H9002–/וְ–v

His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his transgression, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself; behold, they are written in the history of the

וּתְפִלָּת֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְהֵֽעָתֶר־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַעְלוֹ֒ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַמְּקֹמ֗וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַפְּסִלִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

וּשְׁתַּ֛יִם (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם (וּ) u. “and”

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.

וּֽלְכָל־ (וּֽ) u. “and”

And he humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon became guilty more and more.

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.

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

And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

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

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten im

וּבִשְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה (וּ) u. “and”וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧ים (וּ) u. “and”וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (וִ) vi. “and”וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they broke down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images, that were on high above them, he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon t

וְהַֽחַמָּנִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֠הָאֲשֵׁרִים (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְהַפְּסִלִ֤ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמַּסֵּכוֹת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵדַ֔ק (וְ) ve. “and”

And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

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

And so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their axes round about.

וּבְעָרֵ֨י (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶפְרַ֛יִם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁמְע֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַפְּסִלִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

וּבִשְׁנַ֨ת (וּ) u. “and”וְהַבָּ֑יִת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֠אֵת (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

And they came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the door, had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and

וְאֶפְרַ֗יִם (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִכֹּל֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִכָּל־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן (וּ) u. “and”

And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD gave it to mend and repair the house;

וּלְחַזֵּ֖ק (וּ) u. “and”

even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

וְלַבֹּנִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֵצִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְקָרוֹת֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And the men did the work faithfully; and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to preside over it; and other of the Levites, all that had skill with

וְהָאֲנָשִׁים֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲלֵיהֶ֣ם׀ (וַ) va. “and”וְעֹבַדְיָ֤הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּזְכַרְיָ֧ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛ם (וּ) u. “and”וְהַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and presided over all that did the work in every manner of service; and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

וְעַ֣ל (וְ) ve. “<and>”וּֽמְנַצְּחִים֙ (וּֽ) u. “and”וַעֲבוֹדָ֑ה (וַ) va. “and”וּמֵֽהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (וּ) u. “and”וְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְשׁוֹעֲרִֽים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the Law of the LORD given by Moses.

וּבְהוֹצִיאָ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”

And they have poured out the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen.'

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, 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 ye, inquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD,

וּבְעַד֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבִֽיהוּדָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”

So Hilkiah, and they whom the king had commanded, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe--now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter--and they spoke to her to that effect.

וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”וְהִ֛יא (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah;

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

because they have forsaken Me, and have offered unto other gods, that they might provoke Me with all the works of their hands; therefore is My wrath poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched.

וְתִתַּ֧ךְ (וְ) ve. “so”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”