H4428G–מֶ֫לֶךְ–me.lekh

And he said to the Levites, the teachers of all Israel, who were holy to the Lord, See, the holy ark is in the house which Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, made; it will no longer have to be transported on your backs: now be the servants of the

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

And make yourselves ready in your divisions, by your families, as it is ordered in the writings of David, king of Israel, and of Solomon his son;

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

And Josiah gave lambs and goats from the flock as Passover offerings for all the people who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand oxen: these were from the king's private property.

הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

So everything was made ready and the priests took their places with the Levites in their divisions, as the king had said.

הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

And the sons of Asaph, the makers of melody, were in their places, as ordered by David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the king's seer; and the door-keepers were stationed at every door: there was no need for them to go away from their places, for thei

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

So everything needed for the worship of the Lord was made ready that same day, for the keeping of the Passover and the offering of burned offerings on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had given orders.

הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (מֶּ֥לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

No Passover like it had been kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; and not one of the kings of Israel had ever kept a Passover like the one kept by Josiah and the priests and the Levites and all those of Judah and Israel who were present, a

מַלְכֵ֣י mal.Khei “<the> kings of”

After all this, and after Josiah had put the house in order, Neco, king of Egypt, went up to make war at Carchemish by the river Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

But he sent representatives to him, saying, What have I to do with you, O king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against those with whom I am at war; and God has given me orders to go forward quickly: keep out of God's way, for he is wi

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “O king of”

And the bowmen sent their arrows at King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am badly wounded.

לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ (מֶּ֤לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

And all his acts, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

מַלְכֵֽי־ mal.khei- “[the] kings of”

Then the king of Egypt took the kingdom from him in Jerusalem, and put on the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, changing his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took his brother Jehoahaz away to Egypt.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up against him, and took him away in chains to Babylon.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the disgusting things he did, and all there is to be said against him, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.

מַלְכֵ֥י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

In the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and took him away to Babylon, with the beautiful vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah, his father's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel.

בַּמֶּ֤לֶךְ (מֶּ֤לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

So he sent against them the king of the Chaldaeans, who put their young men to death with the sword in the house of their holy place, and had no pity for any, young man or virgin, old man or white-haired: God gave them all into his hands.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the stored wealth of the Lord's house and the wealth of the king and his chiefs, he took away to Babylon.

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the words which the Lord had said by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, and he made a public statement and had it given out thro

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

Cyrus, king of Persia, has said, All the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the Lord, the God of heaven; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

And Cyrus the king got out the vessels of the house of the Lord which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods;

וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Even these Cyrus made Mithredath, the keeper of his wealth, get out, and he gave them, after numbering them, to Sheshbazzar, the ruler of Judah.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”