H9003–/ב–b

For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners.

בִיהוּדָ֖ה (בִ) vi. “<in>”

And the Philistines, forcing their way into the towns of the lowlands and the south of Judah, had taken Beth-shemesh and Aijalon and Gederoth and Soco, with their daughter-towns, as well as Timnah and Gimzo and their daughter-towns, and were living there

בְּעָרֵ֨י (בְּ) be. “on”

For the Lord made Judah low, because of Ahaz, king of Israel; for he had given up all self-control in Judah, sinning greatly against the Lord.

בַּעֲב֖וּר (בַּ) ba. “for”בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה (בִּֽ) bi. “in”בַּיהוָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “against”

And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.

וּבְעֵת֙ (בְ) ve. “at”בַּיהוָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “against”

For he made offerings to the gods of Damascus, who were attacking him, and said, Because the gods of the kings of Aram are giving them help, I will make offerings to them so that they may give me help. But they were the cause of his downfall, and of that

בּוֹ֒ (בּ) b “<in>”

And Ahaz got together the vessels of the house of God, cutting up all the vessels of the house of God, and shutting the doors of the Lord's house; and he made altars in every part of Jerusalem.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “at”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And in every town of Judah he made high places where perfumes were burned to other gods, awaking the wrath of the Lord, the God of his fathers.

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “in”

And Ahaz went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the earth in Jerusalem; but they did not put him in the resting-place of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son became king in his place.

בָעִיר֙ (בָ) va. “in the”בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he was king in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

In the first year of his rule, in the first month, opening the doors of the Lord's house, he made them strong.

בַשָּׁנָה֩ (בַ) va. “in the”בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

For our fathers have done evil, sinning in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have given him up, turning away their faces from the house of the Lord, and turning their backs on him.

בְּעֵינֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

The doors of his house have been shut and the lights put out; no perfumes have been burned or offerings made to the God of Israel in his holy place.

בַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ (בַ) va. “in the”

And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.

בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “with”

For see, our fathers have been put to death with the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives have been taken away prisoners because of this.

בֶּחָ֑רֶב (בֶּ) be. “by the”בַּשְּׁבִ֖י (בַּ) ba. “[are] in <the>”

My sons, take care now: for you have been marked out by the Lord to come before him and to be his servants, burning offerings to him.

בָכֶ֞ם (בָ) va. “<in>”

And they got their brothers together and made themselves holy, and went in, as the king had said by the word of the Lord, to make the house of the Lord clean.

בְּדִבְרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “by”

And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to make it clean, and everything unclean which was to be seen in the Temple of the Lord they took out into the outer square of the Lord's house, and the Levites got it together and took it

בְּהֵיכַ֣ל (בְּ) be. “in”

On the first day of the first month the work of making the house holy was started, and on the eighth day they came to the covered way of the Lord; in eight days they made the Lord's house holy, and on the sixteenth day of the first month the work was don

בְּאֶחָ֞ד (בְּ) be. “on”וּבְי֧וֹם (בְ) ve. “on”וּבְי֨וֹם (בְ) ve. “on”

And all the vessels which were turned out by King Ahaz in his sin while he was king, we have put in order and made holy, and now they are in their places before the altar of the Lord.

בְּמַלְכוּת֛וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּמַעֲל֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then he put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments of music as ordered by David and Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the order was the Lord's, given by his prophets.

בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ (בִּ) bi “with”בִּנְבָלִ֣ים (בִּ) bi “with”וּבְכִנֹּר֔וֹת (בְ) ve. “with”בְּמִצְוַ֥ת (בְּ) be. “by”בְיַד־ (בְ) ve. “[was] by”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “by”

So the Levites took their places with David's instruments, and the priests with their horns.

בִּכְלֵ֣י (בִּ) bi “with”בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃ (בַּ) ba. “with”

And Hezekiah gave the word for the burned offering to be offered on the altar. And when the burned offering was started, then the song of the Lord was started, with the blowing of horns and with all the instruments of David, king of Israel.

וּבְעֵ֞ת (בְ) ve. “at”

Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.

בְּדִבְרֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “with”

And there was a great amount of burned offerings, with the fat of the peace-offerings and the drink offerings for every burned offering. So the work of the Lord's house was put in order.

בְּחֶלְבֵ֧י (בְּ) be. “with”וּבַנְּסָכִ֖ים (בַ) va. “with the”