H3068G–יְהֹוָה–ye.ho.vah

But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: As touching the words which you have heard,

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

because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Yahweh.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both 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 Yahweh.

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

The king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, 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 were written in this book.

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

Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all who were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Yahweh their God. All his days they didn't depart from following Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

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

Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they killed the Passover on the fourteenth [supplied: day] of the first month.

לַיהוָ֑ה (יהוָ֑ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

He set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Yahweh.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to Yahweh, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden on your shoulders: now serve Yahweh your God, and his people Israel.

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

Kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of Yahweh by Moses.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

They removed the burnt offerings, that they might give them according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the children of the people, to offer to Yahweh, as it is written in the book of Moses. So did they with the oxen.

לַיהוָ֔ה (יהוָ֔ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

So all the service of Yahweh was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt-offerings on the altar of Yahweh, 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 good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of Yahweh,

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 that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God.

יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of Yahweh 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 Yahweh.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

At the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Yahweh, 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 Yahweh his God; he didn't humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet [supplied: speaking] from the mouth of Yahweh.

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

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

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of Yahweh which he had made holy in Jerusalem.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Yahweh, 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 the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose against his people, until there was no remedy.

יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

All the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Yahweh, 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 Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths: [supplied: for] as long as it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [supplied: put it] 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 Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up.

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