H3068G–יְהֹוָה–ye.ho.vah

And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning 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 didst hear his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and didst humble thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And the king went into the house of the LORD, 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 that was found in the house of the LORD.

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

And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, 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 which are written in this book.

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

And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel, to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

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

Moreover, Josiah kept a passover to the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day 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 the LORD,

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And said to the Levites that taught all Israel, who were holy to the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,

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

So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And they removed the burnt-offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.

לַיהוָ֔ה (יהוָ֔ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

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

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And when the year had expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.

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

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning to the LORD God of Israel.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Moreover, all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

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

יְהוָה֩ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till 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 the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

To fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

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

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.

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