H9002–/וְ–v

And Jeremiah made a song of grief for Josiah; and to this day Josiah is named by all the makers of melody, men and women, in their songs of grief; they made it a rule in Israel; and the songs are recorded among the songs of grief.

וְ֠הַשָּׁרוֹת (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְהִנָּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and the good he did, in keeping with what is recorded in the law of the Lord,

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

And all his acts, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

וּדְבָרָ֕יו (וּ) u. “and”וְהָאַחֲרֹנִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וִיהוּדָֽה׃ (וִ) vi. “and”

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months.

וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”

Then the king of Egypt took the kingdom from him in Jerusalem, and put on the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

וְכִכַּ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, changing his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took his brother Jehoahaz away to Egypt.

וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (וִ) vi. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.

וְחָמֵ֤שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַחַ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And Nebuchadnezzar took away some of the vessels of the Lord's house, and put them in the house of his god in Babylon.

וּמִכְּלֵי֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the disgusting things he did, and all there is to be said against him, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.

וְיֶתֶר֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתֹֽעֲבֹתָ֤יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנִּמְצָ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽיהוּדָ֑ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months and ten days, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲשֶׂ֣רֶת (וַ) va. “and”

In the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and took him away to Babylon, with the beautiful vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah, his father's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

וְלִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (וִֽ) Vi. “and”

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years.

וְאַחַ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַחַ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel.

וְ֠גַם (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

And more than this, all the great men of Judah and the priests and the people made their sin great, turning to all the disgusting ways of the nations; and they made unclean the house of the Lord which he had made holy in Jerusalem.

וְהָעָם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them by his servants, sending early and frequently, because he had pity on his people and on his living-place;

וְשָׁל֑וֹחַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.

וּבוֹזִ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”וּמִֽתַּעְתְּעִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

So he sent against them the king of the Chaldaeans, who put their young men to death with the sword in the house of their holy place, and had no pity for any, young man or virgin, old man or white-haired: God gave them all into his hands.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְתוּלָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וְיָשֵׁ֑שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the stored wealth of the Lord's house and the wealth of the king and his chiefs, he took away to Babylon.

וְ֠כֹל (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְהַקְּטַנִּ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֹֽצְרוֹת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֹצְר֥וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂרָ֑יו (וְ) ve. “and”

And the house of God was burned and the wall of Jerusalem broken down; all its great houses were burned with fire and all its beautiful vessels given up to destruction.

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

And all who had not come to death by the sword he took away prisoners to Babylon; and they became servants to him and to his sons till the kingdom of Persia came to power:

וּלְבָנָיו֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the words which the Lord had said by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, and he made a public statement and had it given out thro

וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Cyrus, king of Persia, has said, All the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the Lord, the God of heaven; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people

וְהֽוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָֽעַל׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and

וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

וְהֽוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Whoever there is among you of his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and take in hand the building of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem.

וְיַ֕עַל (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִ֗בֶן (וְ) ve. “and”