H4428G–מֶ֫לֶךְ–me.lekh

He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to Yahweh, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden on your shoulders: now serve Yahweh your God, and his people Israel.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

Prepare yourselves after your fathers' houses by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls: these were of the king's substance.

הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their divisions, according to the king's commandment.

הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

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 didn't need to depart from their service; for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

So all the service of Yahweh was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt-offerings on the altar of Yahweh, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (מֶּ֥לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

מַלְכֵ֣י mal.Khei “<the> kings of”

After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

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

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “O king of”

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

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

and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

מַלְכֵֽי־ mal.khei- “[the] kings of”

The king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

מַלְכֵ֥י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

At the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Yahweh, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

בַּמֶּ֤לֶךְ (מֶּ֤לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or gray-headed: he gave them all into his hand.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

All the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [ergänzt: put it] also in writing, saying,

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

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [ergänzt: put it] also in writing, saying,

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

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Yahweh, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;

וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”