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2 Chronicles 30:1--35:27

And Hezekiah
<03169>

sent
<07971> (8799)

to all Israel
<03478>

and Judah
<03063>_,

and wrote
<03789> (8804)

letters
<0107>

also to Ephraim
<0669>

and Manasseh
<04519>_,

that they should come
<0935> (8800)

to the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>

at Jerusalem
<03389>_,

to keep
<06213> (8800)

the passover
<06453>

unto the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_.

For the king
<04428>

had taken counsel
<03289> (8735)_,

and his princes
<08269>_,

and all the congregation
<06951>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_,

to keep
<06213> (8800)

the passover
<06453>

in the second
<08145>

month
<02320>_.

For they could
<03201> (8804)

not keep
<06213> (8800)

it at that time
<06256>_,

because the priests
<03548>

had not sanctified
<06942> (8694)

themselves sufficiently
<04078> (8676) <01767>_,

neither had the people
<05971>

gathered themselves together
<0622> (8738)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_.

And the thing
<01697>

pleased
<03474> (8799) <05869>

the king
<04428>

and all the congregation
<06951>_.

{pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of the king}

So they established
<05975> (8686)

a decree
<01697>

to make proclamation
<05674> (8687) <06963>

throughout all Israel
<03478>_,

from Beersheba
<0884>

even to Dan
<01835>_,

that they should come
<0935> (8800)

to keep
<06213> (8800)

the passover
<06453>

unto the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>

at Jerusalem
<03389>_:

for they had not done
<06213> (8804)

[it] of a long
<07230>

[time in such sort] as it was written
<03789> (8803)_.

So the posts
<07323> (8801)

went
<03212> (8799)

with the letters
<0107>

from
<03027>

the king
<04428>

and his princes
<08269>

throughout all Israel
<03478>

and Judah
<03063>_,

and according to the commandment
<04687>

of the king
<04428>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Ye children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

turn again
<07725> (8798)

unto the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Abraham
<085>_,

Isaac
<03327>_,

and Israel
<03478>_,

and he will return
<07725> (8799)

to the remnant
<07604> (8737)

of you, that are escaped
<06413>

out of the hand
<03709>

of the kings
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_.

{from: Heb. from the hand}

And be not ye like your fathers
<01>_,

and like your brethren
<0251>_,

which trespassed
<04603> (8804)

against the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of their fathers
<01>_,

[who] therefore gave them up
<05414> (8799)

to desolation
<08047>_,

as ye see
<07200> (8802)_.

Now be ye not stiffnecked
<07185> (8686) <06203>_,

as your fathers
<01>

[were, but] yield
<05414> (8798)

yourselves
<03027>

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

and enter
<0935> (8798)

into his sanctuary
<04720>_,

which he hath sanctified
<06942> (8689)

for ever
<05769>_:

and serve
<05647> (8798)

the LORD
<03068>

your God
<0430>_,

that the fierceness
<02740>

of his wrath
<0639>

may turn away
<07725> (8799)

from you. {be ye...: Heb. harden not your necks} {yield...: Heb. give the hand}

For if ye turn again
<07725> (8800)

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

your brethren
<0251>

and your children
<01121>

[shall find] compassion
<07356>

before
<06440>

them that lead them captive
<07617> (8802)_,

so that they shall come again
<07725> (8800)

into this land
<0776>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

your God
<0430>

[is] gracious
<02587>

and merciful
<07349>_,

and will not turn away
<05493> (8686)

[his] face
<06440>

from you, if ye return
<07725> (8799)

unto him.

So the posts
<07323> (8801)

passed
<05674> (8802)

from city
<05892>

to city
<05892>

through the country
<0776>

of Ephraim
<0669>

and Manasseh
<04519>

even unto Zebulun
<02074>_:

but they laughed them to scorn
<07832> (8688)_,

and mocked
<03932> (8688)

them.

Nevertheless divers
<0582>

of Asher
<0836>

and Manasseh
<04519>

and of Zebulun
<02074>

humbled
<03665> (8738)

themselves, and came
<0935> (8799)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_.

Also in Judah
<03063>

the hand
<03027>

of God
<0430>

was to give
<05414> (8800)

them one
<0259>

heart
<03820>

to do
<06213> (8800)

the commandment
<04687>

of the king
<04428>

and of the princes
<08269>_,

by the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

And there assembled
<0622> (8735)

at Jerusalem
<03389>

much
<07227>

people
<05971>

to keep
<06213> (8800)

the feast
<02282>

of unleavened bread
<04682>

in the second
<08145>

month
<02320>_,

a very
<03966>

great
<07230>

congregation
<06951>_.

And they arose
<06965> (8799)

and took away
<05493> (8686)

the altars
<04196>

that [were] in Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and all the altars for incense
<06999>

took they away
<05493> (8689)_,

and cast
<07993> (8686)

[them] into the brook
<05158>

Kidron
<06939>_.

Then they killed
<07819> (8799)

the passover
<06453>

on the fourteenth
<0702> <06240>

[day] of the second
<08145>

month
<02320>_:

and the priests
<03548>

and the Levites
<03881>

were ashamed
<03637> (8738)_,

and sanctified
<06942> (8691)

themselves, and brought in
<0935> (8686)

the burnt offerings
<05930>

into the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

And they stood
<05975> (8799)

in their place
<05977>

after their manner
<04941>_,

according to the law
<08451>

of Moses
<04872>

the man
<0376>

of God
<0430>_:

the priests
<03548>

sprinkled
<02236> (8802)

the blood
<01818>_,

[which they received] of the hand
<03027>

of the Levites
<03881>_.

{their place: Heb. their standing}

For [there were] many
<07227>

in the congregation
<06951>

that were not sanctified
<06942> (8694)_:

therefore the Levites
<03881>

had the charge of the killing
<07821>

of the passovers
<06453>

for every one [that was] not clean
<02889>_,

to sanctify
<06942> (8687)

[them] unto the LORD
<03068>_.

For a multitude
<04768>

of the people
<05971>_,

[even] many
<07227>

of Ephraim
<0669>_,

and Manasseh
<04519>_,

Issachar
<03485>_,

and Zebulun
<02074>_,

had not
<03808>

cleansed
<02891> (8694)

themselves, yet did they eat
<0398> (8804)

the passover
<06453>

otherwise than it was written
<03789> (8803)_.

But Hezekiah
<03169>

prayed
<06419> (8694)

for them, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The good
<02896>

LORD
<03068>

pardon
<03722> (8762)

every one

[That] prepareth
<03559> (8689)

his heart
<03824>

to seek
<01875> (8800)

God
<0430>_,

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of his fathers
<01>_,

though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification
<02893>

of the sanctuary
<06944>_.

And the LORD
<03068>

hearkened
<08085> (8799)

to Hezekiah
<03169>_,

and healed
<07495> (8799)

the people
<05971>_.

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

that were present
<04672> (8737)

at Jerusalem
<03389>

kept
<06213> (8799)

the feast
<02282>

of unleavened bread
<04682>

seven
<07651>

days
<03117>

with great
<01419>

gladness
<08057>_:

and the Levites
<03881>

and the priests
<03548>

praised
<01984> (8764)

the LORD
<03068>

day
<03117>

by day
<03117>_,

[singing] with loud
<05797>

instruments
<03627>

unto the LORD
<03068>_.

{present: Heb. found} {loud...: Heb. instruments of strength}

And Hezekiah
<03169>

spake
<01696> (8762)

comfortably
<03820>

unto all the Levites
<03881>

that taught
<07919> (8688)

the good
<02896>

knowledge
<07922>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

and they did eat
<0398> (8799)

throughout the feast
<04150>

seven
<07651>

days
<03117>_,

offering
<02076> (8764)

peace
<08002>

offerings
<02077>_,

and making confession
<03034> (8693)

to the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of their fathers
<01>_.

{comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of all}

And the whole assembly
<06951>

took counsel
<03289> (8735)

to keep
<06213> (8800)

other
<0312>

seven
<07651>

days
<03117>_:

and they kept
<06213> (8799)

[other] seven
<07651>

days
<03117>

with gladness
<08057>_.

For Hezekiah
<02396>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

did give
<07311> (8689)

to the congregation
<06951>

a thousand
<0505>

bullocks
<06499>

and seven
<07651>

thousand
<0505>

sheep
<06629>_;

and the princes
<08269>

gave
<07311> (8689)

to the congregation
<06951>

a thousand
<0505>

bullocks
<06499>

and ten
<06235>

thousand
<0505>

sheep
<06629>_:

and a great number
<07230>

of priests
<03548>

sanctified
<06942> (8691)

themselves. {did give: Heb. lifted up, or, offered} {gave: Heb. lifted up, or, offered}

And all the congregation
<06951>

of Judah
<03063>_,

with the priests
<03548>

and the Levites
<03881>_,

and all the congregation
<06951>

that came out
<0935> (8802)

of Israel
<03478>_,

and the strangers
<01616>

that came out
<0935> (8802)

of the land
<0776>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and that dwelt
<03427> (8802)

in Judah
<03063>_,

rejoiced
<08055> (8799)_.

So there was great
<01419>

joy
<08057>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_:

for since the time
<03117>

of Solomon
<08010>

the son
<01121>

of David
<01732>

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

[there was] not the like in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

Then the priests
<03548>

the Levites
<03881>

arose
<06965> (8799)

and blessed
<01288> (8762)

the people
<05971>_:

and their voice
<06963>

was heard
<08085> (8735)_,

and their prayer
<08605>

came
<0935> (8799)

[up] to his holy
<06944>

dwelling place
<04583>_,

[even] unto heaven
<08064>_.

{his holy...: Heb. the habitation of his holiness}

Now when all this was finished
<03615> (8763)_,

all Israel
<03478>

that were present
<04672> (8737)

went out
<03318> (8804)

to the cities
<05892>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and brake
<07665> (0)

the images
<04676>

in pieces
<07665> (8762)_,

and cut down
<01438> (8762)

the groves
<0842>_,

and threw down
<05422> (8762)

the high places
<01116>

and the altars
<04196>

out of all Judah
<03063>

and Benjamin
<01144>_,

in Ephraim
<0669>

also and Manasseh
<04519>_,

until they had utterly destroyed
<03615> (8763)

them all. Then all the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

returned
<07725> (8799)_,

every man
<0376>

to his possession
<0272>_,

into their own cities
<05892>_.

{present: Heb. found} {images: Heb. statues} {until...: Heb. until to make an end}

And Hezekiah
<03169>

appointed
<05975> (8686)

the courses
<04256>

of the priests
<03548>

and the Levites
<03881>

after their courses
<04256>_,

every man
<0376>

according
<06310>

to his service
<05656>_,

the priests
<03548>

and Levites
<03881>

for burnt offerings
<05930>

and for peace offerings
<08002>_,

to minister
<08334> (8763)_,

and to give thanks
<03034> (8687)_,

and to praise
<01984> (8763)

in the gates
<08179>

of the tents
<04264>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

[He appointed] also the king's
<04428>

portion
<04521>

of his substance
<07399>

for the burnt offerings
<05930>_,

[to wit], for the morning
<01242>

and evening
<06153>

burnt offerings
<05930>_,

and the burnt offerings
<05930>

for the sabbaths
<07676>_,

and for the new moons
<02320>_,

and for the set feasts
<04150>_,

as [it is] written
<03789> (8803)

in the law
<08451>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

Moreover he commanded
<0559> (8799)

the people
<05971>

that dwelt
<03427> (8802)

in Jerusalem
<03389>

to give
<05414> (8800)

the portion
<04521>

of the priests
<03548>

and the Levites
<03881>_,

that they might be encouraged
<02388> (8799)

in the law
<08451>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

And as soon as the commandment
<01697>

came abroad
<06555> (8800)_,

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

brought
<0935> (8689)

in abundance
<07235> (8689)

the firstfruits
<07225>

of corn
<01715>_,

wine
<08492>_,

and oil
<03323>_,

and honey
<01706>_,

and of all the increase
<08393>

of the field
<07704>_;

and the tithe
<04643>

of all [things] brought
<0935> (8689)

they in abundantly
<07230>_.

{came...: Heb. brake forth} {honey: or, dates}

And [concerning] the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

and Judah
<03063>_,

that dwelt
<03427> (8802)

in the cities
<05892>

of Judah
<03063>_,

they also brought in
<0935> (8689)

the tithe
<04643>

of oxen
<01241>

and sheep
<06629>_,

and the tithe
<04643>

of holy things
<06944>

which were consecrated
<06942> (8794)

unto the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_,

and laid
<05414> (8799)

[them] by heaps
<06194> <06194>_.

{by heaps: Heb. heaps, heaps}

In the third
<07992>

month
<02320>

they began
<02490> (8689)

to lay the foundation
<03245> (8800)

of the heaps
<06194>_,

and finished
<03615> (8765)

[them] in the seventh
<07637>

month
<02320>_.

And when Hezekiah
<03169>

and the princes
<08269>

came
<0935> (8799)

and saw
<07200> (8799)

the heaps
<06194>_,

they blessed
<01288> (8762)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and his people
<05971>

Israel
<03478>_.

Then Hezekiah
<03169>

questioned
<01875> (8799)

with the priests
<03548>

and the Levites
<03881>

concerning the heaps
<06194>_.

And Azariah
<05838>

the chief
<07218>

priest
<03548>

of the house
<01004>

of Zadok
<06659>

answered
<0559> (8799)

him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Since [the people] began
<02490> (8687)

to bring
<0935> (8687)

the offerings
<08641>

into the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

we have had enough
<07646> (8800)

to eat
<0398> (8800)_,

and have left
<03498> (8687)

plenty
<07230>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

hath blessed
<01288> (8765)

his people
<05971>_;

and that which is left
<03498> (8737)

[is] this great store
<01995>_.

Then Hezekiah
<03169>

commanded
<0559> (8799)

to prepare
<03559> (8687)

chambers
<03957>

in the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

and they prepared
<03559> (8686)

[them], {chambers: or, storehouses}

And brought in
<0935> (8686)

the offerings
<08641>

and the tithes
<04643>

and the dedicated
<06944>

[things] faithfully
<0530>_:

over which Cononiah
<03562>

the Levite
<03881>

[was] ruler
<05057>_,

and Shimei
<08096>

his brother
<0251>

[was] the next
<04932>_.

And Jehiel
<03171>_,

and Azaziah
<05812>_,

and Nahath
<05184>_,

and Asahel
<06214>_,

and Jerimoth
<03406>_,

and Jozabad
<03107>_,

and Eliel
<0447>_,

and Ismachiah
<03253>_,

and Mahath
<04287>_,

and Benaiah
<01141>_,

[were] overseers
<06496>

under the hand
<03027>

of Cononiah
<03562>

and Shimei
<08096>

his brother
<0251>_,

at the commandment
<04662>

of Hezekiah
<03169>

the king
<04428>_,

and Azariah
<05838>

the ruler
<05057>

of the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_.

{under...: Heb. at the hand}

And Kore
<06981>

the son
<01121>

of Imnah
<03232>

the Levite
<03881>_,

the porter
<07778>

toward the east
<04217>_,

[was] over the freewill offerings
<05071>

of God
<0430>_,

to distribute
<05414> (8800)

the oblations
<08641>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and the most
<06944>

holy things
<06944>_.

And next him [were] Eden
<05731>_,

and Miniamin
<04509>_,

and Jeshua
<03442>_,

and Shemaiah
<08098>_,

Amariah
<0568>_,

and Shecaniah
<07935>_,

in the cities
<05892>

of the priests
<03548>_,

in [their] set office
<0530>_,

to give
<05414> (8800)

to their brethren
<0251>

by
<03027>

courses
<04256>_,

as well to the great
<01419>

as to the small
<06996>_:

{next...: Heb. at his hand} {set...: or, trust}

Beside their genealogy
<03187> (8692)

of males
<02145>_,

from three
<07969>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

and upward
<04605>_,

[even] unto every one that entereth
<0935> (8802)

into the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

his daily
<03117> <03117>

portion
<01697>

for their service
<05656>

in their charges
<04931>

according to their courses
<04256>_;

Both to the genealogy
<03187> (8692)

of the priests
<03548>

by the house
<01004>

of their fathers
<01>_,

and the Levites
<03881>

from twenty
<06242>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

and upward
<04605>_,

in their charges
<04931>

by their courses
<04256>_;

And to the genealogy
<03187> (8692)

of all their little ones
<02945>_,

their wives
<0802>_,

and their sons
<01121>_,

and their daughters
<01323>_,

through all the congregation
<06951>_:

for in their set office
<0530>

they sanctified
<06942> (8691)

themselves in holiness
<06944>_:

{set...: or, trust}

Also of the sons
<01121>

of Aaron
<0175>

the priests
<03548>_,

[which were] in the fields
<07704>

of the suburbs
<04054>

of their cities
<05892>_,

in every several city
<05892>_,

the men
<0582>

that were expressed
<05344> (8738)

by name
<08034>_,

to give
<05414> (8800)

portions
<04490>

to all the males
<02145>

among the priests
<03548>_,

and to all that were reckoned by genealogies
<03187> (8692)

among the Levites
<03881>_.

And thus did
<06213> (8799)

Hezekiah
<03169>

throughout all Judah
<03063>_,

and wrought
<06213> (8799)

[that which was] good
<02896>

and right
<03477>

and truth
<0571>

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>

his God
<0430>_.

And in every work
<04639>

that he began
<02490> (8689)

in the service
<05656>

of the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_,

and in the law
<08451>_,

and in the commandments
<04687>_,

to seek
<01875> (8800)

his God
<0430>_,

he did
<06213> (8804)

[it] with all his heart
<03824>_,

and prospered
<06743> (8689)_.

After
<0310>

these things
<01697>_,

and the establishment
<0571>

thereof, Sennacherib
<05576>

king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>

came
<0935> (8804)_,

and entered
<0935> (8799)

into Judah
<03063>_,

and encamped
<02583> (8799)

against the fenced
<01219> (8803)

cities
<05892>_,

and thought
<0559> (8799)

to win
<01234> (8800)

them for himself. {to win...: Heb. to break them up}

And when Hezekiah
<03169>

saw
<07200> (8799)

that Sennacherib
<05576>

was come
<0935> (8804)_,

and that he was purposed
<06440>

to fight
<04421>

against Jerusalem
<03389>_,

{he was...: Heb. his face was to war}

He took counsel
<03289> (8735)

with his princes
<08269>

and his mighty men
<01368>

to stop
<05640> (8800)

the waters
<04325>

of the fountains
<05869>

which [were] without
<02351>

the city
<05892>_:

and they did help
<05826> (8799)

him.

So there was gathered
<06908> (0)

much
<07227>

people
<05971>

together
<06908> (8735)_,

who stopped
<05640> (8799)

all the fountains
<04599>_,

and the brook
<05158>

that ran
<07857> (8802)

through the midst
<08432>

of the land
<0776>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Why should the kings
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>

come
<0935> (8799)_,

and find
<04672> (8804)

much
<07227>

water
<04325>_?

{ran: Heb. overflowed}

Also he strengthened
<02388> (8691)

himself, and built up
<01129> (8799)

all the wall
<02346>

that was broken
<06555> (8803)_,

and raised [it] up
<05927> (8686)

to the towers
<04026>_,

and another
<0312>

wall
<02346>

without
<02351>_,

and repaired
<02388> (8762)

Millo
<04407>

[in] the city
<05892>

of David
<01732>_,

and made
<06213> (8799)

darts
<07973>

and shields
<04043>

in abundance
<07230>_.

{darts: or, swords, or, weapons}

And he set
<05414> (8799)

captains
<08269>

of war
<04421>

over the people
<05971>_,

and gathered them together
<06908> (8799)

to him in the street
<07339>

of the gate
<08179>

of the city
<05892>_,

and spake
<01696> (8762)

comfortably
<03824>

to them, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

{spake...: Heb. he spoke to their heart}

Be strong
<02388> (8798)

and courageous
<0553> (8798)_,

be not afraid
<03372> (8799)

nor dismayed
<02865> (8735)

for
<06440>

the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_,

nor for all the multitude
<01995>

that [is] with him: for [there be] more
<07227>

with us than with him:

With him [is] an arm
<02220>

of flesh
<01320>_;

but with us [is] the LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>

to help
<05826> (8800)

us, and to fight
<03898> (8736)

our battles
<04421>_.

And the people
<05971>

rested
<05564> (8735)

themselves upon the words
<01697>

of Hezekiah
<03169>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_.

{rested...: Heb. leaned}

After
<0310>

this did Sennacherib
<05576>

king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>

send
<07971> (8804)

his servants
<05650>

to Jerusalem
<03389>_,

(but he [himself laid siege] against Lachish
<03923>_,

and all his power
<04475>

with him,) unto Hezekiah
<03169>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and unto all Judah
<03063>

that [were] at Jerusalem
<03389>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

{power: Heb. dominion}

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

Sennacherib
<05576>

king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_,

Whereon do ye trust
<0982> (8802)_,

that ye abide
<03427> (8802)

in the siege
<04692>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_?

{siege: or, strong hold}

Doth not Hezekiah
<03169>

persuade
<05496> (8688)

you to give
<05414> (8800)

over yourselves to die
<04191> (8800)

by famine
<07458>

and by thirst
<06772>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>

shall deliver
<05337> (8686)

us out of the hand
<03709>

of the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_?

Hath not the same Hezekiah
<03169>

taken away
<05493> (8689)

his high places
<01116>

and his altars
<04196>_,

and commanded
<0559> (8799)

Judah
<03063>

and Jerusalem
<03389>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Ye shall worship
<07812> (8691)

before
<06440>

one
<0259>

altar
<04196>_,

and burn incense
<06999> (8686)

upon it?

Know
<03045> (8799)

ye not what I and my fathers
<01>

have done
<06213> (8804)

unto all the people
<05971>

of [other] lands
<0776>_?

were the gods
<0430>

of the nations
<01471>

of those lands
<0776>

any ways
<03201> (8800)

able
<03201> (8804)

to deliver
<05337> (8687)

their lands
<0776>

out of mine hand
<03027>_?

Who [was there] among all the gods
<0430>

of those nations
<01471>

that my fathers
<01>

utterly destroyed
<02763> (8689)_,

that could
<03201> (8804)

deliver
<05337> (8687)

his people
<05971>

out of mine hand
<03027>_,

that your God
<0430>

should be able
<03201> (8799)

to deliver
<05337> (8687)

you out of mine hand
<03027>_?

Now therefore let not
<03808>

Hezekiah
<02396>

deceive
<05377> (8686)

you, nor persuade
<05496> (8686)

you on this manner, neither yet believe
<0539> (8686)

him: for no god
<0433>

of any nation
<01471>

or kingdom
<04467>

was able
<03201> (8799)

to deliver
<05337> (8687)

his people
<05971>

out of mine hand
<03027>_,

and out of the hand
<03027>

of my fathers
<01>_:

how much less shall your God
<0430>

deliver
<05337> (8686)

you out of mine hand
<03027>_?

And his servants
<05650>

spake
<01696> (8765)

yet [more] against the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>_,

and against his servant
<05650>

Hezekiah
<03169>_.

He wrote
<03789> (8804)

also letters
<05612>

to rail
<02778> (8763)

on the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and to speak
<0559> (8800)

against him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

As the gods
<0430>

of the nations
<01471>

of [other] lands
<0776>

have not delivered
<05337> (8689)

their people
<05971>

out of mine hand
<03027>_,

so shall not the God
<0430>

of Hezekiah
<03169>

deliver
<05337> (8686)

his people
<05971>

out of mine hand
<03027>_.

Then they cried
<07121> (8799)

with a loud
<01419>

voice
<06963>

in the Jews' speech
<03066>

unto the people
<05971>

of Jerusalem
<03389>

that [were] on the wall
<02346>_,

to affright
<03372> (8763)

them, and to trouble
<0926> (8763)

them; that they might take
<03920> (8799)

the city
<05892>_.

And they spake
<01696> (8762)

against
<05921>

the God
<0430>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_,

as against the gods
<0430>

of the people
<05971>

of the earth
<0776>_,

[which were] the work
<04639>

of the hands
<03027>

of man
<0120>_.

And for this [cause] Hezekiah
<03169>

the king
<04428>_,

and the prophet
<05030>

Isaiah
<03470>

the son
<01121>

of Amoz
<0531>_,

prayed
<06419> (8691)

and cried
<02199> (8799)

to heaven
<08064>_.

And the LORD
<03068>

sent
<07971> (8799)

an angel
<04397>_,

which cut off
<03582> (8686)

all the mighty men
<01368>

of valour
<02428>_,

and the leaders
<05057>

and captains
<08269>

in the camp
<04264>

of the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_.

So he returned
<07725> (8799)

with shame
<01322>

of face
<06440>

to his own land
<0776>_.

And when he was come
<0935> (8799)

into the house
<01004>

of his god
<0430>_,

they that came forth
<03329>

of his own bowels
<04578>

slew
<05307> (8689)

him there with the sword
<02719>_.

{slew...: Heb. made him fall}

Thus the LORD
<03068>

saved
<03467> (8686)

Hezekiah
<03169>

and the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jerusalem
<03389>

from the hand
<03027>

of Sennacherib
<05576>

the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_,

and from the hand
<03027>

of all [other], and guided
<05095> (8762)

them on every side
<05439>_.

And many
<07227>

brought
<0935> (8688)

gifts
<04503>

unto the LORD
<03068>

to Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and presents
<04030>

to Hezekiah
<03169>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_:

so that he was magnified
<05375> (8735)

in the sight
<05869>

of all nations
<01471>

from thenceforth
<0310>_.

{presents: Heb. precious things}

In those days
<03117>

Hezekiah
<03169>

was sick
<02470> (8804)

to the death
<04191> (8800)_,

and prayed
<06419> (8691)

unto the LORD
<03068>_:

and he spake
<0559> (8799)

unto him, and he gave
<05414> (8804)

him a sign
<04159>_.

{gave...: or, wrought a miracle for him}

But Hezekiah
<03169>

rendered not again
<07725> (8689)

according to the benefit
<01576>

[done] unto him; for his heart
<03820>

was lifted up
<01361> (8804)_:

therefore there was wrath
<07110>

upon him, and upon Judah
<03063>

and Jerusalem
<03389>_.

Notwithstanding Hezekiah
<03169>

humbled
<03665> (8735)

himself for the pride
<01363>

of his heart
<03820>_,

[both] he and the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jerusalem
<03389>_,

so that the wrath
<07110>

of the LORD
<03068>

came
<0935> (8804)

not upon them in the days
<03117>

of Hezekiah
<03169>_.

{pride: Heb. lifting up}

And Hezekiah
<03169>

had exceeding
<03966>

much
<07235> (8687)

riches
<06239>

and honour
<03519>_:

and he made
<06213> (8804)

himself treasuries
<0214>

for silver
<03701>_,

and for gold
<02091>_,

and for precious
<03368>

stones
<068>_,

and for spices
<01314>_,

and for shields
<04043>_,

and for all manner of pleasant
<02532>

jewels
<03627>_;

{pleasant...: Heb. instruments of desire}

Storehouses
<04543>

also for the increase
<08393>

of corn
<01715>_,

and wine
<08492>_,

and oil
<03323>_;

and stalls
<0723>

for all manner of beasts
<0929>_,

and cotes
<0220>

for flocks
<05739>_.

Moreover he provided
<06213> (8804)

him cities
<05892>_,

and possessions
<04735>

of flocks
<06629>

and herds
<01241>

in abundance
<07230>_:

for God
<0430>

had given
<05414> (8804)

him substance
<07399>

very
<03966>

much
<07227>_.

This same Hezekiah
<03169>

also stopped
<05640> (8804)

the upper
<05945>

watercourse
<04161> <04325>

of Gihon
<01521>_,

and brought it straight
<03474> (8762)

down
<04295>

to the west side
<04628>

of the city
<05892>

of David
<01732>_.

And Hezekiah
<03169>

prospered
<06743> (8686)

in all his works
<04639>_.

Howbeit
<03651>

in [the business of] the ambassadors
<03887> (8688)

of the princes
<08269>

of Babylon
<0894>_,

who sent
<07971> (8764)

unto him to enquire
<01875> (8800)

of the wonder
<04159>

that was [done] in the land
<0776>_,

God
<0430>

left
<05800> (8804)

him, to try
<05254> (8763)

him, that he might know
<03045> (8800)

all [that was] in his heart
<03824>_.

{ambassadors: Heb. interpreters}

Now the rest
<03499>

of the acts
<01697>

of Hezekiah
<03169>_,

and his goodness
<02617>_,

behold, they [are] written
<03789> (8803)

in the vision
<02377>

of Isaiah
<03470>

the prophet
<05030>_,

the son
<01121>

of Amoz
<0531>_,

[and] in the book
<05612>

of the kings
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

and Israel
<03478>_.

{goodness: Heb. kindnesses}

And Hezekiah
<03169>

slept
<07901> (8799)

with his fathers
<01>_,

and they buried
<06912> (8799)

him in the chiefest
<04608>

of the sepulchres
<06913>

of the sons
<01121>

of David
<01732>_:

and all Judah
<03063>

and the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jerusalem
<03389>

did him
<06213> (8804)

honour
<03519>

at his death
<04194>_.

And Manasseh
<04519>

his son
<01121>

reigned
<04427> (8799)

in his stead. {chiefest: or, highest}

Manasseh
<04519>

[was] twelve
<08147> <06240>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)_,

and he reigned
<04427> (8804)

fifty
<02572>

and five
<02568>

years
<08141>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_:

But did
<06213> (8799)

[that which was] evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

like unto the abominations
<08441>

of the heathen
<01471>_,

whom the LORD
<03068>

had cast out
<03423> (8689)

before
<06440>

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_.

For he built
<01129> (8799)

again
<07725> (8799)

the high places
<01116>

which Hezekiah
<03169>

his father
<01>

had broken down
<05422> (8765)_,

and he reared up
<06965> (8686)

altars
<04196>

for Baalim
<01168>_,

and made
<06213> (8799)

groves
<0842>_,

and worshipped
<07812> (8691)

all the host
<06635>

of heaven
<08064>_,

and served
<05647> (8799)

them. {he built...: Heb. he returned and built}

Also he built
<01129> (8804)

altars
<04196>

in the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

whereof the LORD
<03068>

had said
<0559> (8804)_,

In Jerusalem
<03389>

shall my name
<08034>

be for ever
<05769>_.

And he built
<01129> (8799)

altars
<04196>

for all the host
<06635>

of heaven
<08064>

in the two
<08147>

courts
<02691>

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

And he caused
<05674> (0)

his children
<01121>

to pass through
<05674> (8689)

the fire
<0784>

in the valley
<01516>

of the son
<01121>

of Hinnom
<02011>_:

also he observed times
<06049> (8782)_,

and used enchantments
<05172> (8765)_,

and used witchcraft
<03784> (8765)_,

and dealt
<06213> (8804)

with a familiar spirit
<0178>_,

and with wizards
<03049>_:

he wrought
<06213> (8800)

much
<07235> (8689)

evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

to provoke him to anger
<03707> (8687)_.

And he set
<07760> (8799)

a carved image
<06459>_,

the idol
<05566>

which he had made
<06213> (8804)_,

in the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_,

of which God
<0430>

had said
<0559> (8804)

to David
<01732>

and to Solomon
<08010>

his son
<01121>_,

In this house
<01004>_,

and in Jerusalem
<03389>_,

which I have chosen
<0977> (8804)

before all the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>_,

will I put
<07760> (8799)

my name
<08034>

for ever
<05865>_:

Neither will I any more
<03254> (8686)

remove
<05493> (8687)

the foot
<07272>

of Israel
<03478>

from out
<05921>

of the land
<0127>

which I have appointed
<05975> (8689)

for your fathers
<01>_;

so that
<0518>

they will take heed
<08104> (8799)

to do
<06213> (8800)

all that I have commanded
<06680> (8765)

them, according to the whole law
<08451>

and the statutes
<02706>

and the ordinances
<04941>

by the hand
<03027>

of Moses
<04872>_.

So Manasseh
<04519>

made
<08582> (0)

Judah
<03063>

and the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jerusalem
<03389>

to err
<08582> (8686)_,

[and] to do
<06213> (8800)

worse
<07451>

than the heathen
<01471>_,

whom the LORD
<03068>

had destroyed
<08045> (8689)

before
<06440>

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_.

And the LORD
<03068>

spake
<01696> (8762)

to Manasseh
<04519>_,

and to his people
<05971>_:

but they would not hearken
<07181> (8689)_.

Wherefore the LORD
<03068>

brought
<0935> (8686)

upon them the captains of
<08269>

the host of
<06635>

the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_,

which took
<03920> (8799)

Manasseh
<04519>

among the thorns
<02336>_,

and bound him
<0631> (8799)

with fetters
<05178>_,

and carried
<03212> (8686)

him to Babylon
<0894>_.

{of the king: Heb. which were the king's} {fetters: or, chains}

And when he was in affliction
<06887> (8687)_,

he besought
<02470> (8765)

the LORD
<03068>

his God
<0430>_,

and humbled
<03665> (8735)

himself greatly
<03966>

before
<06440>

the God
<0430>

of his fathers
<01>_,

And prayed
<06419> (8691)

unto him: and he was intreated
<06279> (8735)

of him, and heard
<08085> (8799)

his supplication
<08467>_,

and brought him again
<07725> (8686)

to Jerusalem
<03389>

into his kingdom
<04438>_.

Then Manasseh
<04519>

knew
<03045> (8799)

that the LORD
<03068>

he [was] God
<0430>_.

Now after this
<0310>

he built
<01129> (8804)

a wall
<02346>

without
<02435>

the city
<05892>

of David
<01732>_,

on the west side
<04628>

of Gihon
<01521>_,

in the valley
<05158>_,

even to the entering in
<0935> (8800)

at the fish
<01709>

gate
<08179>_,

and compassed
<05437> (8804)

about Ophel
<06077>_,

and raised it up
<01361> (8686)

a very great height
<03966>_,

and put
<07760> (8799)

captains
<08269>

of war
<02428>

in all the fenced
<01219> (8803)

cities
<05892>

of Judah
<03063>_.

{Ophel: or, the tower}

And he took away
<05493> (8686)

the strange
<05236>

gods
<0430>_,

and the idol
<05566>

out of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and all the altars
<04196>

that he had built
<01129> (8804)

in the mount
<02022>

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and in Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and cast
<07993> (8686)

[them] out
<02351>

of the city
<05892>_.

And he repaired
<01129> (8799)

the altar
<04196>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and sacrificed
<02076> (8799)

thereon peace
<08002>

offerings
<02077>

and thank offerings
<08426>_,

and commanded
<0559> (8799)

Judah
<03063>

to serve
<05647> (8800)

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_.

Nevertheless
<061>

the people
<05971>

did sacrifice
<02076> (8802)

still in the high places
<01116>_,

[yet] unto the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>

only.

Now the rest
<03499>

of the acts
<01697>

of Manasseh
<04519>_,

and his prayer
<08605>

unto his God
<0430>_,

and the words
<01697>

of the seers
<02374>

that spake
<01696> (8764)

to him in the name
<08034>

of the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

behold, they [are written] in the book
<01697>

of the kings
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_.

His prayer
<08605>

also, and [how God] was intreated
<06279> (8736)

of him, and all his sin
<02403>_,

and his trespass
<04604>_,

and the places
<04725>

wherein he built
<01129> (8804)

high places
<01116>_,

and set up
<05975> (8689)

groves
<0842>

and graven images
<06456>_,

before
<06440>

he was humbled
<03665> (8736)_:

behold, they [are] written
<03789> (8803)

among the sayings
<01697>

of the seers
<02374> (8676) <02335>_.

{the seers: or, Hosai}

So Manasseh
<04519>

slept
<07901> (8799)

with his fathers
<01>_,

and they buried
<06912> (8799)

him in his own house
<01004>_:

and Amon
<0526>

his son
<01121>

reigned
<04427> (8799)

in his stead.

Amon
<0526>

[was] two
<08147>

and twenty
<06242>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)_,

and reigned
<04427> (8804)

two
<08147>

years
<08141>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

But he did
<06213> (8799)

[that which was] evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

as did
<06213> (8804)

Manasseh
<04519>

his father
<01>_:

for Amon
<0526>

sacrificed
<02076> (8765)

unto all the carved images
<06456>

which Manasseh
<04519>

his father
<01>

had made
<06213> (8804)_,

and served
<05647> (8799)

them;

And humbled
<03665> (8738)

not himself before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_,

as Manasseh
<04519>

his father
<01>

had humbled
<03665> (8736)

himself; but Amon
<0526>

trespassed
<0819>

more and more
<07235> (8689)_.

{trespassed more and more: Heb. multiplied trespass}

And his servants
<05650>

conspired
<07194> (8799)

against him, and slew
<04191> (8686)

him in his own house
<01004>_.

But the people
<05971>

of the land
<0776>

slew
<05221> (8686)

all them that had conspired
<07194> (8802)

against king
<04428>

Amon
<0526>_;

and the people
<05971>

of the land
<0776>

made
<04427> (0)

Josiah
<02977>

his son
<01121>

king
<04427> (8686)

in his stead.

Josiah
<02977>

[was] eight
<08083>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)_,

and he reigned
<04427> (8804)

in Jerusalem
<03389>

one
<0259>

and thirty
<07970>

years
<08141>_.

And he did
<06213> (8799)

[that which was] right
<03477>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and walked
<03212> (8799)

in the ways
<01870>

of David
<01732>

his father
<01>_,

and declined
<05493> (8804)

[neither] to the right hand
<03225>_,

nor to the left
<08040>_.

For in the eighth
<08083>

year
<08141>

of his reign
<04427> (8800)_,

while he was yet young
<05288>_,

he began
<02490> (8689)

to seek
<01875> (8800)

after the God
<0430>

of David
<01732>

his father
<01>_:

and in the twelfth
<08147> <06240>

year
<08141>

he began
<02490> (8689)

to purge
<02891> (8763)

Judah
<03063>

and Jerusalem
<03389>

from the high places
<01116>_,

and the groves
<0842>_,

and the carved images
<06456>_,

and the molten images
<04541>_.

And they brake down
<05422> (8762)

the altars
<04196>

of Baalim
<01168>

in his presence
<06440>_;

and the images
<02553>_,

that [were] on high above them
<04605>_,

he cut down
<01438> (8765)_;

and the groves
<0842>_,

and the carved images
<06456>_,

and the molten images
<04541>_,

he brake in pieces
<07665> (8765)_,

and made dust
<01854> (8689)

[of them], and strowed
<02236> (8799)

[it] upon
<06440>

the graves
<06913>

of them that had sacrificed
<02076> (8802)

unto them. {the images: or, the sun images} {graves: Heb. face of the graves}

And he burnt
<08313> (8804)

the bones
<06106>

of the priests
<03548>

upon their altars
<04196>_,

and cleansed
<02891> (8762)

Judah
<03063>

and Jerusalem
<03389>_.

And [so did he] in the cities
<05892>

of Manasseh
<04519>_,

and Ephraim
<0669>_,

and Simeon
<08095>_,

even unto Naphtali
<05321>_,

with their mattocks
<02719>

round about
<05439>_.

{mattocks: or, mauls}

And when he had broken down
<05422> (8762)

the altars
<04196>

and the groves
<0842>_,

and had beaten
<03807> (8765)

the graven images
<06456>

into powder
<01854> (8687)_,

and cut down
<01438> (8765)

all the idols
<02553>

throughout all the land
<0776>

of Israel
<03478>_,

he returned
<07725> (8799)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_.

{into...: Heb. to make powder}

Now in the eighteenth
<08083> <06240>

year
<08141>

of his reign
<04427> (8800)_,

when he had purged
<02891> (8763)

the land
<0776>_,

and the house
<01004>_,

he sent
<07971> (8804)

Shaphan
<08227>

the son
<01121>

of Azaliah
<0683>_,

and Maaseiah
<04641>

the governor
<08269>

of the city
<05892>_,

and Joah
<03098>

the son
<01121>

of Joahaz
<03099>

the recorder
<02142> (8688)_,

to repair
<02388> (8763)

the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>

his God
<0430>_.

And when they came
<0935> (8799)

to Hilkiah
<02518>

the high
<01419>

priest
<03548>_,

they delivered
<05414> (8799)

the money
<03701>

that was brought
<0935> (8716)

into the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_,

which the Levites
<03881>

that kept
<08104> (8802)

the doors
<05592>

had gathered
<0622> (8804)

of the hand
<03027>

of Manasseh
<04519>

and Ephraim
<0669>_,

and of all the remnant
<07611>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and of all Judah
<03063>

and Benjamin
<01144>_;

and they returned
<07725> (8799) (8675) <03427> (8802)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_.

And they put
<05414> (8799)

[it] in the hand
<03027>

of the workmen
<06213> (8802) <04399>

that had the oversight
<06485> (8716)

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and they gave
<05414> (8799)

it to the workmen
<06213> (8802) <04399>

that wrought
<06213> (8802)

in the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

to repair
<0918> (8800)

and amend
<02388> (8763)

the house
<01004>_:

Even to the artificers
<02796>

and builders
<01129> (8802)

gave
<05414> (8799)

they [it], to buy
<07069> (8800)

hewn
<04274>

stone
<068>_,

and timber
<06086>

for couplings
<04226>_,

and to floor
<07136> (8763)

the houses
<01004>

which the kings
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

had destroyed
<07843> (8689)_.

{to floor: or, to rafter}

And the men
<0582>

did
<06213> (8802)

the work
<04399>

faithfully
<0530>_:

and the overseers
<05329> (8763)

of them [were] Jahath
<03189>

and Obadiah
<05662>_,

the Levites
<03881>_,

of the sons
<01121>

of Merari
<04847>_;

and Zechariah
<02148>

and Meshullam
<04918>_,

of the sons of the Kohathites
<06956>_,

to set [it] forward
<06485> (8716)_;

and [other of] the Levites
<03881>_,

all that could skill
<0995> (8688)

of instruments
<03627>

of musick
<07892>_.

Also [they were] over the bearers of burdens
<05449>_,

and [were] overseers
<05329> (8764)

of all that wrought
<06213> (8802)

the work
<04399>

in any manner of service
<05656>_:

and of the Levites
<03881>

[there were] scribes
<05608> (8802)_,

and officers
<07860> (8802)_,

and porters
<07778>_.

And when they brought out
<03318> (8687)

the money
<03701>

that was brought into
<0935> (8716)

the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

Hilkiah
<02518>

the priest
<03548>

found
<04672> (8804)

a book
<05612>

of the law
<08451>

of the LORD
<03068>

[given] by
<03027>

Moses
<04872>_.

{by: Heb. by the hand of}

And Hilkiah
<02518>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)

to Shaphan
<08227>

the scribe
<05608> (8802)_,

I have found
<04672> (8804)

the book
<05612>

of the law
<08451>

in the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

And Hilkiah
<02518>

delivered
<05414> (8799)

the book
<05612>

to Shaphan
<08227>_.

And Shaphan
<08227>

carried
<0935> (8686)

the book
<05612>

to the king
<04428>_,

and brought
<07725> (0)

the king
<04428>

word
<01697>

back
<07725> (8686)

again, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

All that was committed
<05414> (8738)

to
<03027>

thy servants
<05650>_,

they do
<06213> (8802)

[it]. {to thy...: Heb. to the hand of, etc}

And they have gathered together
<05413> (8686)

the money
<03701>

that was found
<04672> (8737)

in the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and have delivered
<05414> (8799)

it into the hand
<03027>

of the overseers
<06485> (8716)_,

and to the hand
<03027>

of the workmen
<06213> (8802) <04399>_.

{gathered together: Heb. poured out, or, melted}

Then Shaphan
<08227>

the scribe
<05608> (8802)

told
<05046> (8686)

the king
<04428>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Hilkiah
<02518>

the priest
<03548>

hath given
<05414> (8804)

me a book
<05612>_.

And Shaphan
<08227>

read
<07121> (8799)

it before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_.

{it: Heb. in it}

And it came to pass, when the king
<04428>

had heard
<08085> (8800)

the words
<01697>

of the law
<08451>_,

that he rent
<07167> (8799)

his clothes
<0899>_.

And the king
<04428>

commanded
<06680> (8762)

Hilkiah
<02518>_,

and Ahikam
<0296>

the son
<01121>

of Shaphan
<08227>_,

and Abdon
<05658>

the son
<01121>

of Micah
<04318>_,

and Shaphan
<08227>

the scribe
<05608> (8802)_,

and Asaiah
<06222>

a servant
<05650>

of the king's
<04428>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

{Abdon: or, Achbor}

Go
<03212> (8798)_,

enquire
<01875> (8798)

of the LORD
<03068>

for me, and for them that are left
<07604> (8737)

in Israel
<03478>

and in Judah
<03063>_,

concerning the words
<01697>

of the book
<05612>

that is found
<04672> (8738)_:

for great
<01419>

[is] the wrath
<02534>

of the LORD
<03068>

that is poured out
<05413> (8738)

upon us, because our fathers
<01>

have not kept
<08104> (8804)

the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

to do
<06213> (8800)

after all that is written
<03789> (8803)

in this book
<05612>_.

And Hilkiah
<02518>_,

and [they] that the king
<04428>

[had appointed], went
<03212> (8799)

to Huldah
<02468>

the prophetess
<05031>_,

the wife
<0802>

of Shallum
<07967>

the son
<01121>

of Tikvath
<08616> (8676) <08445>_,

the son
<01121>

of Hasrah
<02641>_,

keeper
<08104> (8802)

of the wardrobe
<0899>_;

(now she dwelt
<03427> (8802)

in Jerusalem
<03389>

in the college
<04932>:)

and they spake
<01696> (8762)

to her to that [effect]. {Hasrah: also called, Harhas} {wardrobe: Heb. garments} {in the college: or, in the school, or, in the second part}

And she answered
<0559> (8799)

them, Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

Tell
<0559> (8798)

ye the man
<0376>

that sent
<07971> (8804)

you to me,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

Behold, I will bring
<0935> (8688)

evil
<07451>

upon this place
<04725>_,

and upon the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

thereof, [even] all the curses
<0423>

that are written
<03789> (8803)

in the book
<05612>

which they have read
<07121> (8804)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_:

Because they have forsaken
<05800> (8804)

me, and have burned incense
<06999> (8762) (8675) <06999> (8686)

unto other
<0312>

gods
<0430>_,

that they might provoke me to anger
<03707> (8687)

with all the works
<04639>

of their hands
<03027>_;

therefore my wrath
<02534>

shall be poured out
<05413> (8799)

upon this place
<04725>_,

and shall not be quenched
<03518> (8799)_.

And as for
<0413>

the king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

who sent
<07971> (8802)

you to enquire
<01875> (8800)

of the LORD
<03068>_,

so shall ye say
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>

[concerning] the words
<01697>

which thou hast heard
<08085> (8804)_;

Because thine heart
<03824>

was tender
<07401> (8804)_,

and thou didst humble
<03665> (8735)

thyself before
<06440>

God
<0430>_,

when thou heardest
<08085> (8800)

his words
<01697>

against this place
<04725>_,

and against the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

thereof, and humbledst
<03665> (8735)

thyself before
<06440>

me, and didst rend
<07167> (8799)

thy clothes
<0899>_,

and weep
<01058> (8799)

before
<06440>

me; I have even heard
<08085> (8804)

[thee] also, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

Behold, I will gather
<0622> (8802)

thee to thy fathers
<01>_,

and thou shalt be gathered
<0622> (8738)

to thy grave
<06913>

in peace
<07965>_,

neither shall thine eyes
<05869>

see
<07200> (8799)

all the evil
<07451>

that I will bring
<0935> (8688)

upon this place
<04725>_,

and upon the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of the same. So they brought
<07725> (0)

the king
<04428>

word
<01697>

again
<07725> (8686)_.

Then the king
<04428>

sent
<07971> (8799)

and gathered together
<0622> (8799)

all the elders
<02205>

of Judah
<03063>

and Jerusalem
<03389>_.

And the king
<04428>

went up
<05927> (8799)

into the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and all the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and the priests
<03548>_,

and the Levites
<03881>_,

and all the people
<05971>_,

great
<01419>

and small
<06996>_:

and he read
<07121> (8799)

in their ears
<0241>

all the words
<01697>

of the book
<05612>

of the covenant
<01285>

that was found
<04672> (8737)

in the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

{great...: Heb. from great even to small}

And the king
<04428>

stood
<05975> (8799)

in his place
<05977>_,

and made
<03772> (8799)

a covenant
<01285>

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_,

to walk
<03212> (8800)

after
<0310>

the LORD
<03068>_,

and to keep
<08104> (8800)

his commandments
<04687>_,

and his testimonies
<05715>_,

and his statutes
<02706>_,

with all his heart
<03824>_,

and with all his soul
<05315>_,

to perform
<06213> (8800)

the words
<01697>

of the covenant
<01285>

which are written
<03789> (8803)

in this book
<05612>_.

And he caused all that were present
<04672> (8737)

in Jerusalem
<03389>

and Benjamin
<01144>

to stand
<05975> (8686)

[to it]. And the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jerusalem
<03389>

did
<06213> (8799)

according to the covenant
<01285>

of God
<0430>_,

the God
<0430>

of their fathers
<01>_.

{present: Heb. found}

And Josiah
<02977>

took away
<05493> (8686)

all the abominations
<08441>

out of all the countries
<0776>

that [pertained] to the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and made all that were present
<04672> (8737)

in Israel
<03478>

to serve
<05647> (8686)_,

[even] to serve
<05647> (8800)

the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_.

[And] all his days
<03117>

they departed
<05493> (8804)

not from following
<0310>

the LORD
<03068>_,

the God
<0430>

of their fathers
<01>_.

{present: Heb. found} {from...: Heb. from after}

Moreover Josiah
<02977>

kept
<06213> (8799)

a passover
<06453>

unto the LORD
<03068>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_:

and they killed
<07819> (8799)

the passover
<06453>

on the fourteenth
<0702> <06240>

[day] of the first
<07223>

month
<02320>_.

And he set
<05975> (8686)

the priests
<03548>

in their charges
<04931>_,

and encouraged
<02388> (8762)

them to the service
<05656>

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

And said
<0559> (8799)

unto the Levites
<03881>

that taught
<0995> (8688) (8675) <04000>

all Israel
<03478>_,

which were holy
<06918>

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

Put
<05414> (8798)

the holy
<06944>

ark
<0727>

in the house
<01004>

which Solomon
<08010>

the son
<01121>

of David
<01732>

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

did build
<01129> (8804)_;

[it shall] not [be] a burden
<04853>

upon [your] shoulders
<03802>_:

serve
<05647> (8798)

now the LORD
<03068>

your God
<0430>_,

and his people
<05971>

Israel
<03478>_,

And prepare
<03559> (8685) (8675) <03559> (8734)

[yourselves] by the houses
<01004>

of your fathers
<01>_,

after your courses
<04256>_,

according to the writing
<03791>

of David
<01732>

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and according to the writing
<04385>

of Solomon
<08010>

his son
<01121>_.

And stand in
<05975> (8798)

the holy
<06944>

[place] according to the divisions
<06391>

of the families
<01004>

of the fathers
<01>

of your brethren
<0251>

the people
<01121> <05971>_,

and [after] the division
<02515>

of the families
<01> <01004>

of the Levites
<03881>_.

{the families of the fathers: Heb. the house of the fathers} {the people: Heb. the sons of the people}

So kill
<07819> (8798)

the passover
<06453>_,

and sanctify
<06942> (8690)

yourselves, and prepare
<03559> (8685)

your brethren
<0251>_,

that [they] may do
<06213> (8800)

according to the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

by the hand
<03027>

of Moses
<04872>_.

And Josiah
<02977>

gave
<07311> (8686)

to the people
<01121> <05971>_,

of the flock
<06629>_,

lambs
<03532>

and kids
<01121> <05795>_,

all for the passover offerings
<06453>_,

for all that were present
<04672> (8737)_,

to the number
<04557>

of thirty
<07970>

thousand
<0505>_,

and three
<07969>

thousand
<0505>

bullocks
<01241>_:

these [were] of the king's
<04428>

substance
<07399>_.

{gave: Heb. offered}

And his princes
<08269>

gave
<07311> (8689)

willingly
<05071>

unto the people
<05971>_,

to the priests
<03548>_,

and to the Levites
<03881>_:

Hilkiah
<02518>

and Zechariah
<02148>

and Jehiel
<03171>_,

rulers
<05057>

of the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_,

gave
<05414> (8804)

unto the priests
<03548>

for the passover offerings
<06453>

two thousand
<0505>

and six
<08337>

hundred
<03967>

[small cattle], and three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

oxen
<01241>_.

{gave willingly: Heb. offered, etc}

Conaniah
<03562>

also, and Shemaiah
<08098>

and Nethaneel
<05417>_,

his brethren
<0251>_,

and Hashabiah
<02811>

and Jeiel
<03273>

and Jozabad
<03107>_,

chief
<08269>

of the Levites
<03881>_,

gave
<07311> (8689)

unto the Levites
<03881>

for passover offerings
<06453>

five
<02568>

thousand
<0505>

[small cattle], and five
<02568>

hundred
<03967>

oxen
<01241>_.

{gave: Heb. offered}

So the service
<05656>

was prepared
<03559> (8735)_,

and the priests
<03548>

stood
<05975> (8799)

in their place
<05977>_,

and the Levites
<03881>

in their courses
<04256>_,

according to the king's
<04428>

commandment
<04687>_.

And they killed
<07819> (8799)

the passover
<06453>_,

and the priests
<03548>

sprinkled
<02236> (8799)

[the blood] from their hands
<03027>_,

and the Levites
<03881>

flayed
<06584> (8688)

[them].

And they removed
<05493> (8686)

the burnt offerings
<05930>_,

that they might give
<05414> (8800)

according to the divisions
<04653>

of the families
<01> <01004>

of the people
<01121> <05971>_,

to offer
<07126> (8687)

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

as [it is] written
<03789> (8803)

in the book
<05612>

of Moses
<04872>_.

And so [did they] with the oxen
<01241>_.

And they roasted
<01310> (8762)

the passover
<06453>

with fire
<0784>

according to the ordinance
<04941>_:

but the [other] holy
<06944>

[offerings] sod
<01310> (8765)

they in pots
<05518>_,

and in caldrons
<01731>_,

and in pans
<06745>_,

and divided [them] speedily
<07323> (8686)

among all the people
<01121> <05971>_.

{divided...: Heb. made them run}

And afterward
<0310>

they made ready
<03559> (8689)

for themselves, and for the priests
<03548>_:

because the priests
<03548>

the sons
<01121>

of Aaron
<0175>

[were busied] in offering
<05927> (8687)

of burnt offerings
<05930>

and the fat
<02459>

until night
<03915>_;

therefore the Levites
<03881>

prepared
<03559> (8689)

for themselves, and for the priests
<03548>

the sons
<01121>

of Aaron
<0175>_.

And the singers
<07891> (8789)

the sons
<01121>

of Asaph
<0623>

[were] in their place
<04612>_,

according to the commandment
<04687>

of David
<01732>_,

and Asaph
<0623>_,

and Heman
<01968>_,

and Jeduthun
<03038>

the king's
<04428>

seer
<02374>_;

and the porters
<07778>

[waited] at every gate
<08179>_;

they might not depart
<05493> (8800)

from their service
<05656>_;

for their brethren
<0251>

the Levites
<03881>

prepared
<03559> (8689)

for them. {place: Heb. station}

So all the service
<05656>

of the LORD
<03068>

was prepared
<03559> (8735)

the same day
<03117>_,

to keep
<06213> (8800)

the passover
<06453>_,

and to offer
<05927> (8687)

burnt offerings
<05930>

upon the altar
<04196>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

according to the commandment
<04687>

of king
<04428>

Josiah
<02977>_.

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

that were present
<04672> (8737)

kept
<06213> (8799)

the passover
<06453>

at that time
<06256>_,

and the feast
<02282>

of unleavened bread
<04682>

seven
<07651>

days
<03117>_.

{present: Heb. found}

And there was no passover
<06453>

like
<03644>

to that kept
<06213> (8738)

in Israel
<03478>

from the days
<03117>

of Samuel
<08050>

the prophet
<05030>_;

neither did
<06213> (8804)

all the kings
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

keep
<06213> (8804)

such a passover
<06453>

as Josiah
<02977>

kept
<06213> (8804)_,

and the priests
<03548>_,

and the Levites
<03881>_,

and all Judah
<03063>

and Israel
<03478>

that were present
<04672> (8737)_,

and the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jerusalem
<03389>_.

{present: Heb. found}

In the eighteenth
<08083> <06240>

year
<08141>

of the reign
<04438>

of Josiah
<02977>

was this passover
<06453>

kept
<06213> (8738)_.

After
<0310>

all this, when Josiah
<02977>

had prepared
<03559> (8689)

the temple
<01004>_,

Necho
<05224>

king
<04428>

of Egypt
<04714>

came up
<05927> (8804)

to fight
<03898> (8736)

against Carchemish
<03751>

by Euphrates
<06578>_:

and Josiah
<02977>

went out
<03318> (8799)

against
<07125> (8800)

him. {temple: Heb. house}

But he sent
<07971> (8799)

ambassadors
<04397>

to him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

What have I to do with thee, thou king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_?

[I come] not against thee this day
<03117>_,

but against the house
<01004>

wherewith I have war
<04421>_:

for God
<0430>

commanded
<0559> (8804)

me to make haste
<0926> (8763)_:

forbear
<02308> (8798)

thee from [meddling with] God
<0430>_,

who [is] with me, that he destroy
<07843> (8686)

thee not. {the house...: Heb. the house of my war}

Nevertheless Josiah
<02977>

would not turn
<05437> (8689)

his face
<06440>

from him, but disguised
<02664> (8694)

himself, that he might fight
<03898> (8736)

with him, and hearkened
<08085> (8804)

not unto the words
<01697>

of Necho
<05224>

from the mouth
<06310>

of God
<0430>_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to fight
<03898> (8736)

in the valley
<01237>

of Megiddo
<04023>_.

And the archers
<03384> (8802)

shot
<03384> (8686)

at king
<04428>

Josiah
<02977>_;

and the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

to his servants
<05650>_,

Have me away
<05674> (8685)_;

for I am sore
<03966>

wounded
<02470> (8717)_.

{wounded: Heb. made sick}

His servants
<05650>

therefore took
<05674> (8686)

him out of that chariot
<04818>_,

and put
<07392> (8686)

him in the second
<04932>

chariot
<07393>

that he had; and they brought
<03212> (8686)

him to Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and he died
<04191> (8799)_,

and was buried
<06912> (8735)

in [one of] the sepulchres
<06913>

of his fathers
<01>_.

And all Judah
<03063>

and Jerusalem
<03389>

mourned
<056> (8693)

for Josiah
<02977>_.

{in one...: or, among the sepulchres}

And Jeremiah
<03414>

lamented
<06969> (8787)

for Josiah
<02977>_:

and all the singing men
<07891> (8802)

and the singing women
<07891> (8802)

spake
<0559> (8799)

of Josiah
<02977>

in their lamentations
<07015>

to this day
<03117>_,

and made
<05414> (8799)

them an ordinance
<02706>

in Israel
<03478>_:

and, behold, they [are] written
<03789> (8803)

in the lamentations
<07015>_.

Now the rest
<03499>

of the acts
<01697>

of Josiah
<02977>_,

and his goodness
<02617>_,

according to [that which was] written
<03789> (8803)

in the law
<08451>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

{goodness: Heb. kindnesses}

And his deeds
<01697>_,

first
<07223>

and last
<0314>_,

behold, they [are] written
<03789> (8803)

in the book
<05612>

of the kings
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

and Judah
<03063>_.

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