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Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father:

כְּדָוִ֥יד (כְּ) ke. “like”

More than this, he had offerings burned in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and made his children go through fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

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

כְּכֹ֥ל (כְּ) ke. “according to”

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.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

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.

כְמִצְוַת־ (כְ) khe. “according to”

And at the end of the offering, the king and all who were present with him gave worship with bent heads.

וּכְכַלּ֖וֹת (כְ) khe. “just as”

So it was ordered that word was to be sent out through all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, that they were to come to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: because they had not kept it in great numbers in agreement with the law.

כַּכָּתֽוּב׃ (כַּ) ka. “according to <the>”

So runners went with letters from the king and his chiefs through all Israel and Judah, by the order of the king, saying, O children of Israel, come back again to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he may come again to that small ba

וּכְמִצְוַ֥ת (כְ) khe. “according to”

Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were sinners against the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that he made them a cause of fear, as you see.

כַּאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ (כַּ) ka. “like”וְכַ֣אֲחֵיכֶ֔ם (כַ֣) Kha. “like”כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

Now do not be hard-hearted, as your fathers were; but give yourselves to the Lord, and come into his holy place, which he has made his for ever, and be the servants of the Lord your God, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from you.

כַּאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (כַּ) ka. “like”

And they took their places in their right order, as it was ordered in the law of Moses, the man of God: the priests draining out on the altar the blood given them by the Levites.

כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם (כְּ) ke. “according to”כְּתוֹרַ֖ת (כְּ) ke. “according to”

For a great number of the people from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not made themselves clean, but they took the Passover meal, though not in the right way. For Hezekiah had made prayer for them, saying, May the good Lord have mercy on

כַכָּת֑וּב (כַ) kha. “according to <the>”

Who, with all his heart, is turned to God the Lord, the God of his fathers, even if he has not been made clean after the rules of the holy place.

כְּטָהֳרַ֥ת (כְּ) ke. “according to”

So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for nothing like this had been seen in Jerusalem from the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

כָזֹ֖את (כָ) kha. “like”

Now when all this was over, all the men of Israel who were present went out into the towns of Judah, causing the stone pillars to be broken up and the wood pillars to be cut down, pulling down the high places and the altars in all Judah and Benjamin, as

וּכְכַלּ֣וֹת (כְ) khe. “just as”

Then Hezekiah put in order the divisions of the priests and Levites, every man in his division, in relation to his work, for the burned offerings and peace-offerings, and for the ordering of worship and for giving praise at the doors of the Lord's house.

כְּפִ֣י (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And he gave the king's part of his private property for the burned offerings, that is, for the morning and evening offerings, and the offerings for the Sabbath and the new moons and the regular feasts, as it is recorded in the law of the Lord.

כַּכָּת֖וּב (כַּ) ka. “according to <the>”

And when the order was made public, straight away the children of Israel gave, in great amounts, the first-fruits of their grain and wine and oil and honey, and of the produce of their fields; and they took in a tenth part of everything, a great store.

וְכִפְרֹ֣ץ (כִ) khi “just as”

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:

כַּגָּד֖וֹל (כַּ) ka. “as the”כַּקָּטָֽן׃ (כַּ) ka. “as the”

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.

כְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

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

כָּזֹ֛את (כָּ) ka. “like”

So do not be tricked by Hezekiah or let him get you to do this, and do not put any faith in what he says: for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to keep his people safe from my hands, or the hands of my fathers: how much less will your God kee

כָּזֹאת֮ (כָּ) ka. “like”

And he sent letters, in addition, to put shame on the Lord, the God of Israel, and to say evil against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not been able to keep their people safe from my hands, no more will the God of Hezekiah kee

כֵּֽאלֹהֵ֞י (כֵּֽ) ke. “like”

Talking of the God of Jerusalem as if he was like the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.

כְּעַ֗ל (כְּ) ke. “as”

But Hezekiah did not do as had been done to him; for his heart was lifted up in pride; and so wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

כִגְמֻ֤ל (כִ) khi “according to”