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 [is] a son of eight years in his reigning, and he has reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem,

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 does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, and walks in the ways of his father David, and has not turned aside [to] the right or 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

And in the eighth year of his reign (and he [is] yet a youth), he has begun to seek for the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he has begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the carved images, and the molten 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

And they break down the altars of the Ba‘alim before him, and he has cut down the images that [are] on high above them, and the Asherim, and the carved images, and the molten images, he has broken and beaten small, and strews [them] on the surface of the graves of those sacrificing to them,

5 and bone priest to burn upon (altar their *Q(K)*) and be pure [obj] Judah and [obj] Jerusalem

and he has burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleanses 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

and in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, with their tools, all around.

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

And he breaks down the altars and the Asherim, and he has beaten down the carved images very small, and he has cut down all the images in all the land of Israel, and turns back 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

And in the eighteenth year of his reign, to purify the land and the house, he has sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah head of the city, and Joah son of Johaz the remembrancer, to strengthen the house of his God YHWH.

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

And they come to Hilkiah the high priest, and they give the money that is brought into the house of God, that the Levites, keeping the threshold, have gathered from the hand of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, and Benjamin, and the inhabitants 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

and they give [it] into the hand of the workmen, those appointed over the house of YHWH, and they give it [to] the workmen who are working in the house of YHWH, to repair and to strengthen the house;

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

and they give [it] to craftsmen and to builders to buy hewn stones, and wood for couplings and for beams [for] the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed.

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 are working faithfully in the business, and over them are appointed Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathite, to overlook; and of the Levites, everyone understanding about instruments of song,

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

and over the burden-bearers, and overseers of everyone doing work for every service; and of the Levites [are] scribes, and 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

And in their bringing out the money that is brought into the house of YHWH, Hilkiah the priest has found the Scroll of the Law of YHWH by the hand of 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 answers and says to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found [the] Scroll of the Law in the house of YHWH”; and Hilkiah gives the scroll 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

and Shaphan brings in the scroll to the king, and brings the king back word again, saying, “All that has been given into the hand of your servants they are doing,

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

and they pour out the money that is found in the house of YHWH, and give it into the hand of those appointed and into the hands of those doing the work.”

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

And Shaphan the scribe declares [it] to the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given a scroll to me”; and Shaphan reads in it before the king.

19 and to be like/as to hear: hear [the] king [obj] word [the] instruction and to tear [obj] garment his

And it comes to pass, at the king’s hearing the words of the Law, that he tears his garments,

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 the king commands Hilkiah, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Abdon son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, servant of the king, saying,

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, seek YHWH for me, and for him who is left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the scroll that is found, for great [is] the fury of YHWH that is poured on us, because that our fathers did not keep the word of YHWH to do according to all that is written on this scroll.”

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

And Hilkiah goes, and they of the king, to Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum son of Tikvath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the garments, and she is dwelling in Jerusalem in the Second [Quarter], and they speak to her thus.

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 she says to them, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Say to the man who has sent you to me,

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

Thus said YHWH: Behold, I am bringing in calamity on this place and on its inhabitants, all the execrations that are written on the scroll that they read before 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 that they have forsaken Me, and make incense to other gods, so as to provoke Me with all the works of their hands, and My fury is poured out on this place, and it is not 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

And to the king of Judah who is sending you to inquire of YHWH, thus you say to him, Thus said YHWH God of Israel, whose words you have 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 [is] tender, and you are humbled before God in your hearing His words concerning this place and concerning its inhabitants, and are humbled before Me, and tear your garments, and weep before Me, indeed, I have also heard [you]—a declaration of YHWH.

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

Behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you have been gathered to your graves in peace, and your eyes do not look on all the calamity that I am bringing on this place and on its inhabitants”; and they bring the king back word.

29 and to send: depart [the] king and to gather [obj] all old: elder Judah and Jerusalem

And the king sends and gathers all the elderly 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 the king goes up to the house of YHWH, and [to] every man of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, even all the people, from great even to small, and he reads in their ears all the words of the scroll of the covenant that is found in the house of YHWH.

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

And the king stands on his station, and makes the covenant before YHWH to walk after YHWH, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all his heart and with all his soul, to do the words of the covenant that are written on this scroll.

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

And he presents everyone who is found in Jerusalem and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem do according to 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 turns aside all the abominations out of all the lands that the sons of Israel have, and causes everyone who is found in Israel to serve, to serve their God YHWH; all his days they did not turn aside from after YHWH, God of their fathers.