H9001–/וַ–v

But the word of God came to 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 from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.

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

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt in it, and 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 shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

If this people go up to perform sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.

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

Upon which the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee 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 he placed in Dan.

וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

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

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

And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, who 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 the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing to the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.

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

So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast to the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

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

And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

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 king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, who had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it to him again.

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 to the man of God, Entreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him again, 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 to 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 to 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 his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken to the king, them they told also to their father.

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

And their father said to them, What way went he? for his sons had seen what way the man of God went, who came from Judah.

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

And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode upon it.

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

And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to 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 to 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”