H9003–/ב–b

For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.

בִיהוּדָ֖ה (בִ) vi. “<in>”

The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with its villages, and Timnah with its villages, Gimzo also and its villages: and they dwelt there.

בְּעָרֵ֨י (בְּ) be. “on”

For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel: for he made Judah naked, and greatly transgressed against the LORD.

בַּעֲב֖וּר (בַּ) ba. “for”בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה (בִּֽ) bi. “in”בַּיהוָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “against”

And in the time of his distress he trespassed yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

וּבְעֵת֙ (בְ) ve. “at”בַּיהוָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “against”

For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

בּוֹ֒ (בּ) b “<in>”

And Ahaz collected the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “at”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “in”

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchers of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

בָעִיר֙ (בָ) va. “in the”בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

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

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

בַשָּׁנָה֩ (בַ) va. “in the”בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

בְּעֵינֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt-offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

בַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ (בַ) va. “in the”

Wherefore the wrath of the LORD hath been upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “with”

For lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

בֶּחָ֑רֶב (בֶּ) be. “by the”בַּשְּׁבִ֖י (בַּ) ba. “[are] in <the>”

My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister to him, and burn incense.

בָכֶ֞ם (בָ) va. “<in>”

And they assembled their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

בְּדִבְרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “by”

And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.

בְּהֵיכַ֣ל (בְּ) be. “in”

Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

בְּאֶחָ֞ד (בְּ) be. “on”וּבְי֧וֹם (בְ) ve. “on”וּבְי֨וֹם (בְ) ve. “on”

Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.

בְּמַלְכוּת֛וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּמַעֲל֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.

בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ (בִּ) bi “with”בִּנְבָלִ֣ים (בִּ) bi “with”וּבְכִנֹּר֔וֹת (בְ) ve. “with”בְּמִצְוַ֥ת (בְּ) be. “by”בְיַד־ (בְ) ve. “[was] by”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “by”

And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

בִּכְלֵ֣י (בִּ) bi “with”בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃ (בַּ) ba. “with”

And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.

וּבְעֵ֞ת (בְ) ve. “at”

Moreover, Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise to the LORD, with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.

בְּדִבְרֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “with”

And also the burnt-offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace-offerings, and the drink-offerings for every burnt-offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.

בְּחֶלְבֵ֧י (בְּ) be. “with”וּבַנְּסָכִ֖ים (בַ) va. “with the”