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and they slaughter the passover-offering on the fourteenth of the second month, and the priests and the Levites have been ashamed, and sanctify themselves, and bring in burnt-offerings to the house of Jehovah.

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

And they stand on their station according to their ordinance; according to the law of Moses the man of God the priests are sprinkling the blood out of the hand of the Levites,

וַיַּֽעַמְד֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

and Jehovah hearkeneth unto Hezekiah, and healeth the people.

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

And the sons of Israel, those found in Jerusalem, make the feast of unleavened things seven days with great joy; and giving praise to Jehovah day by day are the Levites and the priests, with instruments of praise before Jehovah.

וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah speaketh unto the heart of all the Levites, those giving good understanding concerning Jehovah, and they eat the appointed thing seven days; sacrificing sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Jehovah, God of their fathers.

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

And all the assembly take counsel to keep other seven days, and they keep seven days `with' joy;

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

for Hezekiah king of Judah hath presented to the assembly a thousand bullocks, and seven thousand sheep; and the heads have presented to the assembly bullocks a thousand, and sheep ten thousand; and priests sanctify themselves in abundance.

וַיִּֽתְקַדְּשׁ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And all the assembly of Judah rejoice, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the assembly, those coming in from Israel, and the sojourners, those coming in from the land of Israel, and those dwelling in Judah,

וַֽיִּשְׂמְח֣וּ׀ (וַֽ) va “and”

and there is great joy in Jerusalem; for from the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel there is not like this in Jerusalem,

וַתְּהִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

and the priests, the Levites, rise and bless the people, and their voice is heard, and their prayer cometh in to His holy habitation, to the heavens.

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

And at the completion of all this, gone out have all Israel who are found present to the cities of Judah, and break the standing-pillars, and cut down the shrines, and break down the high places and the altars, out of all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, even to completion, and all the sons of Israel turn back, each to his Possession, to their cities.

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

And Hezekiah appointeth the courses of the priests, and of the Levites, by their courses, each according to his service, of the priests and of the Levites, for burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to give praise in the gates of the camps of Jehovah.

וַיַּעֲמֵ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

And he saith to the people, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests, and of the Levites, so that they are strengthened in the law of Jehovah;

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the sons of Israel and Judah, those dwelling in cities of Judah, they also a tithe of herd and flock, and a tithe of the holy things that are sanctified to Jehovah their God, have brought in, and they give -- heaps, heaps;

וַֽיִּתְּנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Hezekiah and the heads come in and see the heaps, and bless Jehovah and His people Israel,

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

and Hezekiah inquireth at the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps,

וַיִּדְרֹ֣שׁ (וַ) va “and”

and Azariah the head priest, of the house of Zadok, speaketh unto him, and saith, `From the beginning of the bringing of the heave-offering to the house of Jehovah, `there is' to eat, and to be satisfied, and to leave abundantly, for Jehovah hath blessed His people, and that left `is' this store.'

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

And Hezekiah saith to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah, and they prepare,

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

and they bring in the heave-offering, and the tithe, and the holy things faithfully; and over them is a leader, Conaniah the Levite, and Shimei his brother `is' second;

וַיָּבִ֨יאוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah doth thus in all Judah, and doth that which is good, and that which is right, and that which is true, before Jehovah his God;

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

After these things and this truth, come hath Sennacherib king of Asshur, yea, he cometh in to Judah, and encampeth against the cities of the bulwarks, and saith to rend them unto himself.

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

And Hezekiah seeth that Sennacherib hath come, and his face `is' to the battle against Jerusalem,

וַיַּרְא֙ (וַ) va “and”

and he taketh counsel with his heads and his mighty ones, to stop the waters of the fountains that `are' at the outside of the city -- and they help him,

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

and much people are gathered, and they stop all the fountains and the brook that is rushing into the midst of the land, saying, `Why do the kings of Asshur come, and have found much water?'

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

And he strengtheneth himself, and buildeth the whole of the wall that is broken, and causeth `it' to ascend unto the towers, and at the outside of the wall another, and strengtheneth Millo, `in' the city of David, and maketh darts in abundance, and shields.

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