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And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

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

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיַּֽאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

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 stead.

וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

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

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

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

Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

וַֽיְטַמְּאוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

וַיִּשְׁלַ֡ח (וַ) va “and”

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

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

And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

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

And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

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

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

וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־ (וַ) va “and”

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־ (וַ) va “and”

Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

וַיָּק֜וּמוּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”

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

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

Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

וַיָּשׁ֛וּבוּ (וַ) va “and”

And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

וַיִּקָּרֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”

These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

וַֽיְגֹאֲל֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ (וַ) va “and”