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The first store of things was put down in the third month, and in the seventh month the masses were complete.

בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ (בַּ) ba. “in the”וּבַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (בַ) va. “in the”

Then Hezekiah said that store-rooms were to be made ready in the house of the Lord; and this was done.

בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “in”

And in them they put all the offerings and the tenths and the holy things, keeping nothing back, and over them was Conaniah the Levite, with Shimei his brother second to him.

בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה (בֶּ) be. “in”

And Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and Benaiah were overseers, under the directions of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the order of Hezekiah the king and Azariah, the ruler of the

בְּמִפְקַד֙ (בְּ) be. “by”

And under him were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah and Amariah and Shecaniah, in the towns of the priests, who were made responsible for giving it to all their brothers, by divisions, to small and great:

בְּעָרֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה (בֶּ) be. “in”בְּמַחְלְק֔וֹת (בְּ) be. “by”

As well as to all the males, of three years old and over, listed by their families, who went into the house of the Lord to do what was needed day by day, for their special work with their divisions.

בְּיוֹמ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֖ם (בְּ) be. “by”

And the families of the priests were listed by their fathers' names, but the Levites, of twenty years old and over, were listed in relation to their work in their divisions;

בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (בְּ) be. “by”בְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “by”

And in the lists were all their little ones and their wives and their sons and daughters, through all the people: they made themselves holy in the positions which they were given.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “with”בֶאֱמוּנָתָ֖ם (בֶ) ve. “in”

And as for the sons of Aaron, the priests, living in the country on the outskirts of their towns, every different town there were men, marked out by name, to give their part of the goods to all the males among the priests, and to all who were listed amon

בִּשְׂדֵ֨י (בִּ) bi “in”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת (בְּ) be. “by”בַּכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “among the”בַּלְוִיִּֽם׃ (בַּ) ba “among the”

This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.

וּבְכָֽל־ (בְ) ve. “in”בַּעֲבוֹדַ֣ת (בַּ) ba. “in”וּבַתּוֹרָה֙ (בַ) va. “in the”וּבַמִּצְוָ֔ה (בַ) va. “in the”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “with”

Now after these things and this true-hearted work, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came into Judah, and put his army in position before the walled towns of Judah, designing to make his way into them by force.

בִֽיהוּדָ֗ה (בִֽ) vi. “in”

So they got together a great number of people, and had all the water-springs and the stream flowing through the land stopped up, saying, Why let the kings of Assyria come and have much water?

בְּתוֹךְ־ (בְּ) be. “in”

After this, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent his servants to Jerusalem (at that time he was stationed with all his army in front of Lachish), to say to Hezekiah and all the men of Judah in Jerusalem,

בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (בִּ) bi. “[was] in”

Sennacherib, king of Assyria, says, In what are you placing your hope, waiting here in the walled town of Jerusalem?

בְּמָצ֖וֹר (בְּ) be. “in”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

Is it not Hezekiah who has got you to do it, causing your death from need of food and water, by saying, The Lord our God will give us salvation out of the hands of the king of Assyria?

בְּרָעָ֥ב (בְּ) be. “by”וּבְצָמָ֖א (בְ) ve. “by”

Who was there among all the gods of those nations, which my fathers put to destruction, who was able to keep his people safe from my hands? and is it possible that your God will keep you safe from my hands?

בְּֽכָל־ (בְּֽ) be. “among”

These things they said, crying out with a loud voice in the Jews' language, to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, with the purpose of troubling them and putting fear into them, so that they might take the town;

בְקוֹל־ (בְ) ve. “with”

And the Lord sent an angel who put to death all the men of war and the chiefs and the captains in the army of the king of Assyria. So he went back to his country in shame. And when he came into the house of his god, his sons, the offspring of his body, p

בְּמַחֲנֵ֖ה (בְּ) be. “in”בְּבֹ֨שֶׁת (בְּ) be. “with”בֶחָֽרֶב׃ (בֶ) ve. “by the”

In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death; and he made prayer to the Lord, and the Lord in answer gave him a sign.

בַּיָּמִ֣ים (בַּ) ba “in the”

But then, Hezekiah, in sorrow for what he had done, put away his pride; and he and all Jerusalem made themselves low, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come on them in Hezekiah's life-time.

בְּגֹ֣בַהּ (בְּ) be. “in”בִּימֵ֖י (בִּ) bi. “in”

It was Hezekiah who had the higher spring of the water of Gihon stopped, and the water taken down on the west side of the town of David. In everything he undertook, Hezekiah did well.

בְּכָֽל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.

בִּמְלִיצֵ֣י׀ (בִּ) bi “in”בָאָ֔רֶץ (בָ) va. “in the”בִּלְבָבֽוֹ׃ (בִּ) bi “in”

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and the good he did, are recorded in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

בַּחֲז֞וֹן (בַּ) ba. “in”

So Hezekiah went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the higher part of the resting-places of the sons of David: and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son became king in his place.

בְּֽמַעֲלֵה֮ (בְּֽ) be. “at”בְמוֹת֔וֹ (בְ) ve. “at”