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Then on the fourteenth day of the second month they put the Passover lambs to death: and the priests and the Levites were shamed, and made themselves holy and took burned offerings into the house of the Lord.

וַיִּשְׁחֲט֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְקַדְּשׁ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֥יאוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they took their places in their right order, as it was ordered in the law of Moses, the man of God: the priests draining out on the altar the blood given them by the Levites.

וַיַּֽעַמְד֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord gave ear to Hezekiah, and made the people well.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְפָּ֖א (וַ) va “and”

So the children of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with great joy: and the Levites and the priests gave praise to the Lord day by day, making melody to the Lord with loud instruments.

וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah said kind words to the Levites who were expert in the ordering of the worship of the Lord: so they kept the feast for seven days, offering peace-offerings and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers.

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאכְל֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And by the desire of all the people, the feast went on for another seven days, and they kept the seven days with joy.

וַיִּוָּֽעֲצוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

For Hezekiah, king of Judah, gave to the people for offerings, a thousand oxen and seven thousand sheep; and the rulers gave a thousand oxen and ten thousand sheep; and a great number of priests made themselves holy.

וַיִּֽתְקַדְּשׁ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And all the people of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and those who had come from Israel, and men from other lands who had come from Israel or who were living in Judah, were glad with great joy.

וַֽיִּשְׂמְח֣וּ׀ (וַֽ) va “and”

So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for nothing like this had been seen in Jerusalem from the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

וַתְּהִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

Then the priests and the Levites gave the people a blessing: and the voice of their prayer went up to the holy place of God in heaven.

וַיָּקֻ֜מוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבָרֲכ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשָּׁמַ֖ע (וַ) va “and”וַתָּב֧וֹא (וַ) va. “and”

Now when all this was over, all the men of Israel who were present went out into the towns of Judah, causing the stone pillars to be broken up and the wood pillars to be cut down, pulling down the high places and the altars in all Judah and Benjamin, as

וַיְשַׁבְּר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְגַדְּע֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְנַתְּצ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשׁ֜וּבוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Hezekiah put in order the divisions of the priests and Levites, every man in his division, in relation to his work, for the burned offerings and peace-offerings, and for the ordering of worship and for giving praise at the doors of the Lord's house.

וַיַּעֲמֵ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

In addition, he gave orders to the people of Jerusalem to give to the priests and Levites that part which was theirs by right, so that they might be strong in keeping the law of the Lord.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel and Judah, who were living in the towns of Judah came with the tenth part of their oxen and sheep, and a tenth of all the holy things which were to be given to the Lord their God, and put them in great masses.

וַֽיִּתְּנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And when Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw all the store of goods, they gave praise to the Lord and to his people Israel.

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְא֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְבָרֲכוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then Hezekiah put questions to the priests and Levites about the store of goods.

וַיִּדְרֹ֣שׁ (וַ) va “and”

And Azariah, the chief priest, of the family of Zadok, said in answer, From the time when the people first came with their offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had food enough, and more than enough: for the blessing of the Lord is on his people;

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va “and”

Then Hezekiah said that store-rooms were to be made ready in the house of the Lord; and this was done.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּכִֽינוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And in them they put all the offerings and the tenths and the holy things, keeping nothing back, and over them was Conaniah the Levite, with Shimei his brother second to him.

וַיָּבִ֨יאוּ (וַ) va “and”

This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

Now after these things and this true-hearted work, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came into Judah, and put his army in position before the walled towns of Judah, designing to make his way into them by force.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֙חַן֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come for the purpose of fighting against Jerusalem,

וַיַּרְא֙ (וַ) va “and”

He took up with his rulers and men of war the question of stopping up the water-springs outside the town; and they gave him their support.

וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעְזְרֽוּהוּ׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

So they got together a great number of people, and had all the water-springs and the stream flowing through the land stopped up, saying, Why let the kings of Assyria come and have much water?

וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּסְתְּמוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וּמָצְא֖וּ (וּ) u. “and”

Then he took heart, building up the wall where it was broken down, and making its towers higher, and building another wall outside; and he made strong the Millo in the town of David, and got together a great store of all sorts of instruments of war.

וַיִּתְחַזַּ֡ק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבֶן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֣עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”