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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:

אָבִֽיו׃ (אָבִֽי) 'a.Vi “ancestor”

For Pekah, the son of Remaliah, in one day put to death a hundred and twenty thousand men of Judah, all of them good fighting-men; because they had given up the Lord, the God of their fathers.

אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ (אֲבוֹתָֽ) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

But a prophet of the Lord was there, named Oded; and he went out in front of the army which was coming into Samaria and said to them, Truly, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them up into your hands, and you have pu

אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֛ם (אֲבוֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

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.

אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ (אֲבֹתָֽי) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

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.

אֲבֹתָ֗יו (אֲבֹתָ֗י) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

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

אָבִֽיו׃ (אָבִֽי) 'a.Vi “ancestor”

And said to them, Give ear to me, O Levites: now make yourselves holy, and make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away everything unclean from the holy place.

אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֔ם (אֲבֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

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.

אֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ (אֲבֹתֵ֗י) 'a.vo.Tei. “fathers”

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.

אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ (אֲבוֹתֵ֖י) 'a.vo.Tei. “fathers”

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 (אֲבֽוֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “fathers”אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם (אֲבוֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

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 (אֲבוֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “fathers”

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.

אֲבוֹתָ֑יו (אֲבוֹתָ֑י) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

And Hezekiah said kind words to the Levites who were expert in the ordering of the worship of the Lord: so they kept the feast for seven days, offering peace-offerings and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers.

אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (אֲבוֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

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;

אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם (אֲבוֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

Have you no knowledge of what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of every land? were the gods of the nations of those lands able to keep their land from falling into my hands?

וַאֲבוֹתַ֔י (אֲבוֹתַ֔) 'a.vo.Ta “fathers”

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?

אֲבוֹתַ֔י (אֲבוֹתַ֔) 'a.vo.Ta “fathers”

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

אֲבוֹתָ֑י (אֲבוֹתָ֑) 'a.vo.Ta “fathers”

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.

אֲבֹתָ֗יו (אֲבֹתָ֗י) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

אָבִ֑יו (אָבִ֑י) 'a.Vi “father”

And never again will I let the feet of Israel be moved out of the land which I have given to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, even all the law and the orders and the rules given to them by Moses.

לַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם (אֲבֹֽתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ (אֲבֹתָֽי) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body to rest in his house, and Amon his son became king in his place.

אֲבֹתָ֔יו (אֲבֹתָ֔י) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon made offerings to all the images which his father Manasseh had made, and was their servant.

אָבִ֑יו (אָבִ֑י) 'a.Vi “father”אָבִ֔יו (אָבִ֔י) 'a.Vi “father”

He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.

אָבִ֑יו (אָבִ֑י) 'a.Vi “father”

And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

אָבִ֔יו (אָבִ֔י) 'a.Vi “ancestor”