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Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem.

בְמָלְכ֑וֹ (בְ) ve. “when”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the nations, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said: 'In Jerusalem shall My name be for ever.'

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֥ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

בִּשְׁתֵּ֖י (בִּ) bi “in”

He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practised soothsaying, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and appointed them that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit; he wrought much evil in th

בָּאֵשׁ֙ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בְּגֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעֵינֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

And he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son: 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put My name for ever;

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”בַּבַּ֨יִת (בַּ) ba. “in the”וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (בִֽ) vi. “in”

neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers; if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.'

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “by”

Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

בַּחֹחִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם (בַּֽ) ba “with <the>”

Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height; and he put captains of the army in all the fo

בַּנַּ֜חַל (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְשַׁ֤עַר (בְ) ve. “in”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בִּיהוּדָֽה׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

בְּהַ֥ר (בְּ) be. “on”וּבִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִ) vi. “in”

Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, but only unto the LORD their God.

בַּבָּמ֑וֹת (בַּ) ba. “at the”

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.

בְּשֵׁ֥ם (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בָהֶ֤ם (בָ) va. “at”

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

בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּֽ) Bi. “in”

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.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.

בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בְמָלְכ֑וֹ (בְ) ve. “when”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

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.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּדַרְכֵי֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

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 (בִ) vi “in”וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧ים (בִ) vi “in”

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

וּבְעָרֵ֨י (בְ) ve. “in”בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (בְּ) be. “with”

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.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

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 (בִ) vi “in”

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;

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בֶּאֱמוּנָ֜ה (בֶּ) be. “in”בַּמְּלָאכָ֗ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בִּכְלֵי־ (בִּ) bi “in”

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 (בְ) ve. “when”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “by”