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Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

בְמָלְכ֑וֹ (בְ) ve. “when”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֥ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

He built altars for all the host of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.

בִּשְׁתֵּ֖י (בִּ) bi “in”

He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and practiced sorcery, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

בָּאֵשׁ֙ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בְּגֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעֵינֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

He set the engraved image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever:

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”בַּבַּ֨יִת (בַּ) ba. “in the”וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (בִֽ) vi. “in”

neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances [supplied: given] by Moses.

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “by”

Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

בַּחֹחִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם (בַּֽ) ba “with <the>”

Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about [supplied: with it], and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.

בַּנַּ֜חַל (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְשַׁ֤עַר (בְ) ve. “in”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בִּיהוּדָֽה׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

He took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Yahweh, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of the house of Yahweh, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

בְּהַ֥ר (בְּ) be. “on”וּבִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִ) vi. “in”

Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only to Yahweh their God.

בַּבָּמ֑וֹת (בַּ) ba. “at the”

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.

בְּשֵׁ֥ם (בְּ) be. “in”

His prayer also, and how [supplied: God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the engraved images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.

בָהֶ֤ם (בָ) va. “at”

Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּֽ) Bi. “in”

He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed to all the engraved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

His servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.

בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

בְמָלְכ֑וֹ (בְ) ve. “when”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּדַרְכֵי֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images.

וּבִשְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה (בִ) vi “in”וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧ים (בִ) vi “in”

[supplied: So did he] in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about.

וּבְעָרֵ֨י (בְ) ve. “in”בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (בְּ) be. “with”

He broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the engraved images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Yahweh his God.

וּבִשְׁנַ֨ת (בִ) vi “in”

They delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and the workmen who labored in the house of Yahweh gave it to mend and repair the house;

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”

The men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and [supplied: others of] the Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music.

בֶּאֱמוּנָ֜ה (בֶּ) be. “in”בַּמְּלָאכָ֗ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בִּכְלֵי־ (בִּ) bi “in”

When they brought out the money that was brought into the house of Yahweh, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Yahweh [supplied: given] by Moses.

וּבְהוֹצִיאָ֣ם (בְ) ve. “when”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “by”