve·'ein: and there -- 369: nothing, nought">וְאֵ֥ין</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6908.htm" title="me·kab·betz.: to regather -- 6908: to gather, collect">מְקַבֵּֽץ׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/nahum/3.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7462.htm" title="ra'ah (raw-aw') -- X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend">Thy shepherds</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5123.htm" title="nuwm (noom) -- sleep, slumber">slumber</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4428.htm" title="melek (meh'-lek) -- king, royal">O king</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/804.htm" title="'Ashshuwr (ash-shoor') -- Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians">of Assyria</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/117.htm" title="'addiyr (ad-deer') -- excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(- ier one), noble, principal, worthy">thy nobles</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7931.htm" title="shakan (shaw-kan') -- abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place">shall dwell</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5971.htm" title="am (am) -- folk, men, nation, people">in the dust thy people</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6335.htm" title="puwsh (poosh) -- grow up, be grown fat, spread selves, be scattered">is scattered</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2022.htm" title="har (har) -- hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion">upon the mountains</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6908.htm" title="qabats (kaw-bats') -- assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, X surely, take up">and no man gathereth them</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/nahum/3.htm">נחום 3:18 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">נָמ֤וּ רֹעֶ֙יךָ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ אַדִּירֶ֑יךָ נָפֹ֧שׁוּ עַמְּךָ֛ עַל־הֶהָרִ֖ים וְאֵ֥ין מְקַבֵּֽץ׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/nahum/3.htm">נחום 3:18 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">נמו רעיך מלך אשור ישכנו אדיריך נפשו עמך על־ההרים ואין מקבץ׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/nahum/3.htm">נחום 3:18 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">נמו רעיך מלך אשור ישכנו אדיריך נפשו עמך על־ההרים ואין מקבץ׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/nahum/3.htm">נחום 3:18 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">נמו רעיך מלך אשור ישכנו אדיריך נפשו עמך על ההרים ואין מקבץ׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/nahum/3-18.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/nahum/3.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; Your nobles are lying down. Your people are scattered on the mountains And there is no one to regather them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/nahum/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell <i>in the dust</i>: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth <i>them</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/nahum/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />King of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered across the mountains with no one to gather them together. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">Thy shepherds. That is, the rulers and tributary princes, who, as Herodotus informs us, deserted Nineveh in the day of her distress, and came not to her succour. Diodorus also says, that when the enemy shut up the king in the city, many nations revolted; each going over to the besiegers for the sake of their liberty; that the king despatched messengers to all his subjects, requiring power from them to succour him, and that he thought himself able to endure the siege, and remained in expectation of armies which were to be raised throughout his empire, relying on the oracle, that the city would not be taken till the river became its enemy. See on ch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/nahum/2-6.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Nahum 2:6</span> The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/exodus/15-16.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Exodus 15:16</span> Fear and dread shall fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/76-5.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 76:5,6</span> The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-9.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 56:9,10</span> All you beasts of the field, come to devour, yes, all you beasts …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Jeremiah 51:39,57</span> In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, …</a></p><p class="hdg">O King.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-18.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Jeremiah 50:18</span> Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Ezekiel 31:3-18</span> Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/ezekiel/32-22.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Ezekiel 32:22,23</span> Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all …</a></p><p class="hdg">nobles. or, valiant ones.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 47:1</span> Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/revelation/6-15.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Revelation 6:15</span> And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, …</a></p><p class="hdg">thy people.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/1_kings/22-17.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">1 Kings 22:17</span> And he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the hills, as sheep that …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-14.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 13:14</span> And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man takes …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18</a> • <a href="/niv/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a href="//holybible.com.cn/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 Chinese Bible</a> • <a href="//saintebible.com/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 French Bible</a> • <a href="//bibeltext.com/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18 German Bible</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../nahum/3-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nahum 3:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nahum 3:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../nahum/3-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nahum 3:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nahum 3:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>