H9002–/וְ–v

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.

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

Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring on this place, and on the inhabitants of it. They brought back word to the king.

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

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

וִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (וִ) vi. “and”

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.

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

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.

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

He caused all who were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [supplied: to it]. The inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Prepare yourselves after your fathers' houses by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

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

Stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brothers the children of the people, and [supplied: let there be for each] a portion of a fathers' house of the Levites.

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

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

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

Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls: these were of the king's substance.

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

His princes gave for a freewill-offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand and six hundred [supplied: small cattle], and three hundred oxen.

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

Conaniah also, 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 [supplied: 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 the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their divisions, according to the king's commandment.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

They killed the Passover, and the priests sprinkled [supplied: the blood which they received] of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְכֵ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

They roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance: and the holy offerings boiled they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people.

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

Afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron [supplied: were busied] in offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night: therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

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

The singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters were at every gate: they didn't need to depart from their service; for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.

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 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.

וְהַעֲל֣וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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 ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? [supplied: I come] not against you this day, but against the house with which I have war; and God has commanded me to make haste: forbear you from [supplied: meddling with] God, who is with me, that he not destroy you.

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

Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and didn't listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

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

So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

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