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Hilkiah answered Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh. Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”

Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, All that was committed to your servants, they are doing.

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”

They have emptied out the money that was found in the house of Yahweh, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen.

בְּבֵית־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. Shaphan read therein before the king.

ב֥וֹ (ב֥) v “in”

Go you, inquire of Yahweh for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Yahweh, to do according to all that is written in this book.

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

So Hilkiah, and they whom the king [ergänzt: had commanded], went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter;) and they spoke to her to that effect.

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

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out on this place, and it shall not be quenched.

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

But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: As touching the words which you have heard,

בַּֽיהוָ֔ה (בַּֽ) ba. “<in>”

because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Yahweh.

בְּשָׁמְעֲךָ֤ (בְּ) be. “when”

Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring on this place, and on the inhabitants of it. They brought back word to the king.

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

The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Yahweh.

בְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗ם (בְ) ve. “in”

The king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.

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

He caused all who were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [ergänzt: to it]. The inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

בִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (בִ) vi. “in”

Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all who were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Yahweh their God. All his days they didn't depart from following Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (בְּ) be. “in”

Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they killed the Passover on the fourteenth [ergänzt: day] of the first month.

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

He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to Yahweh, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden on your shoulders: now serve Yahweh your God, and his people Israel.

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

Prepare yourselves after your fathers' houses by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

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

Stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brothers the children of the people, and [ergänzt: let there be for each] a portion of a fathers' house of the Levites.

בַקֹּ֗דֶשׁ (בַ) va. “in the”

Kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of Yahweh by Moses.

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “by”

They removed the burnt offerings, that they might give them according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the children of the people, to offer to Yahweh, as it is written in the book of Moses. So did they with the oxen.

בְּסֵ֣פֶר (בְּ) be. “in”

They roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance: and the holy offerings boiled they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people.

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

Afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron [ergänzt: were busied] in offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night: therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

בְּהַֽעֲל֛וֹת (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

So all the service of Yahweh was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt-offerings on the altar of Yahweh, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

בַּיּ֤וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (בְּ) be. “in”