H9002–/וְ–v

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his power, and how he made the pool and the stream, to take water into the town, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

וְיֶ֨תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king; for fifty-five years he was ruling in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.

וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים (וַ) va. “and”וְחָמֵשׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And he made his son go through the fire, and made use of secret arts and signs for reading the future; he gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers; he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.

וְיִדְּעֹנִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”

He put the image of Asherah which he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (וּ) u. “and”

And never again will I send the feet of Israel wandering from the land which I gave to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, and keep all the law which my servant Moses gave them.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

But they did not give ear; and Manasseh made them do more evil than those nations did, whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.

וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

For this cause, says the Lord, the God of Israel, I will send such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of all to whom the news comes will be burning.

וִֽיהוּדָ֑ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And over Jerusalem will be stretched the line of Samaria and the weight of Ahab; Jerusalem will be washed clean as a plate is washed, and turned over on its face.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָפַ֖ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will put away from me the rest of my heritage, and give them up into the hands of their haters, who will take their property and their goods for themselves;

וְלִמְשִׁסָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Because they have done evil in my eyes, moving me to wrath, from the day when their fathers came out of Egypt till this day.

וְעַ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

More than this, Manasseh took the lives of upright men, till Jerusalem from one end to the other was full of blood; in addition to his sin in making Judah do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

וְגַם֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all he did, and his sins, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

וְיֶ֨תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחַטָּאת֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for two years; his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

וּשְׁתַּ֤יִם (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם (וּ) u. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the rest of the acts which Amon did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

וְיֶ֛תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

Josiah was eight years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years; his mother's name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים (וּ) u. “and”וְאַחַת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people;

וְיַתֵּ֣ם (וְ) ve. “so”

And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord;

וְיִתְּנֻ֗הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִתְּנ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of the house.

וְלַבֹּנִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַגֹּֽדְרִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִקְנ֤וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַבְנֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And he gave orders to Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Achbor, the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֣ת׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which is burning against us, because our fathers have not given ear to the words of

וּבְעַד־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְעַד֙ (וּ) u. “and”

So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam and Achbor and Shaphan and Asaiah, went to Huldah the woman prophet, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the robes, (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the second part of the town;) and

וַאֲחִיקָ֨ם (וַ) va. “and”וְעַכְבּ֜וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁפָ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲשָׂיָ֗ה (וַ) va. “and”וְהִ֛יא (וְ) ve. “and”

These are the words of the Lord: See, I will send evil on this place and on its people, even everything which the king of Judah has been reading in the book;

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the work of their hands; so my wrath will be on fire against this place, and will not be put out.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”