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Then Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”

And Shaphan took the book to the king; and he gave him an account of what had been done, saying, Your servants are doing all they have been given to do;

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”

They have taken out all the money which was in the Lord's house and have given it to the overseers and to the workmen.

בְּבֵית־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he made a start at reading some of it to the king.

ב֥וֹ (ב֥) v “in”

Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for those who are still in Israel and for Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which has been let loose on us, because our fathers have not kept the

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל (בְּ) be. “among”וּבִֽיהוּדָ֔ה (בִֽ) vi. “among”בָ֔נוּ (בָ֔) Va. “on”

So Hilkiah, and those whom the king sent, went to Huldah the woman prophet, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the robes (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the second part of the town); and they had talk with her

בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בַּמִּשְׁנֶ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the works of their hands; so my wrath is let loose on this place and will not be put out.

בְּכֹ֖ל (בְּ) be. “by”בַּמָּק֥וֹם (בַּ) ba. “on the”

But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have given ear to my words,

בַּֽיהוָ֔ה (בַּֽ) ba. “<in>”

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.

בְּשָׁמְעֲךָ֤ (בְּ) be. “when”

See, I will let you go to your fathers, and be put in your last resting-place in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will send on this place and on its people. So they took this news back to the king.

בְּשָׁלוֹם֒ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּכֹל֙ (בְּ) be. “on”

And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light

בְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗ם (בְ) ve. “in”

Then the king, taking his place by the pillar, made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and to keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and with all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement record

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “with”

And he made all the people in Jerusalem and Benjamin give their word to keep it. And the people of Jerusalem kept the agreement of God, the God of their fathers.

בִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (בִ) vi. “in”

Josiah took away all the disgusting things out of all the lands of the children of Israel, and made all who were in Israel servants of the Lord their God. And as long as he was living they were true to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (בְּ) be. “in”

And Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; on the fourteenth day of the first month they put the Passover lamb to death.

בִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם (בִֽ) vi. “in”בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה (בְּ) be. “on”

And he said to the Levites, the teachers of all Israel, who were holy to the Lord, See, the holy ark is in the house which Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, made; it will no longer have to be transported on your backs: now be the servants of the

בַּ֠בַּיִת (בַּ֠) Ba. “in the”בַּכָּתֵ֑ף (בַּ) ba. “on the”

And make yourselves ready in your divisions, by your families, as it is ordered in the writings of David, king of Israel, and of Solomon his son;

בִּכְתָ֗ב (בִּ) bi “by”וּבְמִכְתַּ֖ב (בְ) ve. “by”

And take your positions in the holy place, grouped in the families of your brothers, the children of the people, and for every division let there be a part of a family of the Levites.

בַקֹּ֗דֶשׁ (בַ) va. “in the”

And put the Passover lamb to death, and make yourselves holy, and make it ready for your brothers, so that the orders given by the Lord through Moses may be done.

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “by”

And they took away the burned offerings, so that they might give them to be offered to the Lord for the divisions of the families of the people, as it is recorded in the book of Moses. And they did the same with the oxen.

בְּסֵ֣פֶר (בְּ) be. “in”

And the Passover lamb was cooked over the fire, as it says in the law; and the holy offerings were cooked in pots and basins and vessels, and taken quickly to all the people.

בָּאֵ֖שׁ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בַּסִּיר֤וֹת (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”וּבַדְּוָדִים֙ (בַ) va. “in <the>”וּבַצֵּ֣לָח֔וֹת (בַ) va. “in <the>”

And after that, they made ready for themselves and for the priests; for the priests, the sons of Aaron, were offering the burned offerings and the fat till night; so the Levites made ready what was needed for themselves and for the priests, the sons of A

בְּהַֽעֲל֛וֹת (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

So everything needed for the worship of the Lord was made ready that same day, for the keeping of the Passover and the offering of burned offerings on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had given orders.

בַּיּ֤וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And all the children of Israel who were present kept the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread at that time for seven days.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

No Passover like it had been kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; and not one of the kings of Israel had ever kept a Passover like the one kept by Josiah and the priests and the Levites and all those of Judah and Israel who were present, a

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (בְּ) be. “in”