1 Josiah (Yoshiyahu) was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem (Yerushalayim). His mother’s name was Yedidah, the daughter of Adayah of Boscath. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of יהוה, and walked in all the way of Dawid his …
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2 Kings 23
1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah (Yehudah) and of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim). 2 And the king went up into the house of יהוה, and all the men of Judah (Yehudah) and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) with him, and the priests (kohanim), and the prophets, and …
2 Kings 1
1 Then Moav rebelled against Yisrael after the death of Achav. 2 And Achazyah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria (Shomeron), and was sick; and he sent messengers, and said unto them, “Go, enquire of Baalzebub (Baal-Zevuv) the god (elohim) of Ekron whether I shall recover of this …
2 Kings 24
1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (Bavel) came up, and Yehoyaqim became his servant three years; then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And יהוה sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians (Arammim), and bands of the Moavites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent …
2 Kings 10
1 And Achav had seventy sons in Samaria (Shomeron). And Yehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria (Shomeron), unto the rulers of Yizreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Achav’s children, saying: 2 “Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master’s sons are with you, and there are …
2 Kings 25
1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (Bavel) came, he, and all his army, against Jerusalem (Yerushalayim), and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. 2 And the city …
2 Kings 11
1 And when Athalyahu the mother of Achazyah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 2 But Yehosheva, the daughter of king Yoram, sister of Achazyah, took Yoash the son of Achazyah, and stole him from among the king’s sons who were slain; and they hid him, even …
2 Kings 3
1 Now Yehoram the son of Achav began to reign over Yisrael in Samaria (Shomeron) the eighteenth year of Yehoshafat king of Judah (Yehudah), and reigned twelve years. 2 And he wrought evil in the sight of יהוה; but not like his father, and like his mother, for he put away the image of the …
2 Kings 12
1 In the seventh year of Yehu, Yehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem (Yerushalayim). His mother’s name was Zibiah (Tsivyah) of Beer-Sheva. 2 And Yehoash did that which was right in the sight of יהוה all his days wherein Yehoyada the priest (kohen) instructed him. 3 But the high places …
2 Kings 4
1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead; and you knowest that your servant did fear יהוה; and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.” 2 And Elisha said unto her, …