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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.

וַיַּמְלֵ֨ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיְבִיאֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיַּֽאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Nebuchadnezzar took away some of the vessels of the Lord's house, and put them in the house of his god in Babylon.

וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months and ten days, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיְבִאֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּמְלֵךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did not make himself low before Jeremiah the prophet who gave him the word of the Lord.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיֶּ֤קֶשׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיְאַמֵּ֣ץ (וַ) va “and”

And more than this, all the great men of Judah and the priests and the people made their sin great, turning to all the disgusting ways of the nations; and they made unclean the house of the Lord which he had made holy in Jerusalem.

וַֽיְטַמְּאוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them by his servants, sending early and frequently, because he had pity on his people and on his living-place;

וַיִּשְׁלַ֡ח (וַ) va “and”

But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.

וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיַּ֨עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּהֲרֹ֨ג (וַ) va “and”

And the house of God was burned and the wall of Jerusalem broken down; all its great houses were burned with fire and all its beautiful vessels given up to destruction.

וַֽיִּשְׂרְפוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיְנַתְּצ֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And all who had not come to death by the sword he took away prisoners to Babylon; and they became servants to him and to his sons till the kingdom of Persia came to power:

וַיֶּ֛גֶל (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּהְיוּ־ (וַֽ) va “and”

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

וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־ (וַ) va “and”

Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.

וַיָּק֜וּמוּ (וַ) va “and”

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;

וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”

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.

וַיּֽוֹצִיאֵ֗ם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּסְפְּרֵם֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Now these are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and taken away to Babylon, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his town;

וַיָּשׁ֛וּבוּ (וַ) va “and”

And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who was married to one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and took their name.

וַיִּקָּרֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”

They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen; so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.

וַֽיְגֹאֲל֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So the priests and the Levites and the people and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, took up their places in their towns; even all Israel in their towns.

וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ (וַ) va “and”