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, Naphtali, Gad & Asher. [Judah's] sons: Er, Onan & 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, [a.k.a. Perez] & 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.

The son of Carmi, [a.k.a. Karmi]: [was] Achar [a.k.a. Achan, who caused trouble for] Israel, who [sinned] in the accursed thing. [Joshua 7:20-21 And Achan answered Joshua & said, Indeed, I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel & I have done [this:] When I saw among the [plunder] a [Babalonian] garment & 200 shekels of silver & a wedge of gold, then I [desired] them & took them. [Look,] they are [hidden] in the [ground] in the [middle] of my tent & the silver [is] under it.] [Ethan's] 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 & Shammah,] 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 by] Jerioth. [Jerioth’s] 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 [a.k.a. 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. And Geshur [a.k.a. Geshurites] & Arman [a.k.a. Syrians] took the towns of [Havvith] Jair from them, with Kenath & [its] towns: 60 cities. [Deuteronomy 3:14 Jair, [Manasseh’s] son, [captured] all the country of Argob [all the way to] the coasts of [the Geshurites & Maachathites] & called [Bashan] after his own name, Havoth Jair, [until] this day.]

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

The sons of 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. [Onam'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 & Appaim; but Seled died without children. [Appaim's] son: Ishi. [Ishi's] son: Sheshan.

[Sheshan's] son: 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, Sheshan 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, [a.k.a. Sismai]. Sisami [fathered:] Shallum. Shallum [fathered:] Jekamiah. Jekamiah [fathered:] Elishama. Now, the [descendants] of Caleb, [who was] the brother of Jerahmeel, were: Mesha, his first born, [who] was the father of Ziph & the sons of [Ziph were] Mareshah, the father of 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,] Maachah, [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. Achsah & Aksah.] These were the [descendants] of Caleb. [Caleb's] son [was] Hur, [who was] the first born of Ephratah, [a.k.a. Ephrathah, were:] Shobal, the father of [the community of:] Kirjath Jearim [a.k.a. Kiriath Jearim, Kirjath-Baal & Baalah, ]

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

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

And the families of the scribes, [who lived in] Jabez [were:] the Tirathites, the Shimeathites & the 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, [a.k.a. Diphath;] & Togarmah. [Jarvan's] sons: Elishah; Tarshish, [a.k.a. Tarshishah;] Kittim, [a.k.a. Kittites;] & Dodanim, [a.k.a. Rodanim & Rodanites.]

[Ham's] sons: Cush, Mizraim [a.k.a. Egypt,] Put & Canaan. [Cush'] sons: Seba; Havilah; Sabta, [a.k.a. Sabtah;] Raamah, [a.k.a Raama;]  & 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;] ([from] 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 & Mash.] 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; Arphaxad; 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, [a.k.a. Nebajoth;] then Kedar; Adbeel; Mibsam; Mishma; Dumah; Massa; Hadad, [a.k.a. Hadar;] Tema; Jetur; Naphish & Kedemah. These are [Ishmael's] sons. [Genesis 25:1 Then, Abraham again took a wife & her name was Keturah.]

Now the sons of Keturah: Zimran; Jokshan; Medan; Midian; Ishbak & Shuah. [Jokshan's] sons: Sheba & Dedan. [Midian's] sons: Ephah, Epher, Henoch [a.k.a. Hanok & Hanoch;] Abida & Eldaah. These are [Keturah's descendants.]

Abraham [fathered] Isaac. [Genesis 17:15-17 And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai, your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. And I will bless her. [Yes,] I will bless her & she shall be a mother of nations & kings of people shall be of her. Then, Abraham fell upon his face & laughed & said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him [who] is 100 years old?  And shall Sarah, [who] is 90 years old, bear?] [Isaac's] sons: Esau & Israel. [Genesis 32:28 And [God] said to him, Your name shall no [longer] be called Jacob, but Israel: for [like] a prince, you have power with God & with men & have prevailed.] [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, [a.k.a. Hemam & Heman.] And Timna was Lotan's sister. [Shobal's] sons: Alian, [a.k.a. Alvah & Alvan;] Manahath; Ebal; Shephi, [a.k.a. Shepho;] & Onam. [Zibeon's] sons: Aiah, [a.k.a. Ajah;] & Anah. [Anah’s] son: Dishon. [Dishon’s] sons: Amran, [a.k.a. Hemaan, Hemdan & Hamran;] Eshban; Ithran & Cheran [a.k.a. Keran.]

[Ezer's] sons: Bilhan; Zavan [a.k.a. Zaavan] & Jakan [a.k.a. Jaakan & 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, [a.k.a. Saul 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, [a.k.a Hadar, ruled] in his [place] & the name of his city was Pai, [a.k.a. Pau] & his wife's name was Mehetabel, [Matred's] daughter [from] Mezahab. Hadad also died.

The dukes [a.k.a chiefs] of Edom were: Duke Timnah; Duke Aliah, [a.k.a. Alvah;] Duke Jetheth; Duke Aholibamah; Duke Elah; Duke Pinon; Duke 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, [a.k.a. Nebuchadrezzar,] came [with] all his [army] against Jerusalem & pitched [tents] against it.

And they built [battle mounds & surrounded it.] The city was [surrounded until Zedekiah's] 11th year [as] king. And 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 his [army had] scattered from him. So, they [captured] king [Zedekiah] & brought him up to Riblah up to [Babylon's] king & [sentenced] him.

And 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, a servant of [Babylon's] king, came to Jerusalem.

And he burnt the [Lord's] house, the king’s house & all [Jerusalem's] houses & the [houses] of the [important men] with fire. And all the [Chaldean army,] with the captain of the guard [broke] down 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 of them to Babylon.

They [also] took away all of the brass [articles used for ministering:] the pots, shovels, [candle] snuffers & spoons. The captain 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 of its] weight.

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 woven] work & the brass pomegranates [surrounding] the brass [capital.] The 2nd pillar [was similar to this.]

And the captain of the guard [captured:] Seraiah, the chief priest; Zephaniah, the 2nd priest & 3 [doorkeepers.] And [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 & Nebuzar Adan took these & brought them to Riblah, to [Babylon's] king.

And [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.

As for the people [who] remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, had left, he made Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, [who was] the son of Shaphan, [was made] the ruler [over them.]

And 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: even Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son; Johanan, [Careah's] son; Seraiah, [Tanhumeth's] son, [a] Netophathite & Jaazaniah, the son of a Maachathite, [with] their men.

And 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 & it shall be well [for] you.

But 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 died.

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

And 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] king, began to [rule & he released] Jehoiachin, [Judah’s] king, [from ]prison.

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

And [Jehoiachin] changed [out of] his prison [clothing] & [ate food] continually before [Babylon's king the rest] of his life. And [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.] & invaded the land. And Jehoiakim [a.k.a. Eliakim] became [Nebuchadnezzar's] servant for 3 years. Then, [Jehoiakim,] turned & rebelled against [Nebuchadnezzar a.k.a. Nebuchadrezzar.]

And the Lord sent bands [of rebels from] the Chaldees [a.k.a. Babylon,] Syrians, Moabites & the children [people] of Ammon & sent them 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.     [2 Kings 21:3-7 For [Manasseh] again built up the high places [that] Hezekiah, his father, had destroyed.

And he [put] up altars for Baal & made a grove, [like] king Ahab of Israel, did & worshiped all the [stars & constellations] of heaven & served them. And he built altars in the [Lord’s] house, in which the Lord said, In Jerusalem, I will put My Name.

And he built altars for all the [stars & constellations] of heaven in the 2 [courtyards] of the [Lord’s] house. And he made his son pass through the fire & observed times, used enchantments & dealt with [mediums] & wizards. He [did] much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

And he [put a carved] image in the [Lord’s] house, of which the Lord said to David & to Solomon, his son, In this house & in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My Name forever.]

Also, for the blood [of the] innocent that Manasseh shed. For [Manasseh] filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord [God] wouldn't pardon. [2 Kings 21:16 [Additionally,] Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, [until] he had filled Jerusalem from 1 end to another. [In addition to] his sin [in which] he made Judah sin, in doing [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord.]

Now, [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.] And Jehoiachin, his son, [ruled] in his [place.]

And [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. And his mother's name was Nehushta, [Elnathan's] daughter, [from] Jerusalem.

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

At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, came up against Jerusalem & the city was [surrounded with troops.] [So, Nebuchadnezzar’s] servants [attacked] it.

And 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.]

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

And [Nebuchadnezzar] carried away [captive] all [of] Jerusalem, all the: princes, the 7,000 mighty men of valor, even 10,000 captives & all were strong & [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  sort of 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. And 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.

[Because of] the anger of the Lord, it [happened] in Jerusalem & Judah & [Zedekiah's rebelling] against [Babylon's] king, [until the Lord God had 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]

And king [Josiah] sent & they gathered all the elders of Judah & Jerusalem. And king [Josiah] went up into the [Lord's] house [with] all the men: [who inhabited] Judah & Jerusalem, the priests, prophets & all the people, both [powerless and powerful.]

And [Josiah] read the Words of the Book of the Covenant [to them,] which was found in the [Lord's] house. And king [Josiah] stood by a pillar & made a covenant [contract] before the Lord, to [follow] the Lord & to keep His commandments, His testimonies & His [mandate] 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.]

And king [Josiah] commanded Hilkiah, the 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 & for the grove & for all the [constellations] of heaven.

And [Josiah] burned them [outside of] Jerusalem in the Fields of Kidron & carried the ashes to BethEl. And [Josiah struck] down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah [appointed] to burn incense in high places in the cities of Judah & in the places [around] Jerusalem.

And also, [struck down those who] burned incense to Baal & to the sun, to the moon, to the planets & all the [constellations] of heaven.

And [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] upon the graves of the [Israelites.]

And [Josiah broke] down the houses of the sodomites, [near] the [Lord's] house, where the women wove hangings for the grove. And [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 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 [weren’t allowed to come] up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat the unleavened bread among their brethren.

And [Josiah] defiled Topheth, [that was] in the Valley of [Ben] Hinnom, [so] that no man [could] make his son or daughter pass through the fire to Molech.

And [Josiah] took away the horses that the kings of Judah had [dedicated] to the sun, 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, 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 [that] Manasseh had made in the 2 [courtyards] of the [Lord's] house, from [there] & cast [their ashes] into the Brook Kidron.

And the king [had these defiled,] the high places that were [in front of] Jerusalem, on the right [side] of the Mount of Corruption, [a.k.a. Hill of Corruption,] which Solomon, [Israel’s] king had [built] for Ashtoreth, the abomination of the Zidonian’s.

And [also] for Chemosh, the abomination of the Moabites & Milcom, the abomination of the children [people] of Ammon. And [Josiah broke] in pieces the images & cut down the groves & filled their places with the bones of men.

[Additionally, Josiah] broke down both] the altar that was at BethEl & the high place which Jeroboam, [Nebat's] son, who made Israel to sin. [Josiah broke] down both that altar & the high place. [1 Kings 12:28-30 [Upon which] king [Jeroboam] took counsel & made calves of gold & said to [the Israelites,] It’s too much for you to go up to Jerusalem [to sacrifice.]

[See,] your gods, O Israel, [that] brought you up out of the land of Egypt. and [Jeroboam put] one in BethEl & the other he put in Dan. And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even to Dan.]

And [Josah had] them burned & stamped [them] to [fine] powder & burned the grove. And as Josiah turned, he spied the [tombs] that were there [on the mountain] & took the bones & burned [the bones from them] upon the altar & [defiled] it, according to the Word of the Lord, proclaimed [by] the man of God.

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.

And [Josiah] said, Let him alone. [Don't] let [any] man move his bones. So, they [left] the bones of the prophet, [who] came out of Samaria, alone. Josiah, also took away all the houses of the high places in [Samaria's] cities, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord [God] to anger.

Josiah took [them] away & did to them [like] all the [actions] he had done in BethEl & [Josiah killed] all the priests of the high places that were there & burned [the] men's bones upon the altars & [Josiah] returned to Jerusalem.

And king [Josiah] commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, [like] it is written in the Book of the Covenant. Surely, there wasn't a Passover [held like this one since] the days of the judges [who] judged Israel, nor in all 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, idols & all 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 that 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 all the Law of Moses. Neither [did] any like him [arise] after [Josiah.]

[Still,] the Lord [didn't] turn from the fierceness of  His great [anger that grew] against Judah, because of all [that king] Manasseh [had done to] provoke Him.           [2 Kings 21:3-7 For [Manasseh] again built up the high places [that] Hezekiah, his father, had destroyed.

And he [put] up altars for Baal & made a grove, [like] Ahab, [Israel’s] king, did. And he built altars in the [Lord’s] house, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem, I will put My Name. And he built altars for all the [stars & constellations] of heaven in the 2 [courtyards] of the [Lord’s] house.

And he made his son pass through the fire & observed times, used enchantments & dealt with familiar spirits. He [did] much wickedness in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger.

And [Manasseh put a carved] image [from] the grove that he had made, in the house, of which the Lord said to David & Solomon, his son, In this house & in Jerusalem, [that] I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My Name forever.]

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

Now, [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 against [Assyria’s] king, to the Euphrates River.

And [prior to his death,] king Josiah went against him [in battle & was killed at Megiddo, [by Pharaoh Nechoh, when Josiah confronted him.] And [Josiah's] servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, [a.k.a. Megiddon] & brought him to Jerusalem & buried [Josiah] in his own [tomb.]

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

And [Jehoahaz] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord [God,] according to all his [forefathers] had done. And Pharaoh Nechoh 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.

And Pharaoh Nechoh 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.

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

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.