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And it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.

בִּשְׁנַ֣ת (בִּ) bi “in”

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abi, daughter of Zechariah.

בְמָלְכ֔וֹ (בְ) ve. “when”בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

He trusted in Jehovah the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [ergänzt: among any] that were before him.

בַּיהוָ֥ה (בַּ) ba. “in”בְּכֹל֙ (בְּ) be. “among”

And he clave to Jehovah, and did not turn aside from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.

בַּֽיהוָ֔ה (בַּֽ) ba. “to”

And Jehovah was with him; he prospered whithersoever he went forth. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

בְּכֹ֥ל (בְּ) be. “in”בְּמֶֽלֶךְ־ (בְּ) be. “against”

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, [ergänzt: that] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.

בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And at the end of three years they took it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

בִּשְׁנַת־ (בִּ) bi “in”

And the king of Assyria carried away Israel to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and by the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes;

בַּחְלַ֧ח (בַּ) ba “in”וּבְחָב֛וֹר (בְ) ve. “on”

because they hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed his covenant, all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded; and they would not hear nor do it.

בְּקוֹל֙ (בְּ) be. “to”

And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

וּבְאַרְבַּע֩ (בְ) ve. “in”

And Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house.

וּבְאֹצְר֖וֹת (בְ) ve. “in”

At that time Hezekiah stripped the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and the posts that Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave them to the king of Assyria.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish, with a strong force, against king Hezekiah, to Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the fuller's field.

בְּחֵ֥יל (בְּ) be. “with”בִּתְעָלַת֙ (בִּ) bi “at”בִּמְסִלַּ֖ת (בִּ) bi “[is] on”

Thou sayest -- but it is a word of the lips -- There is counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me?

בִּֽי׃ (בִּֽ) B “against”

Now behold, thou reliest upon the staff of that broken reed, upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it goes into his hand and pierces it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that rely upon him.

בְכַפּ֖וֹ (בְ) ve. “in”

And if ye say to me, We rely upon Jehovah our God: is it not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, and Shebnah and Joah said to Rab-shakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in Syriac, for we understand it, and talk not with us in the Jewish [ergänzt: language] in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

בְּאָזְנֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

And Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish [ergänzt: language], and spoke and said, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!

בְקוֹל־ (בְ) ve. “with”

Neither let Hezekiah make you rely upon Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will certainly deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

בְּיַ֖ד (בְּ) be. “in”

Which are they among all the gods of the countries, who have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “among”

And it came to pass when king Hezekiah heard [ergänzt: it], that he rent his garments, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.

בַּשָּׂ֔ק (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.

בַּשַּׂקִּ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God; and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.

בַּדְּבָרִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

Behold, I will put a spirit into him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; and I will make him to fall by the sword in his own land.

בּוֹ֙ (בּ) b “in”בַּחֶ֖רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”בְּאַרְצֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”