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And they speak to the king of Asshur, saying, `The nations that thou hast removed, and dost place in the cities of Samaria, have not known the custom of the God of the land, and He sendeth among them the lions, and lo, they are destroying them, as they do not know the custom of the God of the land.'

כַּאֲשֶׁר֙ (כַּ) ka. “<as>”

Jehovah they are fearing, and their gods they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them.

כְּמִשְׁפַּט֙ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Unto this day they are doing according to the former customs -- they are not fearing Jehovah, and are not doing according to their statutes, and according to their ordinances, and according to the law, and according to the command, that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob whose name He made Israel,

כַּמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖ים (כַּ) ka. “according to the”כְּחֻקֹּתָם֙ (כְּ) ke. “according to”וּכְמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם (כְ) khe. “according to”וְכַתּוֹרָ֣ה (כַ) kha. “according to the”וְכַמִּצְוָ֗ה (כַ) kha. “according to the”

and they have not hearkened, but according to their former custom they are doing,

כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֥ם (כְּ) ke. “according to”

and these nations are fearing Jehovah, and their graven images they have served, both their sons and their sons' sons; as their fathers did, they are doing unto this day.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And he doth that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did,

כְּכֹ֥ל (כְּ) ke. “according to”

till my coming in, and I have taken you unto a land like your own land, a land of corn and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive, and honey, and live, and die not; and do not hearken unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, Jehovah doth deliver us.

כְּאַרְצְכֶ֗ם (כְּ) ke. “like”

And it cometh to pass, at king Hezekiah's hearing, that he rendeth his garments, and covereth himself with sackcloth, and entereth the house of Jehovah,

כִּשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ (כִּ) ki “when”

and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,

כְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת֙ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed, and raiseth altars for Baal, and maketh a shrine, as did Ahab king of Israel, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

and I do not add to cause the foot of Israel to move from the ground that I gave to their fathers, only, if they observe to do according to all that I commanded them, and to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.'

כְּכֹל֙ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And I have stretched out over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and wiped Jerusalem as one wipeth the dish -- he hath wiped, and hath turned `it' on its face.

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ (כַּֽ) ka. “just”

and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father,

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the book of the law, that he rendeth his garments,

כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ (כִּ) ki “when”

`Go, seek Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found, for great `is' the fury of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because that our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according to all that is written for us.'

כְּכָל־ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And Josiah turneth, and seeth the graves that `are' there in the mount, and sendeth and taketh the bones out of the graves, and burneth `them' on the altar, and defileth it, according to the word of Jehovah that the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

כִּדְבַ֣ר (כִּ) ki “according to”

And also all the houses of the high places that `are' in the cities of Samaria, that the kings of Israel made to provoke to anger, hath Josiah turned aside, and doth to them according to all the deeds that he did in Beth-El.

כְּכָל־ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And the king commandeth the whole of the people, saying, `Make ye a passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written on this book of the covenant.'

כַּכָּת֕וּב (כַּ) ka. “according to <the>”

Surely there hath not been made like this passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah;

כַּפֶּ֣סַח (כַּ) ka. “like the”

And like him there hath not been before him a king who turned back unto Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, and after him there hath none risen like him.

כְּכֹ֖ל (כְּ) ke. “according to”

and Jehovah saith, `Also Judah I turn aside from my presence, as I turned Israel aside, and I have rejected this city that I have chosen -- Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name is there.'

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

In his days hath Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt come up against the king of Asshur, by the river Phrat, and king Josiah goeth out to meet him, and he putteth him to death in Megiddo, when he seeth him.

כִּרְאֹת֖וֹ (כִּ) ki “when”

and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did,

כְּכֹ֥ל (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And the silver and the gold hath Jehoiakim given to Pharaoh; only he valued the land to give the silver by the command of Pharaoh; from each, according to his valuation, he exacted the silver and the gold, from the people of the land, to give to Pharaoh-Nechoh.

כְּעֶרְכּ֗וֹ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did.

כְּכֹ֥ל (כְּ) ke. “according to”