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2 Chronicles 34:2וַיַּ֥עַשׂAnd he didway·ya·‘aś
הַיָּשָׁ֖ר[what was] righthay·yā·šār
בְּעֵינֵ֣יin the eyesbə·‘ê·nê
יְהוָ֑הof YHWHYah·weh
וַיֵּ֗לֶךְand walkedway·yê·leḵ
בְּדַרְכֵי֙in the waysbə·ḏar·ḵê
אָבִ֔יוof his father’ā·ḇîw
דָּוִ֣ידDavid ;dā·wîḏ
וְלֹא־he did notwə·lō-
סָ֖רturn asidesār
יָמִ֥יןto the rightyā·mîn
וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃or to the left .ū·śə·mō·wl
2 Chronicles 34:3וּבִשְׁמוֹנֶ֨הIn the eighthū·ḇiš·mō·w·neh
שָׁנִ֜יםyearšā·nîm
לְמָלְכ֗וֹ of his reign , lə·mā·lə·ḵōw
וְהוּא֙while hewə·hū
עוֹדֶ֣נּוּwas still‘ō·w·ḏen·nū
נַ֔עַר young , na·‘ar
הֵחֵ֕לJosiah beganhê·ḥêl
לִדְר֕וֹשׁto seekliḏ·rō·wōš
לֵאלֹהֵ֖יthe Godlê·lō·hê
אָבִ֑יוof his father’ā·ḇîw
דָּוִ֣יד David , dā·wîḏ
וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧יםand in the twelfthū·ḇiš·têm
עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה. . .‘eś·rêh
שָׁנָ֗הyearšā·nāh
הֵחֵל֙he beganhê·ḥêl
לְטַהֵ֔רto cleanselə·ṭa·hêr
אֶת־-’eṯ-
יְהוּדָה֙Judahyə·hū·ḏāh
וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םand Jerusalemwî·rū·šā·lim
מִן־ofmin-
הַבָּמוֹת֙ the high places , hab·bā·mō·wṯ
וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔ים the Asherah poles , wə·hā·’ă·šê·rîm
וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים the carved idols , wə·hap·pə·si·lîm
וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת׃and the cast images .wə·ham·mas·sê·ḵō·wṯ
2 Chronicles 34:4לְפָנָ֗יוThen in his presencelə·p̄ā·nāw
אֵ֚ת-’êṯ
מִזְבְּח֣וֹתthe altarsmiz·bə·ḥō·wṯ
הַבְּעָלִ֔יםof the Baalshab·bə·‘ā·lîm
וַיְנַתְּצ֣וּ were torn down , way·nat·tə·ṣū
גִּדֵּ֑עַand he cut to piecesgid·dê·a‘
וְהַֽחַמָּנִ֛יםthe incense altarswə·ha·ḥam·mā·nîm
אֲשֶׁר־that’ă·šer-
לְמַ֥עְלָהwere abovelə·ma‘·lāh
מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֖םthem .mê·‘ă·lê·hem
שִׁבַּ֣רHe shatteredšib·bar
וְ֠הָאֲשֵׁרִים the Asherah poles , wə·hā·’ă·šê·rîm
וְהַפְּסִלִ֤ים the carved idols , wə·hap·pə·si·lîm
וְהַמַּסֵּכוֹת֙ and the cast images , wə·ham·mas·sê·ḵō·wṯ
וְהֵדַ֔ק crushed them to dust , wə·hê·ḏaq
וַיִּזְרֹק֙and scattered themway·yiz·rōq
עַל־over‘al-
פְּנֵ֣י. . .pə·nê
הַקְּבָרִ֔יםthe graveshaq·qə·ḇā·rîm
הַזֹּבְחִ֖יםof those who had sacrificedhaz·zō·ḇə·ḥîm
לָהֶֽם׃to them .lā·hem
2 Chronicles 34:5שָׂרַ֖ףThen he burnedśā·rap̄
וְעַצְמוֹת֙the boneswə·‘aṣ·mō·wṯ
כֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםof the priestskō·hă·nîm
עַל־on‘al-
מִזְבְּחוֹתָיםtheir altars .miz·bə·ḥō·ṯå̄ym
וַיְטַהֵ֥רSo he cleansedway·ṭa·hêr
אֶת־-’eṯ-
יְהוּדָ֖הJudahyə·hū·ḏāh
וְאֶת־-wə·’eṯ-
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃and Jerusalem .yə·rū·šā·lim
2 Chronicles 34:6וּבְעָרֵ֨י[Josiah] did the same in the citiesū·ḇə·‘ā·rê
מְנַשֶּׁ֧ה of Manasseh , mə·naš·šeh
וְאֶפְרַ֛יִם Ephraim , wə·’ep̄·ra·yim
וְשִׁמְע֖וֹן and Simeon , wə·šim·‘ō·wn
וְעַד־aswə·‘aḏ-
נַפְתָּלִ֑י far as Naphtali , nap̄·tā·lî
בְּהַרand in the ruinsbə·har
בָּתֵּיהֶם. . .bå̄t·tē·hɛm
סָבִֽיב׃around them .sā·ḇîḇ
2 Chronicles 34:7וַיְנַתֵּ֣ץHe tore downway·nat·têṣ
אֶת־-’eṯ-
הַֽמִּזְבְּח֗וֹתthe altarsham·miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ
וְאֶת־-wə·’eṯ-
הָאֲשֵׁרִ֤ים and Asherah poles , hā·’ă·šê·rîm
כִּתַּ֣תcrushedkit·taṯ
וְהַפְּסִלִים֙the idolswə·hap·pə·si·lîm
לְהֵדַ֔ק to powder , lə·hê·ḏaq
גִּדַּ֖עand cut to piecesgid·da‘