H9001–/וַ–v

Give ear in heaven your living-place, acting in mercy; and give to every man whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of all the children of men:

וְסָלַחְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשִׂ֔יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתַתָּ֤ (וְ) ve. “and”

And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel; when he comes from a far country because of the glory of your name:

וּבָ֛א (וּ) u. “and”

(For they will have news of your great name and your strong hand and your out-stretched arm;) when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

וּבָ֥א (וּ) u. “and”וְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

Give ear in heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have put up i

וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayer to the Lord, turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have made for your name:

וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Give ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away as prisoners into a strange land, far off or near;

וְאָנַפְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְתַתָּ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”וְשָׁב֤וּם (וְ) ve. “and”

And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, and are turned again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;

וְהֵשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֣בוּ׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And with all their heart and soul are turned again to you, in the land of those who took them prisoners, and make their prayer to you, turning their eyes to this land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the h

וְשָׁ֣בוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then give ear to their prayer and to their cry in heaven your living-place, and see right done to them;

וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

Answering with forgiveness the people who have done wrong against you, and overlooking the evil which they have done against you; let those who made them prisoners be moved with pity for them, and have pity on them;

וְסָלַחְתָּ֤ (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְתַתָּ֧ם (וּ) u. “and”וְרִֽחֲמֽוּם׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Solomon, after making all these prayers and requests for grace to the Lord, got up from his knees before the altar of the Lord, where his hands had been stretched out in prayer to heaven;

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”

And, getting on his feet, he gave a blessing to all the men of Israel, saying with a loud voice,

וַֽיַּעְמֹ֕ד (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְבָ֕רֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

Then let your hearts be without sin before the Lord our God, walking in his laws and keeping his orders as at this day.

וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Solomon gave to the Lord for peace-offerings, twenty-two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel kept the feast of the opening of the Lord's house.

וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחְנְכוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

So Solomon and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, (for the people had come together from the way into Hamath to the river of Egypt,) kept the feast at that time before the Lord our God, for two weeks, even fourteen days.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And on the eighth day he sent the people away, and, blessing the king, they went to their tents full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David his servant and to Israel his people.

וַֽיְבָרֲכ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now when Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires, which he had in mind were effected;

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

The Lord came to him again in a vision, as he had done at Gibeon;

וַיֵּרָ֧א (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהָי֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I will make the seat of your rule over Israel certain for ever, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

וַהֲקִ֨מֹתִ֜י (וַ) va. “and”

But if you are turned from my ways, you or your children, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods and give them worship:

וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם (וַ) va. “and”וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I will have Israel cut off from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for myself, I will put away from before my eyes; and Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.

וְהִכְרַתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds; and they will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?

וְשָׁרָ֑ק (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמְר֗וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord their God, who took their fathers out of the land of Egypt; they took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why the Lord has sent all this

וְאָמְר֗וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽיַּחֲזִ֙קוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַבְדֻ֑ם (וַ) va “and”