H3651C–כֵּן–ken

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have put your faith in the king of Aram and not in the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has got away out of your hands.

כֵּ֗ן Ken “-fore”

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, but I have no love for him, because he has never been a prophet of good to me, but only of evil: he is Micaiah, the son of Imla. And Jehoshaph

כֵּֽן׃ Ken “thus”

And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

כֵּ֖ן ken “thus”

Then he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, and all the army of heaven in their places, at his right hand and at his left.

לָכֵ֖ן (כֵ֖ן) Khen “therefore”

And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.

כֵֽן׃ Khen “thus”

Now after this, the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunim, made war against Jehoshaphat.

אַֽחֲרֵיכֵ֡ן (כֵ֡ן) Khen “this”

On the fourth day they all came together in the Valley of Blessing, and there they gave blessing to the Lord; for which cause that place has been named the Valley of Blessing to this day.

כֵּ֡ן ken “-fore”

After this Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became friends with Ahaziah, king of Israel, who did much evil:

וְאַחֲרֵיכֵ֗ן (כֵ֗ן) Khen “this”

Now after this Joash had a desire to put the house of the Lord into good order again;

אַחֲרֵיכֵ֑ן (כֵ֑ן) Khen “this”

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

כֵּ֣ן ken “so”

And great numbers came to Jerusalem with offerings for the Lord, and things of great price for Hezekiah, king of Judah: so that he was honoured among all nations from that time.

כֵֽן׃ Khen “thus”

However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.

וְכֵ֞ן (כֵ֞ן) Khen “thus”

After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of

כֵ֡ן khen “thus”

And they took away the burned offerings, so that they might give them to be offered to the Lord for the divisions of the families of the people, as it is recorded in the book of Moses. And they did the same with the oxen.

וְכֵ֖ן (כֵ֖ן) Khen “thus”

And after that, the regular burned offering and the offerings for the new moons and all the fixed feasts of the Lord which had been made holy, and the offering of everyone who freely gave his offering to the Lord.

וְאַחֲרֵיכֵ֞ן (כֵ֞ן) Khen “this”

Then all the people, answering, said with a loud voice, As you have said, so it is right for us to do.

כֵּ֛ן ken “so”

So those who had come back did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of families, by their fathers' families, all of them by their names, were marked out; and on the first day of the tenth month they took their places to go into the question with c

כֵן֮ khen “thus”

And the chiefs had no knowledge of where I had been or what I was doing; and I had not then said anything to the Jews or to the priests or the great ones or the chiefs or the rest of those who were doing the work.

כֵּ֖ן ken “thus”

Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.

כֵּ֣ן ken “so”

But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of

כֵ֔ן Khen “thus”

And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpos

כֵּ֛ן ken “-fore”

For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.

כֵּ֖ן ken “thus”

All the people who had been prisoners and had come back, made tents and were living in them: for from the time of Jeshua, the son of Nun, till that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great joy.

כֵּן֙ ken “thus”

And the drinking was in keeping with the law; no one was forced: for the king had given orders to all the chief servants of his house to do as was pleasing to every man.

כֵ֣ן׀ khen “thus”

And the king said to the wise men, who had knowledge of the times, (for this was the king's way with all who were expert in law and in the giving of decisions:

כֵן֙ khen “[was] thus”