H9003–/ב–b

And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people; for the thing was done suddenly.

בְּפִתְאֹ֖ם (בְּ) be. “in”

And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, to hold the passover to Jehovah the God of Israel.

בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּֽ) bi. “in”

And the king took counsel, and his princes, and the whole congregation in Jerusalem, to hold the passover in the second month.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not hallowed themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people been gathered together to Jerusalem.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

And the thing pleased the king and the whole congregation.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְעֵינֵ֖י (בְ) ve. “in”

So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to hold the passover to Jehovah the God of Israel, at Jerusalem; because they had not held it for a long time as it was written.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

And the couriers went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, return to Jehovah the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

בָּֽאִגְּר֜וֹת (בָּֽ) ba. “with <the>”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And be not like your fathers and like your brethren, who transgressed against Jehovah the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

בַּיהוָ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “against”

For if ye return to Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion with those that have carried them captive, so that they shall come again unto this land; for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return to him.

בְשׁוּבְכֶ֞ם (בְ) ve. “when”

And the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun; but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.

בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ (בְּ) be. “in”בָּֽם׃ (בָּֽ) Ba “<in> <the>”

The hand of God was also upon Judah to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of Jehovah.

בִּיהוּדָ֗ה (בִּ) bi. “on”בִּדְבַ֥ר (בִּ) bi “by”

And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to hold the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And they rose up and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem; and they took away all the incense-altars, and cast them into the torrent Kidron.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “[were] in”

And they slaughtered the passover on the fourteenth of the second month; and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and hallowed themselves; and they brought the burnt-offerings into the house of Jehovah.

בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה (בְּ) be. “on”

For there were many in the congregation that were not hallowed; therefore the Levites had the charge of the slaughtering of the passover-lambs for every one not clean, to hallow them unto Jehovah.

בַּקָּהָ֖ל (בַּ) ba. “among the”

For a multitude of the people, many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, and they ate the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them saying, Jehovah, who is good, forgive every one

בְּלֹ֣א (בְּ) be. “with”

And the children of Israel, that were present at Jerusalem, held the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Jehovah day by day, with the instruments of praise to Jehovah.

בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֜ם (בִּֽ) bi. “in”בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה (בְּ) be. “with”בְּי֞וֹם (בְּ) be. “in”בִּכְלֵי־ (בִּ) bi “with”

And the whole congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.

בִּיהוּדָֽה׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, there had not been the like in Jerusalem.

בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּֽ) bi. “in”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, to the heavens.

בְּקוֹלָ֑ם (בְּ) be. “to”

And when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the columns, and hewed down the Asherahs, and demolished the high places and the altars in all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. And all the children of Israel returned every man to his possession, into their cities.

וּבְאֶפְרַ֥יִם (בְ) ve. “in”

And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests, and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, as well the priests as the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to serve and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the courts of Jehovah.

בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “in”

And [ergänzt: he ordered] that the king's portion [ergänzt: should be taken] from his substance for the burnt-offerings: for the morning and evening burnt-offerings, for the burnt-offerings of the sabbaths, and of the new moons, and of the set feasts, as it is written in the law of Jehovah.

בְּתוֹרַ֥ת (בְּ) be. “in”

And he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of Jehovah.

בְּתוֹרַ֥ת (בְּ) be. “in”

And the children of Israel and of Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated to Jehovah their God, and laid them by heaps.

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”