H3068G–יְהֹוָה–ye.ho.vah

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of those nations whom the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And he put up altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And he made his son go through the fire, and made use of secret arts and signs for reading the future; he gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers; he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

He put the image of Asherah which he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.

יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

But they did not give ear; and Manasseh made them do more evil than those nations did, whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And the Lord said, by his servants the prophets,

יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

For this cause, says the Lord, the God of Israel, I will send such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of all to whom the news comes will be burning.

יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

More than this, Manasseh took the lives of upright men, till Jerusalem from one end to the other was full of blood; in addition to his sin in making Judah do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done.

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

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

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Now in the eighteenth year after he became king, Josiah sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying to him,

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people;

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord;

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Then Hilkiah, the chief priest, said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. So Hilkiah gave it to Shaphan;

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Then, after reading it, Shaphan the scribe went in to the king and gave him an account of what had been done, saying, Your servants have given out the money which was in the house, and have given it to the overseers of the work of the house of the Lord.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which is burning against us, because our fathers have not given ear to the words of

יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And she said to them, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Say to the man who sent you to me,

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

These are the words of the Lord: See, I will send evil on this place and on its people, even everything which the king of Judah has been reading in the book;

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: As to the words which have come to your ears,

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Because your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before me, when you had word of what I said against this place and its people, that they would become a waste and a curse, and you gave signs of grief, weeping before me: truly, I have given ear to y

יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and all the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to

יְהוָ֡ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in th

יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Then the king gave orders to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and to the priests of the second order, and to the keepers of the door, to take out of the house of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal and for the Asherah and for all the stars of heaven; and he

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”