1 Chronicles 2:1-55 Genealogy from the Sons of Judah through to the Kenites

 

Genealogy from the Sons of Judah through to the Kenites

1 Chronicles 2:1-55           The First Book of Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

These are the sons of Israel [a.k.a. Jacob:] Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar; Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naptali, Gad & Asher. [Judah's] sons: Er. Pmam & Shelah: [these] 3 were born to him [by Shua's] daughter, the Canaanitess.

[Judah's] first born, Er, was evil in the sight of the Lord & He [killed Er]. [Judah fathered, his] daughter-in-law, [Tamar's twin sons,] Pharez & Zerah. All the sons of Judah were 5.

[Pharez'] sons: Hezron & Hamul. [Zerah's] sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol [a.k.a. Kalkol] & Dara [a.k.a. Darda: 5 in all.

[Carmi's] [a.k.a. Karmi]: Achar [a.k.a. Achan, who caused trouble for] Israel & [sinned by taking & hiding the cursed items: gold, silver & a Babylonian garment.] [Ethan'] son: Azariah.

[Hezron's] sons born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram & Chelubai [a.k.a. Caleb]. Ram [fathered:] Amminadab. Amminadab [fathered:] Nahshon, [the leader] of the children [people] of Judah.

Nahshon [fathered:] Salma [a.k.a. Salmon]. Salma [fathered:] Boaz. Boaz [fathered:] Obed. Obed [fathered:] Jesse.

Jesse [fathered:] his first born, Eliab; Abinadab, the 2nd; Shimma [a.k.a. Shimea,] the 3rd; Nethaneel [a.k.a. Nethanel,] the 4th; Raddai, the 5th; Ozem, the 6th & David, the 7th, whose sisters were Zeruiah & Abigail.

[Zeruiah's] sons: Abishai, Joab & Asahel: 3. Abigail [gave birth to:] Amasa. [Amasa's] father was Jether, the [Ishmaelite]. Caleb, [Hezron's] son [fathered:] the children of Azubah, his wife & [also] of Jerioth: her sons are: Jesher, Shobab & Ardon.

When Azubah was dead, Caleb [married:] Ephrath [who gave birth to:] Hur. Hur [fathered:] Uri. Uri [fathered:] Bezaleel [a.k.a. Bezalel.] Afterward, Hezron [was intimate with & later at 60 years old married] the daughter of Machir [Maker; Makir,] [who was] the father of Gilead.

[The daughter of Machir gave birth to:] Segub. And Segub [fathered:] Jair, who had 23 cities in the land of Gilead. He [captured:] Geshur & Aram, with the towns of [Havvith] Jair from them, with Kenanth & [its] towns: 60 cities.

All these belonged to the [descendants] of Machir, the father of Gilead. After that, Hezron [died] in Caleb Ephratah. Then, Abiah, Hezron's wife gave birth to:] Ashur, the father of Tekoa.

The sons of Jerahmeel [a.k.a. Jerahmeel, Hezron's] firstborn were: Ram, first born; Bunah; Oren; Ozem & Ahijah. Jerahmeel also had another wife, whose name was Atarah.

She was the mother of Onam. The sons of Ram,[Jerahmeel's] firstborn, were: Maaz, Jamin & Eker. [Onan's] sons were: Shammai & Jada. [Shammai's] sons: Nadab & Abishur.

[Abishur's] wife was named Abihail & she [gave birth to:] Ahban & Molid. [Nadab's] sons: Seled & Apparim; but Seled died without children. [Appaim's] son: Ishi. [Ishi's] son: Sheshan.

[Sheshan's] children: Ahlai. The sons of Jada, [who was] the brother of Shammai: Jether & Jonathan. Jether died without children. [Jonathan's] sons: Peleth & Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

Now, Shesan had no sons, [only] daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha. Sheshan gave his daughter to [marry] Jarha, his servant & she [gave birth to:] Attai.

Attai [fathered:] Nathan. Nathan [fathered:] Zabad. Zabad [fathered:] Ephlal. Ephlal [fathered:] Obed. Obed [fathered:] Jehu. Jehu [fathered:] Azariah. Azariah [fathered:] Helez. Helez [fathered:] Eleasah.

Eleasah [fathered:] Sisamai. Sisami [fathered:] Shallum. Shallum [fathered:] Jekamiah. Jekamiah [fathered:] Elishama. Now, the sons of Caleb, [who was] the brother of Jerahmeel, were: Mesha, his first born, [who] was the father of Ziph. [Ziph fathered:] Mareshah. Mareshah [fathered:] Hebron.

[Hebron's] sons: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem & Shema. Shema [fathered:] Raham. [Raham fathered:] Jorkoam [a.k.a. Jorkeam] Rekem [fathered:] Shammai. [Shammai's] son was Maon.

Maon [fathered:] Beth Zur. Caleb's [mistress,] Ephah [gave birth to:] Haran, Moza & Gazez. Haran [also fathered a son named:] Gazez. [Jahdai's] sons: Regem, Jotham, Gesham [a.k.a. Geshan,] Pelet, Ephah & Shaaph.

Caleb's [mistress,] Maachan [a.k.a. Maakah gave birth to:] Sheber & Tirhanah. She also [gave birth to:] Shaaph. [Shaaph fathered:] Madmannah & Sheva. Sheva [fathered:] Machbenah [a.k.a. Makbenah] & Gibea.

[Caleb's] daughter was Achsa [a.k.a. Aksah]. These were the [descendants] of Caleb. [Caleb] was the son of Hur. [Hur was] the first born of Ephratah [a.k.a. Ephrathah]. Shobal [fathered] Kirjath Jearim [a.k.a. Kiriath Jearim.]

Salma [fathered:] Bethlehem. Hareph [fathered:] Beth Gader. [The descendants of Shobal, who was the father of [Kirjath Jearim were:] Haroeh; ½ of the Manahethites [a.k.a. Manu Hoth or Manahathites;] the families of Jirjath Jearim: the Ithrites: Puhites [a.k.a. Puthites;] Shumathites; Mishraites.

[From] them came the Zareathites [a.k.a.Zorathites] & the Eshtaulites [a.k.a. Eshtaolites.] [The descendants] of Salma: Bethlehem, & the Netophathites, Ataroth [a.k.a. Atroth-BethJoab, or Astaroth-BethJoab,] the house of Joab, the Manahethites [a.k.a. Manahathites] & Zorites.

The families of the scribes, [who lived in] Jabez [were:] the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, Suchathites [a.k.a. Sucathites]. These are the Kenites, [who] came [from] Hemath [a.k.a. Hammath,] the father of the house of Rechab [a.k.a. Rekabites or Beth Rekab].

1 Chronicles 1:1-54 Genealogy from Adam to the Dukes of Edom

 

Genealogy from Adam to the Dukes of Edom

1 Chronicles 1:1-54           The First Book of Chronicles [in Smaller Chunks]

[From the Lord God, through] Adam, [came:] Sheth, Enosh, Kenan [a.k.a Cainan,] Mahalaleel [a.k.a. Mahalalel,] Jered [a.k.a. Jared,] Henoch [a.k.a. Enoch,] Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Ham & Japheth.

[Japheth's] sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech [a.k.a. Meshek] & Tiras. [Gomer's] sons: Ashchenaz [a.k.a. Ashkenaz,] Riphath & Togarmah. [Jarvan's] sons: Elishah, Tarshish [a.k.a. Tarshishah,] Kittam [a.k.a. Kittites,] & Dodanim [a.k.a. Rodanites].

[Ham's] sons: Cush, Mizraim [a.k.a. Egypt,] Put & Canaan. [Cush'] sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabta [a.k.a. Sabtah,] Raamah & Sabtecha [a.k.a. Sabteka]. [Raamah's] sons: Sheba & Dedan.

Cush [fathered:] Nimrod: [who] began to be a mighty [one] upon the earth. Mizraim [a.k.a. Egypt] [fathered:] Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim [a.k.a. Kasluhim] (of whom came the Philistines) & Caphthorim [a.k.a.. Caphtorim].

Canaan [fathered] Zidon [a.k.a. Sidon,] his firstborn & Heth, the Jebusite & also the Amorite, Girgashite & the Hivite, Arkite, Sinite, Arvadite, Zemarite & Hamathite.

[Shem's] sons: Elam, Asshur [a.k.a. Ashur,] Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether & Meshech [a.k.a. Meshek]. Arphaxad [fathered:] Shelah. Shelah [fathered:] Eber.

[To] Eber were born 2 sons: 1 was [named] Peleg; because in his days, the earth was divided & his brother's name was Joktan. Joktan [fathered:] Almodad, Sheleph, Hazar Maveth, Jerah, Hadoram also & Uzal, Diklah, Ebal [a.k.a. Obal,] Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah & Jobab. All these were [Joktan's descendants].

Shem, Arphad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Abram; Abraham is the same [person.] [Abraham's] sons: Isaac & Ishmael. These are their generations [of descendants:]

[Ishmael's] firstborn, Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, MIbsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, Kedemah. These are [Ishmael's] sons. Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's [mistress,] [after Sarah, his wife's death.]

[Keturah gave birth to:] Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak & Shuah. [Jokshan's] sons: Sheba & Dedan. [Midian's] sons: Ephah, Epher, Henoch [a.k.a. Hanok,] Abida & Eldaah. These are [Keturah's descendants].

Abraham [fathered] Isaac [with Sarah when she was 90.] [Isaac's] sons: Esau & Israel [named Jacob at birth, but the Lord God later changed his name to Israel.] [Esau's] sons: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jaalam [a.k.a. Jalam] & Korah.

[Eliphaz'] sons: Teman, Omar, Zephi [a.k.a. Zepho,] Gatam, Kenaz, TImna & Amalek. [Reul's] sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah & Mizzah. [Seir's] sons: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezar & Dishan.

[Lotan's] sons: Hori & Homam. And Timna was Lotan's sister. [Shobal's] sons: Alian [a.k.a. Alvah,] Manahath, Ebal, Shephi [a.k.a. Shepho] & Onam. [Zibeon's] sons: Aiah, Amran [a.k.a. Hemaan,] Eshban, Ithran & & Cheran [a.k.a. Keran].

[Ezer's] sons: Bilhan, Zavan [a.k.a. Zaavan] & Jakan [a.k.a. Akan]. [Dishan's] sons: Uz & Aran. Now, these are the kings [who ruled] in the land of Edom, before any king [ruled] over the children [people] of Israel: Bela, [Beor's] son & the name of his city was Dinhabah.

When Bela was dead, Jobab, [Zerah's] son, [from] Bozrah, [ruled] in his [place]. When Jobab was dead, Husham, [from] the land of the Temanites [ruled] in his [place].

When Husham was dead, Hadad, [Bedad's] son, [who attacked] Midian in the field of Moab, [ruled] in his [place] & the name of his city was Avith. When Hadad was dead, Samlah [from] Masrekah [ruled] in his [place].

And when Samlah was dead, Shaul [from] Rehoboth, by the river [ruled] in his [place]. When Shaul was dead, Baal Hanan, [Achbor's] son, [ruled] in his [place].

When Baal Hanan was dead, Hadad [ruled] in his [place] & the name of his city was Pa [a.k.a. Pau] & his wife's name was Mehetable, [Matred's] daughter of Mezahab. Hadad also died.

The dukes [a.k.a chiefs] of Edom were: Duke Timnah, Duke Alian [a.k.a. Alvah,] Duke Jetheth, Duke Aholibamah, Duke Elah, Kuke Pinon, Kuke Kenaz, Duke Teman, Duke Mibzar, Duke Magdiel, Duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.

2 Kings 25:1-30 Nebuchadnezzar & All His Army Came Against Jerusalem

 

Nebuchadnezzar & All His Army Came Against Jerusalem

2 Kings 25:1-30                              2 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

It [happened during] the 9th year [Zedekiah ruled,] in the 10th month, [on] the 10th day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, came [with] all his [army] against Jerusalem & pitched [tents] against it.

They built [battle mounds & surrounded it]. The city was [surrounded] until Zedekiah's 11th year [as] king. On the 9th day of the 4th month, the famine was so [severe] in the city & there [wasn't any] bread for the people of the land.

The [city's wall] was broken & all the men of war fled [at] night by the [road] of the gate between the 2 walls, by the king's garden. (Now the Chaldees, [a.k.a. Chaldeans & Babylonian's, surrounded] the city) & the king [took the road] toward the plain.

The army of the Chaldees pursued after the king & [captured] him in the plains of Jericho & all the [army] scattered from him. They [captured] king [Zedekiah] & brought him to Riblah up to [Babylon's] king & [sentenced] him.

They [killed Zedekiah's] sons [in front of] him & put out [Zedekiah's] eyes, [blinding him]. [They] bound him in brass shackles & carried him to Babylon.

In the 5th month, on the 7th day of the month, [during] the 19th year Nebuchadnezzar [ruled as Babylon's] king, Nebuzar Adan, captain of the guard, servant of [Babylon's] king, came to Jerusalem.

He burnt the [Lord's] house & all [Jerusalem's] houses & the houses of the [important] men with fire. All the [Chaldean army,] with the captain of the guard [broke] down all the walls [around] Jerusalem.

Now, Nebuzar Adan, the captain of the guard, carried away: the rest of the people [who] were left in the city, & the [deserters who joined with Babylon's] king & the [rest] of the multitude.

But the captain of the guard left the poor of the land, to [take care of the vineyards & the fields]. The [Chaldeans] broke in pieces & carried away the brass pillars, [basins & brass] sea, that [were] in the [Lord's] house & carried the brass [with] them to Babylon.

They [also] took away all of the brass [articles used for ministering:] the pots, shovels, [candle] snuffers & spoons. The captains of the guard took away the firepans, bowls & [other things] of gold or silver.

The brass of all these [articles] & the 2 [brass] pillars, 1 sea, & [basins that] Solomon had made for the [Lord's] house, was [beyond measurement]. The height of [each of the 2 identical] pillars was 18 cubits, the brass [capital on top of the pillar,] was 3 cubits, the [decorative brass wreath,] the brass pomegranates [surrounding] the brass [capital].

The captain of the guard [captured:] Seraiah, the chief priest; Zephaniah, the 2nd priest & 3 doorkeepers. [Outside] the city, [Nebuzar Adan put] an officer over the men of war, the 5 [advisors to] the king, the [chief] scribe of the [army, who] mustered the people of the land & 60 men found in the city & brought them to Riblah, to [Babylon's] king.

[Babylon's] king [struck them down & killed] them in Riblah, in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away [captive] out of their land. The people [who] remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king left, Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, [who was] the son of Shaphan [was made] the ruler [over them].

When all the captains of the armies & their men heard that [Babylon's] king made Gedaliah governor there, [these] came to [confront] Gedaliah [at] Mizpah: Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son; Johanan, [Careah's] son; Seraiah, [Tanhumeth's] son, [a] Netophathite & Jaazaniah, the son of a Maachathite, [with] their men.

Gedaliah [swore] to them & to their men & said, [Don't be afraid] to be the servants of the [Chaldeans a.k.a. Babylonians]. [Live] in the land & serve [Babylon's] king & all shall be well [for] you.

It [happened] in the 7th month, that Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son, [who was] the son of Elishama, of royal [ancestors] came with 10 men & [assassinated] Gedaliah.

He & all the Jews & [Chaldeans] with him in Mizpah died. All the people [powerless & powerful] & the captains of the armies arose & came to Egypt, [because] they were afraid of the [Chaldeans].

It [happened] in the 37th year [of] Jehoiachin, [Judah's king's] captivity, [on] the 12th month, on the 27th day of the month, Evil Merodach, [a.k.a. Awel-Marduk, Babylon's new] king, began to [rule, he released] Jehoiachin from prison.

[Evil Merodach spoke] kindly to [Jehoiachin & put] his throne above the [thrones] of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

[Jehoiachin] changed [out of] his prison [clothing] & [ate food] continually before [Babylon's king the rest] of his life. [Jehoiachin] was given a continual allowance [from] the king, a daily rate for every day, [the rest] of his life.

2 Kings 24:1-20 Nebuchadnezzar Takes Judah Captive to Babylon

 

Nebuchadnezzar Takes Judah Captive to Babylon

2 Kings 24:1-20                              2 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

[During the days of Jehoiakim's rule,] Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up & invaded the land. Jehoiakim [a.k.a. Eliakim] became [Nebuchadnezzar's] servant for 3 years. Then, [Jehoiakim,] turned & rebelled against [Nebuchadnezzar].

The Lord sent bands [of rebels from] the Chaldees [a.k.a. Babylon,] Syrians, Moabites & the children [people] of Ammon against [Jehoiakim, in] Judah to destroy it, according to the Word of the Lord, [that] He spoke by HIs servants, the prophets.

This surely came upon Judah at the command of the Lord to remove them out of His sight, for the sins of [king] Manasseh, according to all that he did [when he worshiped false gods & idols, used astrology & witchcraft.]

Also, for the blood [of the] innocent that Manasseh shed [that] filled Jerusalem, which the Lord [God wouldn't] pardon. [Aren't] the rest of the [actions] of Jehoiakim & all that he did, written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

So, Jehoiakim [died] & slept with his [forefathers]. Jehoiachin, his son, [ruled] in his [place]. [Egypt's] king [didn't] come out of his land anymore: [since Babylon's] king had taken all the [territory,] from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates River, that pertained to the king of Egypt.

Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] in Jerusalem 3 months. His mother's name was Hehushta, [Elnathan's] daughter, [from] Jerusalem.

[Jehoiachin] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord [God,] according to all his [forefathers] had done. At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, came up against Jerusalem & [surrounded] the city.

[When,] Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, came up against Jerusalem, his servants [were attacking] it. Jehoiachin, [Judah's] king, went out [with] his mother, [wives,] servants, princes & officers, to [Babylon's] king & in the 8th year [Nebuchadnezzar ruled, he captured] them.

He carried out all the treasures of the [Lord's] house & cut into pieces all the gold vessels [that] Solomon [a previous] king of Israel made [for] the temple of the Lord, [like] the Lord had said.

[Nebuchadnezzar] carried away [captive] all [of] Jerusalem, all the: [officers,] the 7,000 mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives & all [were able to go to] war & all the 1,000 craftsmen, 1,000 [black] smiths [went] into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon & none remained, [except for] the poorest people of the land.

And he carried away Jehoiachin from Jerusalem to Babylon [along with:] the king's mother, wives, officers & the mighty of the land [went] into captivity. And [Babylon's] king made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king [in his place] & changed his name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal, [Jeremiah's] daughter, [from] Libnah. And [Zedekiah] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done [in worshiping false gods & idols].

[Because of] the anger of the Lord [& all the wickedness that happened] in Jerusalem & Judah & [Zedekiah's rebelling] against [Babylon's] king, [until the Lord God thrust] them out from His presence.

2 Kings 23:1-37 King Josiah Reads the Book of the Covenant to His People

 

King Josiah Reads the Book of the Covenant to His People

2 Kings 23:1-37                             2 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

King [Josiah] sent [for] & gathered all the elders of Judah & Jerusalem. King [Josiah] went  into the [Lord's] house with all the men [who inhabited] Judah & [Jerusalem,] the priests, prophets & all the people, [powerless and powerful].

And [Josiah] read the words of the Book of the Covenant to them, which was found in the Lord's house. [Josiah] stood by a pillar & made a covenant [contract] before the Lord, to [follow] the Lord & to keep His commandments, His testimonies & His statutes with all their heart and all their soul.

And to [keep & do] the words of this covenant that were written in this book. All the people stood [in agreement with] the covenant [contract].

King [Josiah] commanded Hilkiah, high priest, & the priests of the 2nd order & door keepers to bring out of the temple of the Lord, all the [items] made for Baal [a false god] & [from] the grove [used to worship idols] & for [the worship of] the [stars] of heaven [astrology] & burned them [outside of] Jerusalem in the Fields of Kidron & carried the ashes to Bethel.

[Josiah had these struck down:] the priests [of the idols that] the [previous] kings of Judah [appointed] to burn incense [to the false gods] in high places in the cities of Judah & [around] Jerusalem.

And also, [had those struck down who] burned incense to Baal [a false god] & to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, & all the [constellations].

[Josiah had] the grove [taken away] from the [Lord's] house & brought [outside] Jerusalem to the Brook Kidron & burned it [there] & stamped it to small powder & [threw] the powder [of it] on the graves of the [Israelites].

[Josiah] broke down the houses of the sodomites [near] the [Lord's] house, where the women wove hangings for the grove [to worship idols]. [Josiah] brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah & defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense [all the way] from Geba to Beer Sheba.

[Josiah broke] down the high places [to worship idols] on the left [side of] the [entrance] of the Gate of Joshua, [who was] the governor of the city. [However,] the priests of the high places [were not allowed] to come to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat the unleavened bread among their brethren.

[Josiah defiled] Topheth, [that was] in the Valley of [Ben] Hinnom, [so] that no man [could] make his [children] pass through the fire to Molech [a human sacrifice to a false god].

[Josiah] took away the horses that the [previous] kings of Judah had [dedicated] to the sun, [worshiped as a false god,] at the [entrance] of the [Lord's] house by the room of Nathan Melech, the [officer] in the suburbs & burned the chariots [dedicated] to the sun, [as a false god] with fire.

The king [had them] beat down & break [down] the altars on top of [Ahaz'] upper [room,] which the kings of Judah had made & the altars [to false gods] that Manasseh had made in the 2 courts of the [Lord's] house & [took them from there] & cast [their ashes] into the Brook Kidron.

The king [had these defiled, the:] high places [to worship false gods] that were [in front of] Jerusalem, on the right [side] of the Hill of Corruption, which Solomon, [one of Israel's previous kings] built for Ashtoreth [a false god,]

[Also an] abomination of the Zidonians & Chemosh [a false god,] [an] abomination of the Moabites & Milcom [a false god,] [an] abomination of the children [people] of Ammon.

[But Josiah] broke down both] the altar that was at Bethel & the high place [to worship idols,] which Jeroboam, [Nebat's] son, [had made, that led] Israel to sin [by worshiping the golden calf, false god, he had made].

[He had] them burned & stamped [them] to [fine] powder. As Josiah turned, he spied the [tombs] that were there [on the hillside] & burned [the bones from them] upon the altar & [defiled] it according to the Word of the Lord, proclaimed [by] the man of God, [who foretold of these things].

Then, [Josiah] said, [Whose gravestone is this] that I see? The men of the city told [Josiah,] It's the [tomb] of the man of God, [who] came from Judah & proclaimed these things you [have] done against the altar of Bethel.

[Josiah] said, Let him alone. [Don't] let [any] man move his bones. So, they [left] the bones [of Samaria's] prophet alone. Josiah, also took away all the houses of the high places [to worship false gods] in [Samaria's] cities which the [previous] king of Israel had made to provoke the Lord [God] to anger, [like] all the [actions] he had done in Bethel.

[Josiah killed] all the [false] priests of the high places [of the idols] that were there & burned [the] men's bones upon the altars & [Josiah] returned to Jerusalem.

King [Josiah] commanded all the people, saying, [Celebrate] the Passover to the Lord, your God, [like] it is written in the Book of the Covenant. Surely, there [wasn't] a Passover [like this one since] the days of the judges [who] judged Israel, the days of the kings of Israel, nor the kings of Judah.

But in the 18th year king [Josiah ruled,] this Passover was [held] to the Lord in Jerusalem. [Additionally, Josiah removed the: mediums,] wizards, images [of false gods,] idols & all other abominations that were [seen] in the land of Judah & Jerusalem.

[Josiah took them away, so] he might perform the words of the law [that] was written in the book Hilkiah, the priest, found in the [Lord's] house. There [wasn't any] king before or after [Josiah, who] turned to the Lord [God] with all his heart, all his soul & all his might according to the Law of Moses.

[Still,] the Lord [didn't] turn from His great [anger that grew] against Judah, because of all [that king] Manasseh [did to] provoke Him [with worshiping idols, witchcraft, astrology & having his children walk through fire, a pagan human sacrifice to false gods].

The Lord said, I will also remove Judah out of My sight [like] I removed Israel & will [reject] Jerusalem, this city I have chosen & the [Lord's] house, that I said, My name shall be there.

[Aren't] the rest of the acts of Josiah & all he did written in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In [Josiah's] days, Pharaoh Nechoh [a.k.a. Necho & Neko, Egypt's] king, went up to the Euphrates River [to help Assyria's] king.

KIng Josiah went against him [in battle & was killed by Pharaoh Necho, when Josiah confronted him]. [Josiah's] servants carried him [dead] in a chariot from Megiddo & brought him to Jerusalem & buried [Josiah] in his own [tomb].

The people of the land took [Josiah's] son, Jehoahaz, anointed him & made him king in his father's [place]. Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 3 months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal, [Jeremiah's] daughter, [from] Libnah.

[Jehoahaz] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord [God,] according to all his [forefathers] had done. Pharaoh Necho put [Jehoahaz] into [prison] at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, [so] he [didn't continue to rule] in Jerusalem & [he imposed a levy] on Judah of 100 talents of silver & 1 talent of gold.

Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim, [Josiah's] son, king in the [place] of Josiah, his father & [changed Eliakim's] name to Jehoiakim & took Jehoahaz away to Egypt, [where] he died.

Jehoiakim [paid] the silver & gold [required by the] Pharaoh. He [accomplished this by taxing every person to pay the silver & gold according to their assessment] to give it to Pharaoh Necho.

Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 11 years in Jerusalem. HIs mother's name was Zebudah, [Pedaiah's] daughter, [from] Rumah. [Jehoiakim] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord [God] according to all his [forefathers] had done.