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1. So the king sent messengers, and they gathered to him all the elders of Jerusalem and Judah.
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1. And the king H4428 sent H7971 , and they gathered H622 unto H413 him all H3605 the elders H2205 of Judah H3063 and of Jerusalem H3389 .
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2. Then the king went to the LORD's temple with all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets-- all the people from the youngest to the oldest. As they listened, he read all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the LORD's temple.
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2. And the king H4428 went up H5927 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and all H3605 the men H376 of Judah H3063 and all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 with H854 him , and the priests H3548 , and the prophets H5030 , and all H3605 the people H5971 , both small H4480 H6996 and great H1419 : and he read H7121 in their ears H241 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 of the book H5612 of the covenant H1285 which was found H4672 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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3. Next, the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant in the presence of the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, His decrees, and His statutes with all his mind and with all his heart, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to the covenant.
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3. And the king H4428 stood H5975 by H5921 a pillar H5982 , and made H3772 H853 a covenant H1285 before H6440 the LORD H3068 , to walk H1980 after H310 the LORD H3068 , and to keep H8104 his commandments H4687 and his testimonies H5715 and his statutes H2708 with all H3605 their heart H3820 and all H3605 their soul H5315 , to perform H6965 H853 the words H1697 of this H2063 covenant H1285 that were written H3789 in H5921 this H2088 book H5612 . And all H3605 the people H5971 stood H5975 to the covenant H1285 .
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4. Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the doorkeepers to bring out of the LORD's temple all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and the whole heavenly host. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
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4. And the king H4428 commanded H6680 H853 Hilkiah H2518 the high H1419 priest H3548 , and the priests H3548 of the second order H4932 , and the keepers H8104 of the door H5592 , to bring forth H3318 out of the temple H4480 H1964 of the LORD H3068 H853 all H3605 the vessels H3627 that were made H6213 for Baal H1168 , and for the grove H842 , and for all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 : and he burned H8313 them without H4480 H2351 Jerusalem H3389 in the fields H7709 of Kidron H6939 , and carried H5375 H853 the ashes H6083 of them unto Bethel H1008 .
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5. Then he did away with the idolatrous priests the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas surrounding Jerusalem. They had burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, moon, constellations, and the whole heavenly host.
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5. And he put down H7673 H853 the idolatrous priests H3649 , whom H834 the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 had ordained H5414 to burn incense H6999 in the high places H1116 in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 , and in the places round about H4524 Jerusalem H3389 ; them also that burned incense H6999 unto Baal H1168 , to the sun H8121 , and to the moon H3394 , and to the planets H4208 , and to all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 .
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6. He brought out the Asherah pole from the LORD's temple to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. He burned it at the Kidron Valley, beat it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
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6. And he brought out H3318 H853 the grove H842 from the house H4480 H1004 of the LORD H3068 , without H4480 H2351 Jerusalem H3389 , unto H413 the brook H5158 Kidron H6939 , and burned H8313 it at the brook H5158 Kidron H6939 , and stamped it small H1854 to powder H6083 , and cast H7993 H853 the powder H6083 thereof upon H5921 the graves H6913 of the children H1121 of the people H5971 .
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7. He also tore down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the LORD's temple, in which the women were weaving tapestries for Asherah.
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7. And he broke down H5422 H853 the houses H1004 of the sodomites H6945 , that H834 were by the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , where H834 H8033 the women H802 wove H707 hangings H1004 for the grove H842 .
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8. Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and he defiled the high places from Geba to Beer-sheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city (on the left at the city gate).
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8. And he brought H935 H853 all H3605 the priests H3548 out of the cities H4480 H5892 of Judah H3063 , and defiled H2930 H853 the high places H1116 where H834 H8033 the priests H3548 had burned incense H6999 , from Geba H4480 H1387 to H5704 Beer H884 -sheba , and broke down H5422 H853 the high places H1116 of the gates H8179 that H834 were in the entering in H6607 of the gate H8179 of Joshua H3091 the governor H8269 of the city H5892 , which H834 were on H5921 a man H376 's left hand H8040 at the gate H8179 of the city H5892 .
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9. The priests of the high places, however, did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem; instead, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
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9. Nevertheless H389 the priests H3548 of the high places H1116 came not up H5927 H3808 to H413 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 in Jerusalem H3389 , but H3588 H518 they did eat H398 of the unleavened bread H4682 among H8432 their brethren H251 .
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10. He defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of Hinnom, so that no one could make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
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10. And he defiled H2930 H853 Topheth H8612 , which H834 is in the valley H1516 of the children H1121 of Hinnom H2011 , that no H1115 man H376 might make H853 his son H1121 or his daughter H1323 to pass through H5674 the fire H784 to Molech H4432 .
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11. He did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They had been at the entrance of the LORD's temple in the precincts by the chamber of Nathan-melech the court official, and he burned up the chariots of the sun.
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11. And he took away H7673 H853 the horses H5483 that H834 the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 had given H5414 to the sun H8121 , at the entering in H4480 H935 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , by H413 the chamber H3957 of Nathan H5419 -melech the chamberlain H5631 , which H834 was in the suburbs H6503 , and burned H8313 the chariots H4818 of the sun H8121 with fire H784 .
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12. The king tore down the altars that were on the roof-- Ahaz's upper chamber that the kings of Judah had made-- and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the LORD's temple. Then he smashed them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
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12. And the altars H4196 that H834 were on H5921 the top H1406 of the upper chamber H5944 of Ahaz H271 , which H834 the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 had made H6213 , and the altars H4196 which H834 Manasseh H4519 had made H6213 in the two H8147 courts H2691 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , did the king H4428 beat down H5422 , and broke them down H7323 from thence H4480 H8033 , and cast H7993 H853 the dust H6083 of them into H413 the brook H5158 Kidron H6939 .
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13. The king also defiled the high places that were across from Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Destruction, which Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the detestable idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the detestable idol of Moab; and for Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.
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13. And the high places H1116 that H834 were before H5921 H6440 Jerusalem H3389 , which H834 were on the right hand H4480 H3225 of the mount H2022 of corruption H4889 , which H834 Solomon H8010 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 had built H1129 for Ashtoreth H6253 the abomination H8251 of the Zidonians H6722 , and for Chemosh H3645 the abomination H8251 of the Moabites H4124 , and for Milcom H4445 the abomination H8441 of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 , did the king H4428 defile H2930 .
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14. He broke the sacred pillars into pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, then filled their places with human bones.
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14. And he broke in pieces H7665 H853 the images H4676 , and cut down H3772 H853 the groves H842 , and filled H4390 H853 their places H4725 with the bones H6106 of men H120 .
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15. He even tore down the altar at Bethel and the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made. Then he burned the high place, crushed it to dust, and burned the Asherah.
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15. Moreover H1571 H853 the altar H4196 that H834 was at Bethel H1008 , and the high place H1116 which H834 Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028 , who H834 made H853 Israel H3478 to sin H2398 , had made H6213 , both H1571 H853 that H1931 altar H4196 and the high place H1116 he broke down H5422 , and burned H8313 H853 the high place H1116 , and stamped it small H1854 to powder H6083 , and burned H8313 the grove H842 .
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16. As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mountain. He sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar. He defiled it according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who proclaimed these things.
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16. And as Josiah H2977 turned H6437 himself , he spied H7200 H853 the sepulchers H6913 that H834 were there H8033 in the mount H2022 , and sent H7971 , and took H3947 H853 the bones H6106 out of H4480 the sepulchers H6913 , and burned H8313 them upon H5921 the altar H4196 , and polluted H2930 it , according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 the man H376 of God H430 proclaimed H7121 , who H834 proclaimed H7121 H853 these H428 words H1697 .
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17. Then he said, "What is this monument 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 to the altar at Bethel."
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17. Then he said H559 , What H4100 title H6725 is that H1975 that H834 I H589 see H7200 ? And the men H376 of the city H5892 told H559 H413 him, It is the sepulcher H6913 of the man H376 of God H430 , which H834 came H935 from Judah H4480 H3063 , and proclaimed H7121 H853 these H428 things H1697 that H834 thou hast done H6213 against H5921 the altar H4196 of Bethel H1008 .
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18. So he said, "Let him rest. Don't let anyone disturb his bones." So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.
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18. And he said H559 , Let him alone H5117 ; let no H408 man H376 move H5128 his bones H6106 . So they let his bones alone H4422 H6106 , with H854 the bones H6106 of the prophet H5030 that H834 came H935 out of Samaria H4480 H8111 .
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19. Josiah also removed all the shrines of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD. Josiah did the same things to them that he had done at Bethel.
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19. And H853 all H3605 the houses H1004 also H1571 of the high places H1116 that H834 were in the cities H5892 of Samaria H8111 , which H834 the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 had made H6213 to provoke the LORD to anger H3707 , Josiah H2977 took away H5493 , and did H6213 to them according to all H3605 the acts H4639 that H834 he had done H6213 in Bethel H1008 .
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20. He slaughtered on the altars all the priests of the high places who were there, and he burned human bones on the altars. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
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20. And he slew H2076 H853 all H3605 the priests H3548 of the high places H1116 that H834 were there H8033 upon H5921 the altars H4196 , and burned H8313 H853 men H120 's bones H6106 upon H5921 them , and returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 .
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21. The king commanded all the people, "Keep the Passover of the LORD your God as written in the book of the covenant."
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21. And the king H4428 commanded H6680 H853 all H3605 the people H5971 , saying H559 , Keep H6213 the passover H6453 unto the LORD H3068 your God H430 , as it is written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of this H2088 covenant H1285 .
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22. No such Passover had ever been kept from the time of the judges who judged Israel through the entire time of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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22. Surely H3588 there was not H3808 holden H6213 such H2088 a passover H6453 from the days H4480 H3117 of the judges H8199 that H834 judged H8199 H853 Israel H3478 , nor in all H3605 the days H3117 of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 , nor of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 ;
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23. But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.
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23. But H3588 H518 in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Josiah H2977 , wherein this H2088 passover H6453 was holden H6213 to the LORD H3068 in Jerusalem H3389 .
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24. In addition, Josiah removed the mediums, the spiritists, household idols, images, and all the detestable things that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this in order to carry out the words of the law that were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the LORD's temple.
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24. Moreover H1571 H853 the workers with familiar spirits H178 , and the wizards H3049 , and the images H8655 , and the idols H1544 , and all H3605 the abominations H8251 that H834 were spied H7200 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in Jerusalem H3389 , did Josiah H2977 put away H1197 , that H4616 he might perform H6965 H853 the words H1697 of the law H8451 which were written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 that H834 Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548 found H4672 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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25. Before him there was no king like him who turned to the LORD with all his mind and with all his heart and with all his strength according to all the law of Moses, and no one like him arose after him.
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25. And like unto him H3644 was H1961 there no H3808 king H4428 before H6440 him, that H834 turned H7725 to H413 the LORD H3068 with all H3605 his heart H3824 , and with all H3605 his soul H5315 , and with all H3605 his might H3966 , according to all H3605 the law H8451 of Moses H4872 ; neither H3808 after H310 him arose H6965 there any like him H3644 .
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26. In spite of all that, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath and anger, which burned against Judah because of all the provocations Manasseh had provoked Him with.
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26. Notwithstanding H389 the LORD H3068 turned H7725 not H3808 from the fierceness H4480 H2740 of his great H1419 wrath H639 , wherewith H834 his anger H639 was kindled H2734 against Judah H3063 , because H5921 of all H3605 the provocations H3708 that H834 Manasseh H4519 had provoked H3707 him withal.
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27. For the LORD had said, "I will also remove Judah from My sight just as I have removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, that I have chosen, and the temple about which I said, 'My name will be there.'"
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27. And the LORD H3068 said H559 , I will remove H5493 H853 Judah H3063 also H1571 out of H4480 H5921 my sight H6440 , as H834 I have removed H5493 H853 Israel H3478 , and will cast off H3988 H853 this H2063 city H5892 H853 Jerusalem H3389 which H834 I have chosen H977 , and the house H1004 of which H834 I said H559 , My name H8034 shall be H1961 there H8033 .
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28. The rest of the events of Josiah's reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written about in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings.
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28. Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Josiah H2977 , and all H3605 that H834 he did H6213 , are they H1992 not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 ?
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29. During his reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to the king of Assyria at the Euphrates river. King Josiah went to confront him, and at Megiddo when Neco saw him he killed him.
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29. In his days H3117 Pharaoh Necho H6549 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 went up H5927 against H5921 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 to H5921 the river H5104 Euphrates H6578 : and king H4428 Josiah H2977 went H1980 against H7122 him ; and he slew H4191 him at Megiddo H4023 , when he had seen H7200 him.
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30. From Megiddo his servants carried his dead body in a chariot, brought him into Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the common people took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
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30. And his servants H5650 carried H7392 him in a chariot dead H4191 from Megiddo H4480 H4023 , and brought H935 him to Jerusalem H3389 , and buried H6912 him in his own sepulcher H6900 . And the people H5971 of the land H776 took H3947 H853 Jehoahaz H3059 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 , and anointed H4886 him , and made him king H4427 H853 in his father's stead H8478 H1 .
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31. Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king; he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
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31. Jehoahaz H3059 was twenty H6242 and three H7969 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign H4427 ; and he reigned H4427 three H7969 months H2320 in Jerusalem H3389 . And his mother H517 's name H8034 was Hamutal H2537 , the daughter H1323 of Jeremiah H3414 of Libnah H4480 H3841 .
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32. He did what was evil in the LORD's sight just as his ancestors had done.
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32. And he did H6213 that which was evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , according to all H3605 that H834 his fathers H1 had done H6213 .
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33. Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath to keep him from reigning in Jerusalem, and he imposed on the land a fine of 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold.
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33. And Pharaoh Necho H6549 put him in bands H631 at Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574 , that he might not reign H4480 H4427 in Jerusalem H3389 ; and put H5414 H5921 the land H776 to a tribute H6066 of a hundred H3967 talents H3603 of silver H3701 , and a talent H3603 of gold H2091 .
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34. Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and went to Egypt, and he died there.
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34. And Pharaoh Necho H6549 made H4427 H853 Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4427 in the room H8478 of Josiah H2977 his father H1 , and turned H5437 H853 his name H8034 to Jehoiakim H3079 , and took H3947 Jehoahaz H3059 away : and he came H935 to Egypt H4714 , and died H4191 there H8033 .
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35. So Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but at Pharaoh's command he taxed the land to give the money. He exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, each man according to his valuation, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.
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35. And Jehoiakim H3079 gave H5414 the silver H3701 and the gold H2091 to Pharaoh H6547 ; but H389 he taxed H6186 H853 the land H776 to give H5414 H853 the money H3701 according H5921 to the commandment H6310 of Pharaoh H6547 : he exacted H5065 H853 the silver H3701 and the gold H2091 of H853 the people H5971 of the land H776 , of every one H376 according to his taxation H6187 , to give H5414 it unto Pharaoh Necho H6549 .
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36. Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king; he reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.
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36. Jehoiakim H3079 was twenty H6242 and five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign H4427 ; and he reigned H4427 eleven H259 H6240 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389 . And his mother H517 's name H8034 was Zebudah H2080 , the daughter H1323 of Pedaiah H6305 of H4480 Rumah H7316 .
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37. He did what was evil in the LORD's sight just as his ancestors had done.
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37. And he did H6213 that which was evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , according to all H3605 that H834 his fathers H1 had done H6213 .
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