H9001–/וַ–v

But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying:

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

Thus saith the LORD: Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel; return every man to his house; for this thing is of Me.' So they hearkened unto the word of the LORD, and returned and went their way, according to the word

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֥בוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from thence, and built Penuel.

וַיִּ֨בֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֖בֶן (וַ) va “and”

And Jeroboam said in his heart: 'Now will the kingdom return to the house of David.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn back unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.'

וְ֠שָׁב (וְ֠) ve. “and”וַהֲרָגֻ֕נִי (וַ) va. “and”וְשָׁ֖בוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said unto them: 'Ye have gone up long enough to Jerusalem; behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

וַיִּוָּעַ֣ץ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֕עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.

וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

And this thing became a sin; for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.

וַיַּ֖עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he went up unto the altar; so did he in Beth-el, to sacrifice unto the calves that he had made; and he placed in Beth-el the p

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֙עַל֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he went up unto the altar which he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up unto the altar, to offer.

וַיַּ֜עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”

And he cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said: 'O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD: Behold, a son shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that offer upon t

וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וְזָבַ֣ח (וְ) ve. “and”

And he gave a sign the same day saying: 'This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.'

וְנָתַן֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִשְׁפַּ֖ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying: 'Lay hold on him.' And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so tha

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַתִּיבַ֤שׁ (וַ) va. “and”

The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

וַיִּשָּׁפֵ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And the king answered and said unto the man of God: 'Entreat now the favour of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me.' And the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him, and became as it was before.

וַיַּ֨עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיְחַ֤ל (וַ) va “and”וַתָּ֤שָׁב (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּהִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said unto the man of God: 'Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.'

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

And the man of God said unto the king: 'If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.

וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el, and the words which he had spoken unto the king, and they told them unto their father.

וַיָּב֣וֹא (וַ) va “and”וַיְסַפֶּר־ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְסַפְּר֖וּם (וַֽ) va “and”

And their father said unto them: 'What way went he?' For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, that came from Judah.

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he said unto his sons: 'Saddle me the ass.' So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחְבְּשׁוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְכַּ֖ב (וַ) va “and”

And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under a terebinth; and he said unto him: 'Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah?' And he said: 'I am.'

וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֨מְצָאֵ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then he said unto him: 'Come home with me, and eat bread.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he said: 'I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”