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Lexicon :: Strong's H2977 - yō'šîyâ

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יֹאשִׁיָּה
Transliteration
yō'šîyâ
Pronunciation
yo-shee-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same root as אָשְׁיָה (H803) and יָהּ (H3050)
Strong’s Definitions

יֹאשִׁיָּה Yôʼshîyâh, yo-shee-yaw'; or יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ Yôʼshîyâhûw; from the same root as H803 and H3050; founded of Jah; Joshijah, the name of two Israelites:—Josiah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x

The KJV translates Strong's H2977 in the following manner: Josiah (53x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x
The KJV translates Strong's H2977 in the following manner: Josiah (53x).

  1. Josiah = "whom Jehovah heals"

    1. son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 31 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led

    2. a returned exile and son of Zephaniah at whose house took place the solemn and symbolical crowning of Joshua the high priest in the time of Zechariah the prophet

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יֹאשִׁיָּה Yôʼshîyâh, yo-shee-yaw'; or יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ Yôʼshîyâhûw; from the same root as H803 and H3050; founded of Jah; Joshijah, the name of two Israelites:—Josiah.
STRONGS H2977: Abbreviations
יאֹשִׁיָּ֫הוּ, יאֹשִׁיָּה proper name, masculine (י׳ supporteth).
1. יאֹשִׁיָּהוּ king of Judah, son of Amon 1 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 21:24, 26 + 11 times Kings, + 19 times Chronicles, + 17 times Jeremiah + Zephaniah 1:1; also יאֹו֯שִׁיָּהוּ Jeremiah 27:1.
2. יאֹשִׁיָּה a returned exile Zechariah 6:10.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

13:2

2 Kings

21:24; 21:26

Jeremiah

27:1

Zephaniah

1:1

Zechariah

6:10

H2977

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2977 matches the Hebrew יֹאשִׁיָּה (yō'šîyâ),
which occurs 53 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - He cried H7121 against H5921 the altar H4196 by the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068 and said, H559 “O altar, H4196 altar, H4196 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 ‘Behold, H2009 a son H1121 shall be born H3205 to the house H1004 of David, H1732 Josiah H2977 by name; H8034 and on you he shall sacrifice H2076 the priests H3548 of the high H1116 places H1116 who burn H6999 incense H6999 on you, and human H120 bones H6106 shall be burned H8313 on you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:24 - Then the people H5971 of the land H776 [fn]killed H5221 all H3605 those who had conspired H7194 against H5921 King H4428 Amon, H526 and the people H5971 of the land H776 made H4427 Josiah H2977 his son H1121 king H4427 in his place. H8478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:26 - He was buried H6912 in his grave H6900 in the garden H1588 of Uzza, H5798 and Josiah H2977 his son H1121 became H4427 king H4427 in his place. H8478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:1 - Josiah H2977 was eight H8083 years H8141 old H1121 when he became H4427 king, H4427 and he reigned H4427 thirty-one H7970 H259 years H8141 in Jerusalem; H3389 and his mother’s H517 name H8034 was Jedidah H3040 the daughter H1323 of Adaiah H5718 of Bozkath. H1218

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:3 - Now in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Josiah, H2977 the king H4428 sent H7971 Shaphan, H8227 the son H1121 of Azaliah H683 the son H1121 of Meshullam H4918 the scribe, H5608 to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16 - Now when Josiah H2977 turned, H6437 he saw H7200 the graves H6913 that were there H8033 on the mountain, H2022 and he sent H7971 and took H3947 the bones H6106 from the graves H6913 and burned H8313 them on the altar H4196 and defiled H2930 it according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 the man H376 of God H430 proclaimed, H7121 who H834 proclaimed H7121 these H428 things. H1697

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - Josiah H2977 also H1571 removed H5493 all H3605 the houses H1004 of the high H1116 places H1116 which H834 were in the cities H5892 of Samaria, H8111 which H834 the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 had made H6213 provoking H3707 [fn]the LORD; H3068 and he did H6213 to them [fn]just H3605 H4639 as he had done H6213 in Bethel. H1008

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:23 - But in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Josiah, H2977 this H2088 Passover H6453 was observed H6213 to the LORD H3068 in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 - Moreover, H1571 Josiah H2977 [fn]removed H1197 the mediums H178 and the spiritists H3049 and the teraphim H8655 and the idols H1544 and all H3605 the abominations H8251 that were seen H7200 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in Jerusalem, H3389 that he might [fn]confirm H6965 the words H1697 of the law H8451 which were written H3789 in the book H5612 that Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548 found H4672 in the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:28 - Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Josiah H2977 and all H3605 that he did, H6213 are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Judah? H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - In his days H3117 Pharaoh H6549 Neco H6549 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 went H5927 up to the king H4428 of Assyria H804 to the river H5104 Euphrates. H6578 And King H4428 Josiah H2977 went H1980 to meet H7122 him, and when Pharaoh Neco saw H7200 him he killed H4191 him at Megiddo. H4023

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:30 - His servants H5650 drove H7392 [fn]his body H4191 in a chariot H7392 from Megiddo, H4023 and brought H935 him to Jerusalem H3389 and buried H6912 him in his own tomb. H6900 Then the people H5971 of the land H776 took H3947 Jehoahaz H3059 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 and anointed H4886 him and made H4427 him king H4427 in place H8478 of his father. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:34 - Pharaoh H6549 Neco H6549 made H4427 Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4427 in the place H8478 of Josiah H2977 his father, H1 and changed H5437 his name H8034 to Jehoiakim. H3079 But he took H3947 Jehoahaz H3059 away and [fn]brought H935 him to Egypt, H4714 and he died H4191 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:14 - Amon H526 his son, H1121 Josiah H2977 his son. H1121

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:15 - The sons H1121 of Josiah H2977 were Johanan H3076 the firstborn, H1060 and the second H8145 was Jehoiakim, H3079 the third H7992 Zedekiah, H6667 the fourth H7243 Shallum. H7967

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:25 - But the people H5971 of the land H776 [fn]killed H5221 all H3605 the conspirators H7194 against H5921 King H4428 Amon, H526 and the people H5971 of the land H776 made H4427 Josiah H2977 his son H1121 king H4427 in his place. H8478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:1 - Josiah H2977 was eight H8083 years H8141 old H1121 when he became H4427 king, H4427 and he reigned H4427 thirty-one H7970 H259 years H8141 in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:33 - Josiah H2977 removed H5493 all H3605 the abominations H8441 from all H3605 the lands H776 belonging to the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 and made all H3605 who were present H4672 in Israel H3478 to serve H5647 the LORD H3068 their God. H430 Throughout H3605 his [fn]lifetime H3605 H3117 they did not turn H5493 from following H310 the LORD H3068 God H430 of their fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:1 - Then Josiah H2977 celebrated H6213 the Passover H6453 to the LORD H3068 in Jerusalem, H3389 and they slaughtered H7819 the Passover H6453 animals on the fourteenth H702 H6240 day of the first H7223 month. H2320

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:7 - Josiah H2977 contributed H7311 to the lay H1121 people, H5971 to all H3605 who were present, H4672 flocks H6629 of lambs H3532 and young H1121 H5795 goats, H1121 H5795 all H3605 for the Passover H6453 offerings, H6453 numbering H4557 30,000 H7970 H505 plus 3,000 H7969 H505 bulls; H1241 these H428 were from the king’s H4428 possessions. H7399

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - So all H3605 the service H5656 of the LORD H3068 was prepared H3559 on that day H3117 to celebrate H6213 the Passover, H6453 and to offer H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 on the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 according to the command H4687 of King H4428 Josiah. H2977

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:18 - There had not been celebrated H6213 a Passover H6453 like H3644 it in Israel H3478 since H4480 the days H3117 of Samuel H8050 the prophet; H5030 nor H3808 had any H3605 of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 celebrated H6213 such a Passover H6453 as Josiah H2977 did H6213 with the priests, H3548 the Levites, H3881 all H3605 Judah H3063 and Israel H3478 who were present, H4672 and the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19 - In the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of Josiah’s H2977 reign H4438 this H2088 Passover H6453 was celebrated. H6213

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20 - After H310 all H3605 this, H2088 when H834 Josiah H2977 had set H3559 the [fn]temple H1004 in order, H3559 Neco H5224 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 came H5927 up to make H3898 war H3898 at Carchemish H3751 on the Euphrates, H6578 and Josiah H2977 went H3318 out to engage H7122 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - However, Josiah H2977 would not turn H5437 [fn]away H5437 from him, but disguised H2664 himself in order to make H3898 war H3898 with him; nor H3808 did he listen H8085 to the words H1697 of Neco H5224 from the mouth H6310 of God, H430 but came H935 to make H3898 war H3898 on the plain H1237 of Megiddo. H4023

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:23 - The archers H3384 shot H3384 King H4428 Josiah, H2977 and the king H4428 said H559 to his servants, H5650 “Take H5674 me away, H5674 for I am badly H3966 wounded.” H2470

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So his servants H5650 took H5674 him out of the chariot H4818 and carried H7392 him in the second H4932 chariot H7393 which H834 he had, and brought H1980 him to Jerusalem H3389 [fn]where he died H4191 and was buried H6912 in the tombs H6913 of his fathers. H1 All H3605 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 mourned H56 for Josiah. H2977

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25 - Then Jeremiah H3414 chanted H6969 a lament H6969 for Josiah. H2977 And all H3605 the male and female singers H7891 speak H559 about H5921 Josiah H2977 in their lamentations H7015 to this day. H3117 And they made H5414 them an ordinance H2706 in Israel; H3478 behold, H2009 they are also written H3789 in the Lamentations. H7015

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:26 - Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Josiah H2977 and his deeds H2617 of devotion H2617 as written H3789 in the law H8451 of the LORD, H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1 - Then the people H5971 of the land H776 took H3947 [fn]Joahaz H3059 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 and made H4427 him king H4427 in place H8478 of his father H1 in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:2 - to whom H834 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 in the days H3117 of Josiah H2977 the son H1121 of Amon, H526 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 in the thirteenth H7969 H6240 year H8141 of his reign. H4427

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:3 - It came H1961 also in the days H3117 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 until H5704 the end H8552 of the eleventh H6249 H6240 year H8141 of Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 until H5704 the exile H1540 of Jerusalem H3389 in the fifth H2549 month. H2320

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to me in the days H3117 of Josiah H2977 the king, H4428 “Have you seen H7200 what H834 faithless H4878 Israel H3478 did? H6213 She went H1980 up on every H3605 high H1364 hill H2022 and under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree, H6086 and she was a harlot H2181 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:11 - For thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 in regard H413 to [fn]Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 who became H4427 king H4427 in the place H8478 of Josiah H2977 his father, H1 who H834 went H3318 forth H3318 from this H2088 place, H4725 “He will never H3808 H5750 return H7725 there; H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 in regard H413 to Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063
“They will not lament H5594 for him:
‘Alas, H1945 my brother!’ H251 or, ‘Alas, H1945 sister!’ H269
They will not lament H5594 for him:
‘Alas H1945 for the master!’ H113 or, ‘Alas H1945 for his splendor!’ H1935

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:1 - The word H1697 that came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 concerning H5921 all H3605 the people H5971 of Judah, H3063 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 king H4428 of Judah H3063 (that was the first H7224 year H8141 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon), H894

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:3 - “From the thirteenth H7969 H6240 year H8141 of Josiah H2977 the son H1121 of Amon, H526 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 even to this H2088 day, H3117 [fn]these H2088 twenty-three H6242 H7969 years H8141 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 has come H1961 to me, and I have spoken H1696 to you [fn]again H7925 and again, H1696 but you have not listened. H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:1 - In the beginning H7225 of the reign H4468 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 this H2088 word H1697 came H1961 from the LORD, H3068 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:1 - In the beginning H7225 of the reign H4467 of [fn]Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 this H2088 word H1697 came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 from the LORD, H3068 saying H559—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:1 - The word H1697 which H834 came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 from the LORD H3068 in the days H3117 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:1 - In the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 this H2088 word H1697 came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 from the LORD, H3068 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:2 - “Take H3947 a [fn]scroll H4039 H5612 and write H3789 on it all H3605 the words H1697 which H834 I have spoken H1696 to you concerning H5921 Israel H3478 and concerning H5921 Judah, H3063 and concerning H5921 all H3605 the nations, H1471 from the day H3117 I first spoke H1696 to you, from the days H3117 of Josiah, H2977 even to this H2088 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:9 - Now in the fifth H2549 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 in the ninth H8671 month, H2320 all H3605 the people H5971 in Jerusalem H3389 and all H3605 the people H5971 who came H935 from the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 to Jerusalem H3389 proclaimed H7121 a fast H6685 before H6440 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:1 - Now Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 had made H4427 king H4427 in the land H776 of Judah, H3063 reigned H4427 as king H4428 in place H8478 of Coniah H3078 the son H1121 of Jehoiakim. H3079

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:1 - This is the message H1697 which H834 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 spoke H1696 to Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah, H5374 when he had written H3789 down H3789 these H428 words H1697 in a book H5612 [fn]at Jeremiah’s H3414 dictation, H6310 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 saying: H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - To Egypt, H4714 concerning H5921 the army H2428 of Pharaoh H6549 Neco H6549 king H4428 of Egypt, H4714 which H834 was by the Euphrates H6578 River H5104 at Carchemish, H3751 which H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 defeated H5221 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 king H4428 of Judah: H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:1 - The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 came H1961 to Zephaniah H6846 son H1121 of Cushi, H3570 son H1121 of Gedaliah, H1436 son H1121 of Amariah, H568 son H1121 of Hezekiah, H2396 in the days H3117 of Josiah H2977 son H1121 of Amon, H526 king H4428 of Judah: H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:10 - “Take H3947 an offering from the exiles, H1473 from Heldai, H2469 Tobijah H2900 and Jedaiah; H3048 and you go H935 the same H1931 day H3117 and enter H935 the house H1004 of Josiah H2977 the son H1121 of Zephaniah, H6846 where H834 they have arrived H935 from Babylon. H894
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