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And 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 Asherahs, and the graven images, and the molten images.

לְמָלְכ֗וֹ (לְ) le. “of”לִדְר֕וֹשׁ (לִ) li “to”לֵאלֹהֵ֖י (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְטַהֵ֔ר (לְ) le. “to”

And they broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the sun-pillars that were on high above them he cut down; and the Asherahs and the graven images and the molten images he broke in pieces, and made dust [ergänzt: of them] and strewed it upon the graves of those that had sacrificed to them;

לְפָנָ֗יו (לְ) le. “<to>”לְמַ֥עְלָה (לְ) le. “[were] <to>”לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to”

and he broke down the altars, and beat the Asherahs and the graven images into powder, and cut down all the sun-pillars throughout the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

לְהֵדַ֔ק (לְ) le. “to”לִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (לִ) li. “to”

And in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he 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 chronicler, to repair the house of Jehovah his God.

לְמָלְכ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “of”לְטַהֵ֥ר (לְ) le. “to”לְחַזֵּ֕ק (לְ) le. “to”

And they gave [ergänzt: it] into the hand of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and they gave it to the workmen who wrought in the house of Jehovah to reinstate and repair the house:

לִבְדּ֥וֹק (לִ) li “to”וּלְחַזֵּ֖ק (לְ) le. “to”

they gave [ergänzt: it] to the carpenters and the builders, to buy hewn stone, and timber for the joists, and to floor the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed.

לֶחָֽרָשִׁים֙ (לֶ) le. “to the”וְלַבֹּנִ֔ים (לַ) la. “to the”לִקְנוֹת֙ (לִ) li “to”לַֽמְחַבְּר֑וֹת (לַֽ) la “for the”וּלְקָרוֹת֙ (לְ) le. “to”

And the men did the work faithfully. And over them were appointed Jahath and Obadiah, Levites, of the children of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the children of the Kohathites, for the oversight; and all these Levites were skilled in instruments of music.

לְנַצֵּ֑חַ (לְ) le. “to”

They were also over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that worked in any manner of service. And of the Levites were the scribes, and officers, and doorkeepers.

לְכֹל֙ (לְ) le. “of”לַעֲבוֹדָ֖ה (לַ) la. “for”

And Shaphan carried the book to the king. And moreover he brought the king word again saying, All that was committed to the hand of thy servants, they do;

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And Shaphan the scribe informed the king saying, Hilkijah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read out of it before the king.

לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

And the king commanded Hilkijah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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

לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

And she said to them, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you to me,

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”לָאִ֔ישׁ (לָ) la. “to the”

Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

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

לֵֽאלֹהִ֣ים (לֵֽ) le. “to”

But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel touching the words which thou hast heard:

לִדְר֣וֹשׁ (לִ) li “to”

Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard [ergänzt: thee], saith Jehovah.

מִלִּפְנֵ֣י (לִּ) li “to”לְפָנַ֔י (לְ) le. “<to>”לְפָנָ֑י (לְ) le. “<to>”

And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, 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 are written in this book.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לָלֶ֜כֶת (לָ) la. “to”וְלִשְׁמ֤וֹר (לִ) li “to”לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ (לַ) la. “to”

And Josiah removed all the abominations out of all the countries that belonged to the children of Israel, and made to serve all that were found in Israel, -- to serve Jehovah their God: all his days they did not depart from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

לִבְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “[belonged] to”לַעֲב֖וֹד (לַ) la. “to”

And Josiah held a passover to Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they slaughtered the passover on the fourteenth of the first month.

לַיהוָ֑ה (לַ) la. “to”לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”

And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.

לַעֲבוֹדַ֖ת (לַ) la. “for”

And he said to the Levites, that taught all Israel, [ergänzt: and] who were holy to Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built; ye have not to carry it upon your shoulders. Serve now Jehovah your God, and his people Israel;

לַ֠לְוִיִּם (לַ֠) La “to the”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “<to>”לַיהוָ֗ה (לַ) la. “to”לָכֶ֥ם (לָ) la. “[will belong] to”

and prepare yourselves by your fathers' houses, in your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son;

לְבֵית־ (לְ) le. “to”

and stand in the sanctuary for the classes of the fathers' houses, for your brethren, the children of the people, and [ergänzt: according] to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the Levites;

לִפְלֻגּוֹת֙ (לִ) li “to”לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם (לַ) la. “of”לַלְוִיִּֽם׃ (לַ) la “for the”

and slaughter the passover, and hallow yourselves, and prepare it for your brethren, that they may do according to the word of Jehovah through Moses.

לַאֲחֵיכֶ֔ם (לַ) la. “for”לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”