2 Chronicles 34
1 son: aged eight year Josiah in/on/with to reign he and thirty and one year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
2 and to make: do [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance LORD and to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct David father his and not to turn aside: turn aside right and left
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
3 and in/on/with eight year to/for to reign him and he/she/it still he youth to profane/begin: begin to/for to seek to/for God David father his and in/on/with two ten year to profane/begin: begin to/for be pure [obj] Judah and Jerusalem from [the] high place and [the] Asherah and [the] idol and [the] liquid
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.
4 and to tear to/for face his [obj] altar [the] Baal and [the] pillar which to/for above [to] from upon them to cut down/off and [the] Asherah and [the] idol and [the] liquid to break and to crush and to scatter upon face: surface [the] grave [the] to sacrifice to/for them
Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
5 and bone priest to burn upon (altar their *Q(K)*) and be pure [obj] Judah and [obj] Jerusalem
Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
6 and in/on/with city Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon and till Naphtali (in/on/with mountain: mount in/on/with sword their *Q(K)*) around
Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.
7 and to tear [obj] [the] altar and [obj] [the] Asherah and [the] idol to crush to/for to crush and all [the] pillar to cut down/off in/on/with all land: country/planet Israel and to return: return to/for Jerusalem
He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
8 and in/on/with year eight ten to/for to reign him to/for be pure [the] land: country/planet and [the] house: home to send: depart [obj] Shaphan son: child Azaliah and [obj] Maaseiah ruler [the] city and [obj] Joah son: child Joahaz [the] to remember to/for to strengthen: strengthen [obj] house: temple LORD God his
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
9 and to come (in): come to(wards) Hilkiah [the] priest [the] great: large and to give: give [obj] [the] silver: money [the] to come (in): bring house: temple God which to gather [the] Levi to keep: guard [the] threshold from hand: to Manasseh and Ephraim and from all remnant Israel and from all Judah and Benjamin (and to return: return *Q(K)*) Jerusalem
So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites at the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, Judah, and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.
10 and to give: give upon hand: to to make: [do] [the] work [the] to reckon: overseer in/on/with house: temple LORD and to give: give [obj] him to make: [do] [the] work which to make in/on/with house: temple LORD to/for to repair and to/for to strengthen: strengthen [the] house: home
They put it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work of the house of the LORD, who in turn gave it to the workmen restoring and repairing the house of the LORD.
11 and to give: give to/for artificer and to/for to build to/for to buy stone hewing and tree: wood to/for clamp and to/for to lay beams [obj] [the] house: home which to ruin king Judah
They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.
12 and [the] human to make: do in/on/with faithfulness in/on/with work and upon them to reckon: overseer Jahath and Obadiah [the] Levi from son: descendant/people Merari and Zechariah and Meshullam from son: descendant/people [the] Kohathite to/for to conduct and [the] Levi all to understand in/on/with article/utensil song
And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,
13 and upon [the] burden and to conduct to/for all to make: do work to/for service: ministry and service: ministry and from [the] Levi secretary and official and gatekeeper
were over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.
14 and in/on/with to come out: send they [obj] [the] silver: money [the] to come (in): bring house: temple LORD to find Hilkiah [the] priest [obj] scroll: book instruction LORD in/on/with hand: by Moses
While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD written by Moses.
15 and to answer Hilkiah and to say to(wards) Shaphan [the] secretary scroll: book [the] instruction to find in/on/with house: temple LORD and to give: give Hilkiah [obj] [the] scroll: book to(wards) Shaphan
And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.
16 and to come (in): bring Shaphan [obj] [the] scroll: book to(wards) [the] king and to return: reply still [obj] [the] king word to/for to say all which to give: give in/on/with hand: to servant/slave your they(masc.) to make: do
Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Your servants are doing all that has been placed in their hands.
17 and to pour [obj] [the] silver: money [the] to find in/on/with house: temple LORD and to give: give him upon hand [the] to reckon: overseer and upon hand: to to make: [do] [the] work
They have paid out the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have put it into the hands of the supervisors and workers.”
18 and to tell Shaphan [the] secretary to/for king to/for to say scroll: book to give: give to/for me Hilkiah [the] priest and to call: read out in/on/with him Shaphan to/for face: before [the] king
Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
19 and to be like/as to hear: hear [the] king [obj] word [the] instruction and to tear [obj] garment his
When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes
20 and to command [the] king [obj] Hilkiah and [obj] Ahikam son: child Shaphan and [obj] Abdon son: child Micah and [obj] Shaphan [the] secretary and [obj] Asaiah servant/slave [the] king to/for to say
and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
21 to go: went to seek [obj] LORD about/through/for me and about/through/for [the] to remain in/on/with Israel and in/on/with Judah upon word [the] scroll: book which to find for great: large rage LORD which to pour in/on/with us upon which not to keep: obey father our [obj] word LORD to/for to make: do like/as all [the] to write upon [the] scroll: book [the] this
“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
22 and to go: went Hilkiah and which [the] king to(wards) Huldah [the] prophetess woman: wife Shallum son: child (Tikvah *Q(K)*) son: child Hasrah to keep: guard [the] garment and he/she/it to dwell in/on/with Jerusalem in/on/with Second [Quarter] and to speak: speak to(wards) her like/as this
So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.
23 and to say to/for them thus to say LORD God Israel to say to/for man which to send: depart [obj] you to(wards) me
And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
24 thus to say LORD look! I to come (in): bring distress: harm upon [the] place [the] this and upon to dwell his [obj] all [the] oath [the] to write upon [the] scroll: book which to call: read out to/for face: before king Judah
that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,
25 underneath: because of which to leave: forsake me (and to offer: offer *Q(K)*) to/for God another because to provoke me in/on/with all deed: work hand their and to pour rage my in/on/with place [the] this and not to quench
because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’
26 and to(wards) king Judah [the] to send: depart [obj] you to/for to seek in/on/with LORD thus to say to(wards) him thus to say LORD God Israel [the] word which to hear: hear
But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,
27 because be tender heart your and be humble from to/for face: before God in/on/with to hear: hear you [obj] word his upon [the] place [the] this and upon to dwell his and be humble to/for face: before my and to tear [obj] garment your and to weep to/for face: before my and also I to hear: hear utterance LORD
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
28 look! I to gather you to(wards) father your and to gather to(wards) grave your in/on/with peace and not to see: see eye your in/on/with all [the] distress: harm which I to come (in): bring upon [the] place [the] this and upon to dwell his and to return: return [obj] [the] king word
‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
29 and to send: depart [the] king and to gather [obj] all old: elder Judah and Jerusalem
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
30 and to ascend: rise [the] king house: temple LORD and all man Judah and to dwell Jerusalem and [the] priest and [the] Levi and all [the] people from great: large and till small and to call: read out in/on/with ear: hearing their [obj] all word scroll: book [the] covenant [the] to find house: temple LORD
And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
31 and to stand: stand [the] king upon post his 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 [obj] commandment his and testimony his and statute: decree his in/on/with all heart his and in/on/with all soul his to/for to make: do [obj] word [the] covenant [the] to write upon [the] scroll: book [the] this
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.
32 and to stand: stand [obj] all [the] to find in/on/with Jerusalem and Benjamin and to make: do to dwell Jerusalem like/as covenant God God father their
Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
33 and to turn aside: remove Josiah [obj] all [the] abomination from all [the] land: country/planet which to/for son: descendant/people Israel and to serve: minister [obj] all [the] to find in/on/with Israel to/for to serve: minister [obj] LORD God their all day his not to turn aside: turn aside from after LORD God father their
And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
