H9028–הֶם–hem

And they gathered their brethren, and hallowed themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah.

אֲחֵיהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “their”

And they brought near the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them.

יְדֵיהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “their”

And the priests slaughtered them, and they made purification for sin with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel; because for all Israel, said the king, is the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.

דָּמָם֙ (ם֙) m “their”

Only the priests were too few, and they could not flay all the burnt-offerings; therefore their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had hallowed themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to hallow themselves than the priests.

אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם (הֶ֣ם) Hem “their”

And be not like your fathers and like your brethren, who transgressed against Jehovah the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם (הֶ֑ם) Hem “their”

And they stood in their place after their custom, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood [ergänzt: receiving it] from the hand of the Levites.

עָמְדָם֙ (ם֙) m “their”כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם (ם) m “their”

And Hezekiah spoke consolingly to all the Levites that had understanding in the good knowledge of Jehovah; and they ate the feast-offerings the seven days, sacrificing peace-offerings, and extolling Jehovah the God of their fathers.

אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “their”

And the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, to the heavens.

בְּקוֹלָ֑ם (ם) m “their”תְפִלָּתָ֛ם (ם) m “their”

And when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the columns, and hewed down the Asherahs, and demolished the high places and the altars in all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. And all the children of Israel returned every man to his possession, into their cities.

לְעָרֵיהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “their”

And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests, and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, as well the priests as the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to serve and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the courts of Jehovah.

מַחְלְקוֹתָ֞ם (ם) m “their”

And the children of Israel and of Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated to Jehovah their God, and laid them by heaps.

אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם (הֶ֑ם) Hem “their”

And under him were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in [ergänzt: their] set trust, to make distributions to their brethren by [ergänzt: their] divisions, to the great as to the small,

לַאֲחֵיהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “their”

besides those from three years old and upward who as males were entered in the genealogical register, -- all that came into the house of Jehovah, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their charges, according to their divisions,

לַעֲב֣וֹדָתָ֔ם (ם) m “their”בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֖ם (ם) m “their”כְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “their”

-- both to the priests enregistered according to their fathers' houses, and to the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges, by their divisions;

אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם (הֶ֔ם) Hem “their”בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “their”בְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “their”

and to all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, the whole congregation of those entered in the register; for in their trust they hallowed themselves to be holy.

טַפָּ֧ם (ם) m “their”נְשֵׁיהֶ֛ם (הֶ֛ם) Hem “their”וּבְנֵיהֶ֥ם (הֶ֥ם) Hem “their”וּבְנוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “their”בֶאֱמוּנָתָ֖ם (ם) m “their”

And for the sons of Aaron the priests who were in the country, in the suburbs of their cities, there were, in every several city, men expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all the Levites that were entered in the register.

עָרֵיהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “their”

And he set captains of war over the people, and assembled them to him on the open place at the gate of the city, and spoke consolingly to them saying,

לְבָבָ֖ם (ם) m “their”

Do ye not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the countries? Were the gods of the nations of the countries in any wise able to deliver their country out of my hand?

אַרְצָ֖ם (ם) m “their”

And he wrote a letter to rail at Jehovah the God of Israel, and to speak against him saying, As the gods of the nations of the countries have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my hand.

עַמָּם֙ (ם֙) m “their”

Nevertheless, the people sacrificed still on the high places, although to Jehovah their God only.

אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “their”

and he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑ם (ם) m “their”

And [ergänzt: so did he] in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about;

בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) hem “their”

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.

יְדֵיהֶ֑ם (הֶ֑ם) Hem “their”

And the king went up into the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites, and all the people, great and small; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of Jehovah.

בְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗ם (הֶ֗ם) Hem “their”

And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [ergänzt: to it]. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “their”