H9002–/וְ–v

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

See, I will let you go to your fathers, and be put in your last resting-place in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will send on this place and on its people. So they took this news back to the king.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

וִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (וִ) vi. “and”

And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king, taking his place by the pillar, made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and to keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and with all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement record

וְלִשְׁמ֤וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֵֽדְוֹתָ֣יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֻקָּ֔יו (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

And he made all the people in Jerusalem and Benjamin give their word to keep it. And the people of Jerusalem kept the agreement of God, the God of their fathers.

וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן (וּ) u. “and”

And he said to the Levites, the teachers of all Israel, who were holy to the Lord, See, the holy ark is in the house which Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, made; it will no longer have to be transported on your backs: now be the servants of the

וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And make yourselves ready in your divisions, by your families, as it is ordered in the writings of David, king of Israel, and of Solomon his son;

וְהָכִ֥ינוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְמִכְתַּ֖ב (וּ) u. “and”

And take your positions in the holy place, grouped in the families of your brothers, the children of the people, and for every division let there be a part of a family of the Levites.

וְעִמְד֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲלֻקַּ֥ת (וַ) va. “and”

And put the Passover lamb to death, and make yourselves holy, and make it ready for your brothers, so that the orders given by the Lord through Moses may be done.

וְשַׁחֲט֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִתְקַדְּשׁוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָכִ֣ינוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Josiah gave lambs and goats from the flock as Passover offerings for all the people who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand oxen: these were from the king's private property.

וּבְנֵֽי־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבָקָ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

And his captains freely gave an offering to the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand, six hundred small cattle and three hundre

וְשָׂרָ֞יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַלְוִיִּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּזְכַרְיָ֜הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וִֽיחִיאֵ֗ל (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְשֵׁ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָקָ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

And Conaniah and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand small cattle and five hundred oxen.

וְ֠כָֽנַנְיָהוּ (וְ֠) ve. “and”וּשְׁמַֽעְיָ֨הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וּנְתַנְאֵ֜ל (וּ) u. “and”וַחֲשַׁבְיָ֧הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וִיעִיאֵ֛ל (וִ) vi. “and”וְיוֹזָבָ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָקָ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

So everything was made ready and the priests took their places with the Levites in their divisions, as the king had said.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And they put the Passover lambs to death, the blood being drained out by the priests when it was given to them, and the Levites did the skinning.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And they took away the burned offerings, so that they might give them to be offered to the Lord for the divisions of the families of the people, as it is recorded in the book of Moses. And they did the same with the oxen.

וְכֵ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Passover lamb was cooked over the fire, as it says in the law; and the holy offerings were cooked in pots and basins and vessels, and taken quickly to all the people.

וְהַקֳּדָשִׁ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַדְּוָדִים֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבַצֵּ֣לָח֔וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

And after that, they made ready for themselves and for the priests; for the priests, the sons of Aaron, were offering the burned offerings and the fat till night; so the Levites made ready what was needed for themselves and for the priests, the sons of A

וְאַחַ֗ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַחֲלָבִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And the sons of Asaph, the makers of melody, were in their places, as ordered by David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the king's seer; and the door-keepers were stationed at every door: there was no need for them to go away from their places, for thei

וְהַמְשֹֽׁרֲרִ֨ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָסָ֞ף (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵימָ֤ן (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽידֻתוּן֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וָשָׁ֑עַר (וָ) va. “and”

So everything needed for the worship of the Lord was made ready that same day, for the keeping of the Passover and the offering of burned offerings on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had given orders.

וְהַעֲל֣וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the children of Israel who were present kept the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread at that time for seven days.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

No Passover like it had been kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; and not one of the kings of Israel had ever kept a Passover like the one kept by Josiah and the priests and the Levites and all those of Judah and Israel who were present, a

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹשְׁבֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

But he sent representatives to him, saying, What have I to do with you, O king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against those with whom I am at war; and God has given me orders to go forward quickly: keep out of God's way, for he is wi

וָלָ֜ךְ (וָ) va. “and”וֵאלֹהִ֖ים (וֵ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

However, Josiah would not go back; but keeping to his purpose of fighting against him, and giving no attention to the words of Neco, which came from God, he went forward to the fight in the valley of Megiddo.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

So his servants took him out of the line of war-carriages, and put him in his second carriage and took him to Jerusalem, where he came to his end, and they put his body in the resting-place of his fathers. And in all Judah and Jerusalem there was great w

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (וִ) vi. “and”