Revised Version 1895
2 Kings 23:21-27
21And thekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428commandedוַיְצַ֤וvay.TzavH6680allכָּל־kol-H3605thepeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Keepעֲשׂ֣וּ'a.SuH6213thepassoverפֶ֔סַחFe.sachH6453unto theLORDלַֽיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430, as it iswrittenכַּכָּת֕וּבka.ka.TuvH3789in thisbookסֵ֥פֶרSe.ferH5612of thecovenantהַבְּרִ֖יתha.be.RitH1285.
22Surelyכִּ֣יkiH3588there wasnotH3808keptנַֽעֲשָׂה֙na.'a.SahH6213suchהַזֶּ֔הha.ZehH2088apassoverכַּפֶּ֣סַחka.Pe.sachH6453from thedaysמִימֵי֙mi.MeiH3117of thejudgesהַשֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔יםha.Sho.fe.TimH8199thatjudgedשָׁפְט֖וּsha.fe.TuH8199Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,norH3808inallוְכֹ֗לve.KholH3605thedaysיְמֵ֛יye.MeiH3117of thekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,norH3808of thekingsוּמַלְכֵ֥יu.mal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063;
24Moreoverוְגַ֣םve.GamH1571them that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and theteraphimהַתְּרָפִ֨יםha.te.ra.FimH8655, and theidolsהַגִּלֻּלִ֜יםha.gi.lu.LimH1544, andallH3605theabominationsהַשִּׁקֻּצִ֗יםha.shi.ku.TzimH8251that werespiedH1004in thelandבְּאֶ֤רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063and inJerusalemוּבִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םu.vi.Ru.sha.LimH3389,didאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834Josiahיֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977putawayH3605, that he mightconfirmהָקִ֞יםha.KimH6965thewordsדִּבְרֵ֤יdiv.ReiH1697of thelawהַתּוֹרָה֙ha.to.RahH8451whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834werewrittenהַכְּתֻבִ֣יםha.ke.tu.VimH3789in thebookהַסֵּ֔פֶרha.Se.ferH5612thatHilkiahחִלְקִיָּ֥הוּchil.ki.Ya.huH2518thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.HenH3548foundמָצָ֛אma.Tza'H4672in thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.
25And like unto him was therenoלֹֽא־lo'-H3808kingמֶ֗לֶךְMe.lekhH4428beforeלְפָנָ֜יוle.fa.NavH6440him, thatturnedשָׁ֤בshavH7725to theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068withallH3605hisheartלְבָב֤וֹle.va.VoH3824, and withallH3605hissoulנַפְשׁוֹ֙naf.ShoH5315, and withallH3605his might,accordingאֶל־'el-H413toallH3605thelawתּוֹרַ֣תto.RatH8451ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehH4872;neitherלֹֽא־lo'-H3808afterוְאַחֲרָ֖יוve.'a.cha.RavH310himaroseקָ֥םkamH6965thereanyH3605like him.
26Notwithstanding theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068turnedשָׁ֣בshavH7725notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808from thefiercenessמֵחֲר֤וֹןme.cha.RonH2740of hisgreatהַגָּד֔וֹלha.ga.DolH1419wrathאַפּוֹ֙'a.PoH639, wherewith hisangerאַפּ֖וֹ'a.PoH639waskindledחָרָ֥הcha.RahH2734againstH5921Judahבִּֽיהוּדָ֑הbi.hu.DahH3063,becauseH5921ofallכָּל־kol-H3605the provocations thatManassehמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃me.na.ShehH4519hadprovokedהִכְעִיס֖וֹhikh.'i.SoH3707him withal.
27And theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, I willremoveאָסִיר֙'a.SirH5493Judahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063alsooutH6440of mysightH6440, as I haveremovedהֲסִרֹ֖תִיha.si.Ro.tiH5493Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and I will castoffמֵעַ֣לme.'AlH5921thiscityהָעִ֨ירha.'IrH5892whichH834I havechosenבָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ba.Char.tiH977,evenגַּ֤םgamH1571Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389, and thehouseהַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitH1004ofwhichH834Isaidאָמַ֔רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559, Mynameשְׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034shall be there.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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