H3068G–יְהֹוָה–ye.ho.vah

But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel touching the words which thou hast heard:

בַּֽיהוָ֔ה (יהוָ֔ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard [supplied: thee], saith Jehovah.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And the king went up into the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites, and all the people, great and small; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of Jehovah.

יְ֠הוָה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that are written in this book.

יְהוָה֒ Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And Josiah removed all the abominations out of all the countries that belonged to the children of Israel, and made to serve all that were found in Israel, -- to serve Jehovah their God: all his days they did not depart from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And Josiah held a passover to Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they slaughtered the passover on the fourteenth of the first month.

לַיהוָ֑ה (יהוָ֑ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And he said to the Levites, that taught all Israel, [supplied: and] who were holy to Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built; ye have not to carry it upon your shoulders. Serve now Jehovah your God, and his people Israel;

לַיהוָ֗ה (יהוָ֗ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

and slaughter the passover, and hallow yourselves, and prepare it for your brethren, that they may do according to the word of Jehovah through Moses.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And they set apart the burnt-offerings to give them to the classes of the fathers' houses of the children of the people, to present them to Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so [supplied: did they] with the oxen.

לַיהוָ֔ה (יהוָ֔ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And all the service of Jehovah was prepared the same day, to hold the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings on the altar of Jehovah according to the commandment of king Josiah.

יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of Jehovah,

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah his God.

יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And Nebuchadnezzar carried [supplied: part] of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And at the turn of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent and had him brought to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of Jehovah; and he made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah his God; he humbled not himself before the prophet Jeremiah speaking from the mouth of Jehovah.

יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take oath by God; and he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from returning to Jehovah the God of Israel.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

All the chiefs of the priests also, and the people, increased their transgressions, according to all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of Jehovah which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And Jehovah the God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending; because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling-place.

יְהוָה֩ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy.

יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king and of his princes, he brought all to Babylon.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath, to fulfil seventy years.

יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth has Jehovah the God of the heavens given to me, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all his people, Jehovah his God be with him, and let him go up.

יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֧ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”