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Ashkenaz & Sefarad
(Melachim II 23:1-23:9, 23:21-23:25)

Teimani
(Melachim II 22:1-22:7, 23:21-23:25)


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Melachim II 23:1-23:9

כג:א   וַיִּשְׁלַח, הַמֶּלֶךְ; וַיַּאַסְפוּ אֵלָיו, כָּל-זִקְנֵי יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִָם.23:1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
ב   וַיַּעַל הַמֶּלֶךְ בֵּית-יקוק וְכָל-אִישׁ יְהוּדָה וְכָל-יֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם אִתּוֹ, וְהַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַנְּבִיאִים, וְכָל-הָעָם, לְמִקָּטֹן וְעַד-גָּדוֹל; וַיִּקְרָא בְאָזְנֵיהֶם, אֶת-כָּל-דִּבְרֵי סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית, הַנִּמְצָא, בְּבֵית יקוק.2 And the king went up to the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.
ג   וַיַּעֲמֹד הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל-הָעַמּוּד וַיִּכְרֹת אֶת-הַבְּרִית לִפְנֵי יקוק, לָלֶכֶת אַחַר יקוק וְלִשְׁמֹר מִצְותָיו וְאֶת-עֵדְותָיו וְאֶת-חֻקֹּתָיו בְּכָל-לֵב וּבְכָל-נֶפֶשׁ, לְהָקִים אֶת-דִּבְרֵי הַבְּרִית הַזֹּאת, הַכְּתֻבִים עַל-הַסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה; וַיַּעֲמֹד כָּל-הָעָם, בַּבְּרִית.3 And the king stood on the platform, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people stood to the covenant.
ד   וַיְצַו הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת-חִלְקִיָּהוּ הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל וְאֶת-כֹּהֲנֵי הַמִּשְׁנֶה, וְאֶת-שֹׁמְרֵי הַסַּף, לְהוֹצִיא מֵהֵיכַל יקוק, אֵת כָּל-הַכֵּלִים הָעֲשׂוּיִם לַבַּעַל וְלָאֲשֵׁרָה וּלְכֹל צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם; וַיִּשְׂרְפֵם מִחוּץ לִירוּשָׁלִַם, בְּשַׁדְמוֹת קִדְרוֹן, וְנָשָׂא אֶת-עֲפָרָם, בֵּית-אֵל.4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.
ה   וְהִשְׁבִּית אֶת-הַכְּמָרִים, אֲשֶׁר נָתְנוּ מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה, וַיְקַטֵּר בַּבָּמוֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה, וּמְסִבֵּי יְרוּשָׁלִָם; וְאֶת-הַמְקַטְּרִים לַבַּעַל, לַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְלַיָּרֵחַ וְלַמַּזָּלוֹת, וּלְכֹל, צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם.5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to offer in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that offered unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
ו   וַיֹּצֵא אֶת-הָאֲשֵׁרָה מִבֵּית יקוק מִחוּץ לִירוּשָׁלִַם, אֶל-נַחַל קִדְרוֹן, וַיִּשְׂרֹף אֹתָהּ בְּנַחַל קִדְרוֹן, וַיָּדֶק לְעָפָר; וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ, אֶת-עֲפָרָהּ, עַל-קֶבֶר, בְּנֵי הָעָם.6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the common people.
ז   וַיִּתֹּץ אֶת-בָּתֵּי הַקְּדֵשִׁים, אֲשֶׁר בְּבֵית יקוק:  אֲשֶׁר הַנָּשִׁים, אֹרְגוֹת שָׁם בָּתִּים--לָאֲשֵׁרָה.7 And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah.
ח   וַיָּבֵא אֶת-כָּל-הַכֹּהֲנִים, מֵעָרֵי יְהוּדָה, וַיְטַמֵּא אֶת-הַבָּמוֹת אֲשֶׁר קִטְּרוּ-שָׁמָּה הַכֹּהֲנִים, מִגֶּבַע עַד-בְּאֵר שָׁבַע; וְנָתַץ אֶת-בָּמוֹת הַשְּׁעָרִים, אֲשֶׁר-פֶּתַח שַׁעַר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שַׂר-הָעִיר, אֲשֶׁר-עַל-שְׂמֹאול אִישׁ, בְּשַׁעַר הָעִיר.8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had made offerings, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand as he entered the gate of the city.
ט   אַךְ, לֹא יַעֲלוּ כֹּהֲנֵי הַבָּמוֹת, אֶל-מִזְבַּח יקוק, בִּירוּשָׁלִָם:  כִּי אִם-אָכְלוּ מַצּוֹת, בְּתוֹךְ אֲחֵיהֶם.9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened bread among their brethren.

Melachim II 23:21-23:25

כג:כא   וַיְצַו הַמֶּלֶךְ, אֶת-כָּל-הָעָם לֵאמֹר, עֲשׂוּ פֶסַח, לַיקוק א-לקיכֶם--כַּכָּתוּב, עַל סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית הַזֶּה.23:21 And the king commanded all the people, saying: 'Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.'
כב   כִּי לֹא נַעֲשָׂה, כַּפֶּסַח הַזֶּה, מִימֵי הַשֹּׁפְטִים, אֲשֶׁר שָׁפְטוּ אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל; וְכֹל, יְמֵי מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל--וּמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה.22 For there was not kept such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
כג   כִּי, אִם-בִּשְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה, לַמֶּלֶךְ, יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ:  נַעֲשָׂה הַפֶּסַח הַזֶּה, לַיקוק--בִּירוּשָׁלִָם.23 but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.
כד   וְגַם אֶת-הָאֹבוֹת וְאֶת-הַיִּדְּעֹנִים וְאֶת-הַתְּרָפִים וְאֶת-הַגִּלֻּלִים וְאֵת כָּל-הַשִּׁקֻּצִים, אֲשֶׁר נִרְאוּ בְּאֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה וּבִירוּשָׁלִַם--בִּעֵר, יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ:  לְמַעַן הָקִים אֶת-דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה, הַכְּתֻבִים עַל-הַסֵּפֶר, אֲשֶׁר מָצָא חִלְקִיָּהוּ הַכֹּהֵן, בֵּית יקוק.24 Moreover them that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the detestable things that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
כה   וְכָמֹהוּ לֹא-הָיָה לְפָנָיו מֶלֶךְ, אֲשֶׁר-שָׁב אֶל-יקוק בְּכָל-לְבָבוֹ וּבְכָל-נַפְשׁוֹ וּבְכָל-מְאֹדוֹ--כְּכֹל, תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה; וְאַחֲרָיו, לֹא-קָם כָּמֹהוּ.25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
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