Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleIn the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images. Young's Literal Translation And in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images. King James Bible For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. Hebrew In the eighthוּבִשְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה (ū·ḇiš·mō·w·neh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Number - feminine singular Strong's 8083: A cardinal number, eight, eighth year שָׁנִ֜ים (šā·nîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8141: A year of his reign, לְמָלְכ֗וֹ (lə·mā·lə·ḵōw) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel while he וְהוּא֙ (wə·hū) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are was still עוֹדֶ֣נּוּ (‘ō·w·ḏen·nū) Adverb | third person masculine singular Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more young, נַ֔עַר (na·‘ar) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer Josiah began הֵחֵ֕ל (hê·ḥêl) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play to seek לִדְר֕וֹשׁ (liḏ·rō·wōš) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship the God לֵאלֹהֵ֖י (lê·lō·hê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of David דָּוִ֣יד (dā·wîḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse his forefather, אָבִ֑יו (’ā·ḇîw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father and in the twelfth וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧ים (ū·ḇiš·têm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Number - fd Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) year שָׁנָ֗ה (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8141: A year he began הֵחֵל֙ (hê·ḥêl) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play to cleanse לְטַהֵ֔ר (lə·ṭa·hêr) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 2891: To be clean or pure Judah יְהוּדָה֙ (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites and Jerusalem וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (wî·rū·šā·lim) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel of מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the high places, הַבָּמוֹת֙ (hab·bā·mō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1116: An elevation the Asherah poles, וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔ים (wə·hā·’ă·šê·rîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 842: A Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same the carved idols, וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים (wə·hap·pə·si·lîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6456: An idol, image and the cast images. וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת׃ (wə·ham·mas·sê·ḵō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4541: A pouring over, fusion of metal, a libation, league, a coverlet |
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