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And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, made prayer because of this, crying out to heaven.

וִֽישַֽׁעְיָ֧הוּ (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And the Lord sent an angel who put to death all the men of war and the chiefs and the captains in the army of the king of Assyria. So he went back to his country in shame. And when he came into the house of his god, his sons, the offspring of his body, p

וְנָגִ֣יד (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂ֔ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִֽיצִיאֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

So the Lord gave Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem salvation from the power of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, and from all others, giving them rest on every side.

וְאֵ֣ת׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִיַּד־ (וּ) u. “and”

And great numbers came to Jerusalem with offerings for the Lord, and things of great price for Hezekiah, king of Judah: so that he was honoured among all nations from that time.

וְ֠רַבִּים (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וּמִ֨גְדָּנ֔וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death; and he made prayer to the Lord, and the Lord in answer gave him a sign.

וּמוֹפֵ֖ת (וּ) u. “and”

But Hezekiah did not do as had been done to him; for his heart was lifted up in pride; and so wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (וִ) vi. “and”

But then, Hezekiah, in sorrow for what he had done, put away his pride; and he and all Jerusalem made themselves low, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come on them in Hezekiah's life-time.

וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Hezekiah had very great wealth and honour; and he made himself store-houses for his gold and silver and jewels and spices, and for body-covers and all sorts of beautiful vessels.

וְכָב֖וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֹֽצָר֣וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְזָהָ֜ב (וּ) u. “and”וּלְאֶ֣בֶן (וּ) u. “and”וְלִבְשָׂמִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְמָ֣גִנִּ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”וּלְכֹ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”

And store-houses for the produce of grain and wine and oil; and buildings for all sorts of beasts and flocks.

וּמִ֨סְכְּנ֔וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְתִיר֣וֹשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִצְהָ֑ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֻֽרָוֹת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְהֵמָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲדָרִ֖ים (וַ) va. “and”

And he made towns for himself, and got together much property in flocks and herds: for God had given him great wealth.

וְעָרִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִקְנֵה־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבָקָ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

It was Hezekiah who had the higher spring of the water of Gihon stopped, and the water taken down on the west side of the town of David. In everything he undertook, Hezekiah did well.

וְה֣וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.

וְכֵ֞ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and the good he did, are recorded in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

וְיֶ֛תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲסָדָ֑יו (וַ) va. “and”וְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Hezekiah went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the higher part of the resting-places of the sons of David: and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son became king in his place.

וְכָבוֹד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he was ruling for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

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

More than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-work

וְהוּא֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִדְּעוֹנִ֑י (וְ) ve. “and”

And he put the image he had made in the house of God, the house of which God 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, will I put my name for ever:

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

And never again will I let the feet of Israel be moved out of the land which I have given to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, even all the law and the orders and the rules given to them by Moses.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַֽחֻקִּ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And Manasseh made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go out of the true way, so that they did more evil than those nations whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.

וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

וּכְהָצֵ֣ר (וּ) u. “and”

After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of

וְאַחֲרֵי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָב֨וֹא (וְ) ve. “and”

He took away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars he had put up on the hill of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and put them out of the town.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (וּ) u. “and”

And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.

וְתוֹדָ֑ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words which the seers said to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are recorded among the acts of the kings of Israel.

וְיֶ֨תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְפִלָּת֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְדִבְרֵי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”