H9005–/ל–l

And great numbers came to Jerusalem with offerings for the Lord, and things of great price for Hezekiah, king of Judah: so that he was honoured among all nations from that time.

לַיהוָה֙ (לַ) la. “to”לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (לִ) li. “to”לִֽיחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ (לִֽ) li. “to”לְעֵינֵ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death; and he made prayer to the Lord, and the Lord in answer gave him a sign.

לָמ֑וּת (לָ) la. “<to>”ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to”

And Hezekiah had very great wealth and honour; and he made himself store-houses for his gold and silver and jewels and spices, and for body-covers and all sorts of beautiful vessels.

לִֽיחִזְקִיָּ֛הוּ (לִֽ) li. “to”ל֠וֹ (ל֠) l “for”לְכֶ֨סֶף (לְ) le. “for”וּלְזָהָ֜ב (לְ) le. “for”וּלְאֶ֣בֶן (לְ) le. “for”וְלִבְשָׂמִים֙ (לִ) li “for”וּלְמָ֣גִנִּ֔ים (לְ) le. “for”וּלְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “for”

And store-houses for the produce of grain and wine and oil; and buildings for all sorts of beasts and flocks.

לִתְבוּאַ֥ת (לִ) li “for”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”לָאֲוֵרֽוֹת׃ (לָ) la. “for the”

And he made towns for himself, and got together much property in flocks and herds: for God had given him great wealth.

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “for”לָרֹ֑ב (לָ) la. “to”לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to”

It was Hezekiah who had the higher spring of the water of Gihon stopped, and the water taken down on the west side of the town of David. In everything he undertook, Hezekiah did well.

לְמַֽטָּה־ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְעִ֣יר (לְ) le. “of”

However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.

לִדְרֹ֗שׁ (לִ) li “to”לְנַ֨סּוֹת֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”לָדַ֖עַת (לָ) la. “to”

So Hezekiah went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the higher part of the resting-places of the sons of David: and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son became king in his place.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to”

For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

לַבְּעָלִים֙ (לַ) la. “to the”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

לְעוֹלָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “for”

And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

More than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-work

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And he put the image he had made in the house of God, the house of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

לְעֵילֽוֹם׃ (לְ) le. “for”

And never again will I let the feet of Israel be moved out of the land which I have given to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, even all the law and the orders and the rules given to them by Moses.

לְהָסִיר֙ (לְ) le. “to”לַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם (לַ) la. “for”לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

And Manasseh made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go out of the true way, so that they did more evil than those nations whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.

לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.

לְמֶ֣לֶךְ (לְ) le. “[belonged] to”

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “<to>”מִלִּפְנֵ֖י (לִּ) li “to”

And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “by”לְמַלְכוּת֑וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of

לְעִיר־ (לְ) le. “of”לְגִיח֨וֹן (לְ) le. “of”וְלָב֨וֹא (לָ) la. “to”לָעֹ֔פֶל (לָ) la. “<to> the”

He took away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars he had put up on the hill of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and put them out of the town.

לָעִֽיר׃ (לָ) la. “of the”

And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.

לִֽיהוּדָ֔ה (לִֽ) li. “to”לַעֲב֕וֹד (לַ) la. “to”

However, the people still made offerings in the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

לַיהוָ֥ה (לַ) la. “to”

And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seer

לוֹ֮ (ל) l “by”לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon made offerings to all the images which his father Manasseh had made, and was their servant.

וּֽלְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.

מִלִּפְנֵ֣י (לִּ) li “to”