H9002–/וְ–v

And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seer

וּתְפִלָּת֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְהֵֽעָתֶר־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַעְלוֹ֒ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַמְּקֹמ֗וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַפְּסִלִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling for two years in Jerusalem.

וּשְׁתַּ֛יִם (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם (וּ) u. “and”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon made offerings to all the images which his father Manasseh had made, and was their servant.

וּֽלְכָל־ (וּֽ) u. “and”

He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

Josiah was eight years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים (וּ) u. “and”וְאַחַת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃ (וּ) u. “and”

In the eighth year of his rule, while he was still young, his heart was first turned to the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he undertook the clearing away of all the high places and the pillars and the images of wood and metal from Judah

וּבִשְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה (וּ) u. “and”וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧ים (וּ) u. “and”וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (וִ) vi. “and”וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

He had the altars of the Baals broken down, while he himself was present; and the sun-images which were placed on high over them he had cut down; and the pillars of wood and the metal images he had broken up and crushed to dust, dropping the dust over th

וְהַֽחַמָּנִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֠הָאֲשֵׁרִים (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְהַפְּסִלִ֤ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמַּסֵּכוֹת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵדַ֔ק (וְ) ve. “and”

And he had the bones of the priests burned on their altars, and so he made Judah and Jerusalem clean.

וְעַצְמוֹת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And in all the towns of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon as far as Naphtali, he made waste their houses round about.

וּבְעָרֵ֨י (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶפְרַ֛יִם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁמְע֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

He had the altars and the pillars of wood pulled down and the images crushed to dust, and all the sun-images cut down, through all the land of Israel, and then he went back to Jerusalem.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַפְּסִלִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now in the eighteenth year of his rule, when the land and the house had been made clean, he sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah, the ruler of the town, and Joah, the son of Joahaz, the recorder, to make good what was damaged in the house of th

וּבִשְׁנַ֨ת (וּ) u. “and”וְהַבָּ֑יִת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֠אֵת (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

And they came to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and gave him all the money which had been taken into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the door, had got from Manasseh and Ephraim and those of Israel who had not been taken away as prisoners,

וְאֶפְרַ֗יִם (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִכֹּל֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִכָּל־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן (וּ) u. “and”

And they gave it to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, and the overseers gave it to the workmen working in the house, for building it up and making good what was damaged;

וּלְחַזֵּ֖ק (וּ) u. “and”

Even to the woodworkers and builders to get cut stone and wood for joining the structure together and for making boards for the houses which the kings of Judah had given up to destruction.

וְלַבֹּנִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֵצִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְקָרוֹת֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and oth

וְהָאֲנָשִׁים֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲלֵיהֶ֣ם׀ (וַ) va. “and”וְעֹבַדְיָ֤הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּזְכַרְיָ֧ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛ם (וּ) u. “and”וְהַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Had authority over the transport workers, giving directions to all who were doing any sort of work; and among the Levites there were scribes and overseers and door-keepers.

וְעַ֣ל (וְ) ve. “<and>”וּֽמְנַצְּחִים֙ (וּֽ) u. “and”וַעֲבוֹדָ֑ה (וַ) va. “and”וּמֵֽהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (וּ) u. “and”וְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְשׁוֹעֲרִֽים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when they were taking out the money which had come into the Lord's house, Hilkiah the priest came across the book of the law of the Lord, which he had given by the mouth of Moses.

וּבְהוֹצִיאָ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”

They have taken out all the money which was in the Lord's house and have given it to the overseers and to the workmen.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he gave orders to Hilkiah and to Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Abdon, the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe and Asaiah, the king's servant, saying,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֣ת׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for those who are still in Israel and for Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which has been let loose on us, because our fathers have not kept the

וּבְעַד֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבִֽיהוּדָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”

So Hilkiah, and those whom the king sent, went to Huldah the woman prophet, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the robes (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the second part of the town); and they had talk with her

וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”וְהִ֛יא (וְ) ve. “and”

These are the words of the Lord: See, I will send evil on this place and on its people, even all the curses in the book which they have been reading before the king of Judah;

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the works of their hands; so my wrath is let loose on this place and will not be put out.

וְתִתַּ֧ךְ (וְ) ve. “so”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have given ear to my words,

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”