H3588A–כִּי–ki

And he humbled not himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do according unto all that is written in this book.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

And afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron [ergänzt: were busied] in offering the burnt-offerings and the fat until night: therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters were at every gate: they needed not to depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? [ergänzt: I come] not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God hath commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from [ergänzt: meddling with] God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

כִּ֚י ki “for”

Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

And Jehovah, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place:

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

And they set the altar upon its base; for fear was upon them because of the peoples of the countries: and they offered burnt-offerings thereon unto Jehovah, even burnt-offerings morning and evening.

כִּ֚י ki “for”

And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks unto Jehovah, [ergänzt: saying], For he is good, for his lovingkindness [ergänzt: endureth] for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Jehovah, because the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid.

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto Jehovah, the God of Israel;

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses], and said unto them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses] of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us in building a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

כִּי֩ ki “for”

For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Jehovah had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

כִּ֣י׀ ki “for”

For upon the first [ergänzt: day] of the first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first [ergänzt: day] of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

כִּ֗י Ki “for”

For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended lovingkindness unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

כִּ֥י ki “for”

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such a remnant,

כִּ֣י׀ ki “for”

O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before thee because of this.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”כִּ֣י ki “for”