2 Kings 23

1 The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

and to send: depart [the] king and to gather to(wards) him all old: elder Judah and Jerusalem

2 The king went up to the LORD’s house, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him—with the priests, the prophets, and all the people, both small and great; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the LORD’s house.

and to ascend: rise [the] king house: temple LORD and all man Judah and all to dwell Jerusalem with him and [the] priest and [the] prophet and all [the] people to/for from small and till great: large and to call: read out in/on/with ear: hearing their [obj] all word scroll: book [the] covenant [the] to find in/on/with house: temple LORD

3 The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people agreed to the covenant.

and to stand: stand [the] king upon [the] pillar and to cut: make(covenant) [obj] [the] covenant to/for face: before LORD to/for to go: walk after LORD and to/for to keep: obey commandment his and [obj] testimony his and [obj] statute his in/on/with all heart and in/on/with all soul to/for to arise: establish [obj] word [the] covenant [the] this [the] to write upon [the] scroll: book [the] this and to stand: stand all [the] people in/on/with covenant

4 The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out of the LORD’s temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky; and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

and to command [the] king [obj] Hilkiah [the] priest [the] great: large and [obj] priest [the] second and [obj] to keep: guard [the] threshold to/for to come out: send from temple LORD [obj] all [the] article/utensil [the] to make to/for Baal and to/for Asherah and to/for all army [the] heaven and to burn them from outside to/for Jerusalem in/on/with field Kidron and to lift: bear [obj] dust their Bethel Bethel

5 He got rid of the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, and to all the army of the sky.

and to cease [obj] [the] pagan priest which to give: put king Judah and to offer: offer in/on/with high place in/on/with city Judah and surrounds Jerusalem and [obj] [the] to offer: burn to/for Baal to/for sun and to/for moon and to/for constellation and to/for all army [the] heaven

6 He brought out the Asherah from the LORD’s house, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.

and to come out: send [obj] [the] Asherah from house: temple LORD from outside to/for Jerusalem to(wards) torrent: river Kidron and to burn [obj] her in/on/with torrent: river Kidron and to crush to/for dust and to throw [obj] dust her upon grave son: child [the] people

7 He broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the LORD’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

and to tear [obj] house: home [the] male cult prostitute which in/on/with house: temple LORD which [the] woman to weave there house: container to/for Asherah

8 He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.

and to come (in): bring [obj] all [the] priest from city Judah and to defile [obj] [the] high place which to offer: offer there [to] [the] priest from Geba till Beersheba Beersheba and to tear [obj] high place [the] gate which entrance gate Joshua ruler [the] city which upon left man: anyone in/on/with gate [the] city

9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places did not come up to the LORD’s altar in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.

surely not to ascend: rise priest [the] high place to(wards) altar LORD in/on/with Jerusalem that if: except if: except to eat unleavened bread in/on/with midst brother: male-sibling their

10 He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

and to defile [obj] [the] Topheth which in/on/with Valley (son: child *QK) (Topheth of son of) Hinnom to/for lest to/for to pass man: anyone [obj] son: child his and [obj] daughter his in/on/with fire to/for Molech

11 He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of the LORD’s house, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

and to cease [obj] [the] horse which to give: give king Judah to/for sun from to come (in): towards house: temple LORD to(wards) chamber Nathan-melech Nathan-melech [the] eunuch which in/on/with colonnade and [obj] chariot [the] sun to burn in/on/with fire

12 The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the LORD’s house, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.

and [obj] [the] altar which upon [the] roof upper room Ahaz which to make king Judah and [obj] [the] altar which to make Manasseh in/on/with two court house: temple LORD to tear [the] king and to run: pieces from there and to throw [obj] dust their to(wards) torrent: river Kidron

13 The king defiled the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon.

and [obj] [the] high place which upon face: before Jerusalem which from right: south to/for mountain: mount [the] destruction which to build Solomon king Israel to/for Ashtoreth abomination Sidonian and to/for Chemosh abomination Moab and to/for Milcom abomination son: descendant/people Ammon to defile [the] king

14 He broke in pieces the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with men’s bones.

and to break [obj] [the] pillar and to cut: cut [obj] [the] Asherah and to fill [obj] place their bone man

15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

and also [obj] [the] altar which in/on/with Bethel Bethel [the] high place which to make Jeroboam son: child Nebat which to sin [obj] Israel also [obj] [the] altar [the] he/she/it and [obj] [the] high place to tear and to burn [obj] [the] high place to crush to/for dust and to burn Asherah

16 As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the LORD’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

and to turn Josiah and to see: see [obj] [the] grave which there in/on/with mountain: mount and to send: depart and to take: take [obj] [the] bone from [the] grave and to burn upon [the] altar and to defile him like/as word LORD which to call: call out man [the] God which to call: call out [obj] [the] word: thing [the] these

17 Then he said, “What monument is that which I see?” The men of the city told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.”

and to say what? [the] signpost this which I to see: see and to say to(wards) him human [the] city [the] grave man [the] God which to come (in): come from Judah and to call: call out [obj] [the] word: thing [the] these which to make: do upon [the] altar Bethel Bethel

18 He said, “Let him be! Let no one move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.

and to say to rest to/for him man: anyone not to shake bone his and to escape bone his [obj] bone [the] prophet which to come (in): come from Samaria

19 All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

and also [obj] all house: home [the] high place which in/on/with city Samaria which to make king Israel to/for to provoke to turn aside: remove Josiah and to make: do to/for them like/as all [the] deed which to make: do in/on/with Bethel Bethel

20 He killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burned men’s bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

and to sacrifice [obj] all priest [the] high place which there upon [the] altar and to burn [obj] bone man upon them and to return: return Jerusalem

21 The king commanded all the people, saying, “Keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.”

and to command [the] king [obj] all [the] people to/for to say to make: do Passover to/for LORD God your like/as to write upon scroll: book [the] covenant [the] this

22 Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

for not to make: do like/as Passover [the] this from day [the] to judge which to judge [obj] Israel and all day king Israel and king Judah

23 but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.

that if: except if: except in/on/with eight ten year to/for king Josiah to make: do [the] Passover [the] this to/for LORD in/on/with Jerusalem

24 Moreover, Josiah removed those who had familiar spirits, the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the LORD’s house.

and also [obj] [the] medium and [obj] [the] spiritist and [obj] [the] teraphim and [obj] [the] idol and [obj] all [the] abomination which to see: see in/on/with land: country/planet Judah and in/on/with Jerusalem to burn: purge Josiah because to arise: establish [obj] word [the] instruction [the] to write upon [the] scroll: book which to find Hilkiah [the] priest house: temple LORD

25 There was no king like him before him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him.

and like him not to be to/for face: before his king which to return: return to(wards) LORD in/on/with all heart his and in/on/with all soul his and in/on/with all much his like/as all instruction Moses and after him not to arise: rise like him

26 Notwithstanding, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.

surely not to return: return LORD from burning anger face: anger his [the] great: large which to be incensed face: anger his in/on/with Judah upon all [the] vexation which to provoke him Manasseh

27 The LORD said, “I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel; and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”

and to say LORD also [obj] Judah to turn aside: remove from upon face my like/as as which to turn aside: remove [obj] Israel and to reject [obj] [the] city [the] this which to choose [obj] Jerusalem and [obj] [the] house: home which to say to be name my there

28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are not they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

and remainder word: deed Josiah and all which to make: do not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Judah

29 In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him, but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.

in/on/with day his to ascend: rise Pharaoh (Neco) (Pharaoh) Neco king Egypt upon king Assyria upon river Euphrates and to go: went [the] king Josiah to/for to encounter: meet him and to die him in/on/with Megiddo like/as to see: see he [obj] him

30 His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.

and to ride him servant/slave his to die from Megiddo and to come (in): bring him Jerusalem and to bury him in/on/with tomb his and to take: take people [the] land: country/planet [obj] Jehoahaz son: child Josiah and to anoint [obj] him and to reign [obj] him underneath: instead father his

31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

son: aged twenty and three year Jehoahaz in/on/with to reign he and three month to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his Hamutal daughter Jeremiah from Libnah

32 He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.

and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD like/as all which to make: do father his

33 Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

and to bind him Pharaoh (Neco) (Pharaoh) Neco in/on/with Riblah in/on/with land: country/planet Hamath (from to reign *QK) in/on/with Jerusalem and to give: put fine upon [the] land: country/planet hundred talent silver: money and talent gold

34 Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but he took Jehoahaz away, and he came to Egypt and died there.

and to reign Pharaoh (Neco) (Pharaoh) Neco [obj] Eliakim son: child Josiah underneath: instead Josiah father his and to turn: changed [obj] name his Jehoiakim and [obj] Jehoahaz to take: take and to come (in): come Egypt and to die there

35 Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.

and [the] silver: money and [the] gold to give: give Jehoiakim to/for Pharaoh surely to value [obj] [the] land: country/planet to/for to give: give [obj] [the] silver: money upon lip: word Pharaoh man: anyone like/as valuation his to oppress [obj] [the] silver: money and [obj] [the] gold [obj] people [the] land: country/planet to/for to give: give to/for Pharaoh (Pharaoh) Neco

36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

son: aged twenty and five year Jehoiakim in/on/with to reign he and one ten year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his (Zebidah *QK) daughter Pedaiah from Rumah

37 He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.

and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD like/as all which to make: do father his