1
Josiah was
eight years old when he began to
reign, and he
reigned thirty and
one years in
Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was
Jedidah, the
daughter of
Adaiah of
Boscath.
~yiv{l.v.W w{k.l'm.b .Wh'Yiva{y h'n'v h,n{m.v -n,B ? h'dyid.y w{Mia ~ev.w ~i'l'v.WryiB .$;l'm h'n'v t;x;a.w ? t;q.c'Bim h'y'd][ -t;b
2
And he
did that which was
right in the
sight of the
LORD, and
walked in all the
way of
David his
father, and turned not
aside to the right
hand or to the
left.
.$,r,D -l'k.B .$,leY;w h'wh.y yenye[.B r'v'Y;h f;[;Y;w ? lwa{m.f.W !yim'y r's -a{l.w wyib'a diw'D
3
And it came to pass in the
eighteenth* year of
king Josiah, that the
king sent Shaphan the
son of
Azaliah, the
son of
Meshullam, the
scribe, to the
house of the
LORD, saying,
.Wh'Yiva{y .$,l,M;l h'n'v her.f,[ h,n{m.viB yih.y;w ? ~'LUv.m -n,b .Wh'y.l;c]a -n,B !'p'v -t,a .$,l,M;h x;l'v ? r{mael h'wh.y tyeB rep{S;h
4
Go
up to
Hilkiah the
high priest, that he may
sum the
silver which is
brought into the
house of the
LORD, which the
keepers of the
door have
gathered of the
people:
~eT;y.w lw{d'G;h !eh{K;h .Wh'Yiq.lix -l,a hel][ ? .Wp.s'a r,v]a h'wh.y tyeB a'b.WM;h @,s,K;h -t,a ? ~'['h teaem @;S;h yer.m{v
5
And let them
deliver it into the
hand of the
doers of the
work, that have the
oversight of the
house of the
LORD: and let them
give it to the
doers of the
work which is in the
house of the
LORD, to
repair the
breaches of the
house,
~yid'q.pUM;h h'ka'l.M;h yef{[ d;y -l;[ h{n.TIy.w ? h'ka'l.M;h yef{[.l w{t{a .Wn.TIy.w h'wh.y tyeb.B ? tIy'B;h q,d,B qeZ;x.l h'wh.y tyeb.B r,v]a
6
Unto
carpenters, and
builders, and
masons, and to
buy timber and
hewn stone to
repair the
house.
~yice[ tw{n.qil.w ~yir.d{G;l.w ~yin{B;l.w ~yiv'r'x,l ? tIy'B;h -t,a qeZ;x.l bec.x;m yen.b;a.w