H9001–/וַ–v

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

וַיַּ֣עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֣א (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיְצַ֣ו (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְׂרְפֵ֞ם (וַֽ) va “and”וְנָשָׂ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And he put an end to the false priests, who had been put in their positions by the kings of Judah to see to the burning of offerings in the high places in the towns of Judah and the outskirts of Jerusalem, and all those who made offerings to Baal and to

וְהִשְׁבִּ֣ית (וְ) ve. “and”וַיְקַטֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

And he took the Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem to the stream Kidron, burning it by the stream and crushing it to dust, and he put the dust on the place where the bodies of the common people were put to rest.

וַיֹּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣דֶק (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he had the houses pulled down of those who were used for sex purposes in the house of the Lord, where women were making robes for the Asherah.

וַיִּתֹּץ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he made all the priests from the towns of Judah come into Jerusalem, and he made unclean the high places where the priests had been burning offerings, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he had the high places of the evil spirits pulled down which were by t

וַיָּבֵ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיְטַמֵּ֣א (וַ) va “and”וְנָתַ֞ץ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Topheth, in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, he made unclean, so that no man might make his son or his daughter go through the fire to Molech.

וְטִמֵּ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

And he took away the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the way into the house of the Lord, by the room of Nathan-melech, the unsexed servant, which was in the outer part of the building, and the carriages of the sun he put on fire.

וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֣ת (וַ) va “and”

And the altars on the roof of the high room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord, were pulled down and crushed to bits, and the dust of them was put into the

וַיָּ֣רָץ (וַ) va “and”וְהִשְׁלִ֥יךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

The stone pillars were broken to bits and the wood pillars cut down, and the places where they had been were made full of the bones of the dead.

וְשִׁבַּר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּכְרֹ֖ת (וַ) va “and”וַיְמַלֵּ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And the altar at Beth-el, and the high place put up by Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel do evil, that altar and that high place were pulled down; and the high place was burned and crushed to dust and the Asherah was burned.

וַיִּשְׂרֹ֧ף (וַ) va “and”וְשָׂרַ֥ף (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Josiah, turning round, saw on the mountain the places of the dead, and he sent and had the bones taken out of their places and burned on the altar, so making it unclean, as the Lord had said by the man of God when Jeroboam was in his place by the al

וַיִּ֣פֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֨רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְטַמְּאֵ֑הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

What is that headstone I see over there? And the men of the town said to him, It is the resting-place of the man of God who came from Judah and gave word of all these things which you have done to the altar of Beth-el.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֗א (וַ) va “and”

So he said, Let him be; let not his bones be moved. So they let his bones be with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְמַלְּטוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then Josiah took away all the houses of the high places in the towns of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had put up, moving the Lord to wrath, and he did with them as he had done in Beth-el.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And all the priests of the high places there he put to death on the altars, burning the bones of the dead on them; and then he went back to Jerusalem.

וַ֠יִּזְבַּח (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיִּשְׂרֹ֛ף (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And the king gave orders to all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, as it says in this book of the law.

וַיְצַ֤ו (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said, I will send Judah away from before my face, as I have sent Israel; I will have nothing more to do with this town, which I had made mine, even Jerusalem, and the holy house of which I said, My name will be there.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּ֠מָאַסְתִּי (וּ֠) U. “and”

In his days, Pharaoh-necoh, king of Egypt, sent his armies against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went out against him; and he put him to death at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיְמִיתֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And his servants took his body in a carriage from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and put him into the earth there. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and put the holy oil on him and made him king in place of his father.

וַיַּרְכִּבֻ֨הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְשְׁח֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And Pharaoh-necoh put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he might not be king in Jerusalem; and took from the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

וַיַּאַסְרֵהוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

Then Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim, the son of Josiah, king in place of Josiah his father, changing his name to Jehoiakim; but Jehoahaz he took away to Egypt, where he was till his death.

וַיַּמְלֵךְ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥מָת (וַ) va “and”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord as his fathers had done.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”