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The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

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

Jehoiakim was Twenty-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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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 place.

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 Yahweh.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

At the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Yahweh, 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 Yahweh his God; he didn't humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet [ergänzt: speaking] from the mouth of Yahweh.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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

Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of Yahweh which he had made holy in Jerusalem.

וַֽיְטַמְּאוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Yahweh, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early 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 scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose against his people, until there was no remedy.

וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or gray-headed: he gave them all into his hand.

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

They burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces of it with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels of it.

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

Those who had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; and 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 Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [ergänzt: put it] also in writing, saying,

וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־ (וַ) va “and”

Then rose up the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses] of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem.

וַיָּק֜וּמוּ (וַ) va “and”

Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Yahweh, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put 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 to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

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

Now these are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;

וַיָּשׁ֛וּבוּ (וַ) va “and”

Of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.

וַיִּקָּרֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”

These sought their register [ergänzt: among] those who were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.

וַֽיְגֹאֲל֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until 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 Nethinim, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ (וַ) va “and”