H9001–/וַ–v

But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the word of Yahweh, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Yahweh.

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

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

וַיִּ֨בֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֖בֶן (וַ) va “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 Yahweh at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn again to their lord, even to 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 to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

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

He set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

This thing became a sin; for the people went [supplied: to worship] before the one, even to Dan.

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

He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

וַיַּ֖עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “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 went up to the altar; so did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.

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

He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel 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 to the altar, to burn incense.

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

He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said, altar, altar, thus says Yahweh: Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall they burn on you.

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

He gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar shall be torn, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.

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

It happened, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. His hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him.

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

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

וַיִּשָּׁפֵ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

The king answered the man of God, Entreat now the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. The man of God entreated Yahweh, and the king's hand was restored 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”

The king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

The man of God said to the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So he went another way, and didn't return by the way that he came to Bethel.

וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king, them also they told to their father.

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

Their father said to them, Which way did he go? Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.

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

He said to his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled him the donkey; and he rode thereon.

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

He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? 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”

He said, I may not return with you, nor go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place:

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”