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In the eighteenth year of the rule of Josiah this Passover was kept.

בִּשְׁמוֹנֶ֤ה (בִּ) bi “in”

After all this, and after Josiah had put the house in order, Neco, king of Egypt, went up to make war at Carchemish by the river Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.

בְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ (בְּ) be. “at”

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.

בּוֹ֙ (בּ) b “against”בְּבִקְעַ֥ת (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בְּקִבְר֣וֹת (בְּ) be. “in”

And Jeremiah made a song of grief for Josiah; and to this day Josiah is named by all the makers of melody, men and women, in their songs of grief; they made it a rule in Israel; and the songs are recorded among the songs of grief.

בְּקִינ֨וֹתֵיהֶ֤ם (בְּ) be. “in”

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and the good he did, in keeping with what is recorded in the law of the Lord,

בְּתוֹרַ֥ת (בְּ) be. “in”

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months.

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

Then the king of Egypt took the kingdom from him in Jerusalem, and put on the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּֽ) bi. “in”

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.

בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בְּעֵינֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “in”

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up against him, and took him away in chains to Babylon.

בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם (בַּֽ) ba “with <the>”

And Nebuchadnezzar took away some of the vessels of the Lord's house, and put them in the house of his god in Babylon.

בְּהֵיכָל֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּבָבֶֽל׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months and ten days, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בְּעֵינֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years.

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

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did not make himself low before Jeremiah the prophet who gave him the word of the Lord.

בְּעֵינֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “in”

And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel.

בַּמֶּ֤לֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “against the”בֵּֽאלֹהִ֑ים (בֵּֽ) be. “by”

And more than this, all the great men of Judah and the priests and the people made their sin great, turning to all the disgusting ways of the nations; and they made unclean the house of the Lord which he had made holy in Jerusalem.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them by his servants, sending early and frequently, because he had pity on his people and on his living-place;

בְּיַ֥ד (בְּ) be. “by”

But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.

בְּמַלְאֲכֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “<in>”בִּנְבִאָ֑יו (בִּ) bi “at”בְּעַמּ֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “on”

So he sent against them the king of the Chaldaeans, who put their young men to death with the sword in the house of their holy place, and had no pity for any, young man or virgin, old man or white-haired: God gave them all into his hands.

בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ (בַּ) ba. “with the”בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the house of God was burned and the wall of Jerusalem broken down; all its great houses were burned with fire and all its beautiful vessels given up to destruction.

בָאֵ֔שׁ (בָ) va. “with <the>”

So that the words of the Lord, which he said by the mouth of Jeremiah, might come true, till the land had had pleasure in her Sabbaths; for as long as she was waste the land kept the Sabbath, till seventy years were complete.

בְּפִ֣י (בְּ) be. “by”

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the words which the Lord had said by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, and he made a public statement and had it given out thro

וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת (בִ) vi “in”בְּפִ֣י (בְּ) be. “by”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּמִכְתָּ֖ב (בְּ) be. “in”

Cyrus, king of Persia, has said, All the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the Lord, the God of heaven; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people

בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה (בִּֽ) bi. “[is] in”בָכֶ֣ם (בָ) va. “[is] among”

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and

וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת (בִ) vi “in”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּמִכְתָּ֖ב (בְּ) be. “in”