H9001–/וַ–v

And he said unto Jehoshaphat: 'Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead?' And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel: 'I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.'

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel: 'Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD today.'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them: 'Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?' And they said: 'Go up; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.'

וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ץ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

But Jehoshaphat said: 'Is there not here besides a prophet of the LORD, that we might inquire of him?'

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat: 'There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.' And Jehoshaphat said: 'Let not the king say so.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said: 'Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.'

וַיִּקְרָא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said: 'Thus saith the LORD: With these shalt thou gore the Arameans, until they be consumed.'

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And all the prophets prophesied so, saying: 'Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.'

וְנָתַ֥ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke unto him, saying: 'Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth, let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good.'

וְדִבַּ֥רְתָּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Micaiah said: 'As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.'

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him: 'Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?' And he answered him: 'Go up, and prosper; and the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.'

וַיָּבוֹא֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְנָתַ֥ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said unto him: 'How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he said: 'I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd; and the LORD said: These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.'

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: 'Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he said: 'Therefore hear thou the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on his left.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the LORD said: Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead. And one said: On this manner; and another said: On that manner.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And there came forth the spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said: I will entice him.

וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the LORD said unto him: Wherewith? And he said: I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And He said: Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also; go forth, and do so.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהָיִ֙יתִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the check, and said: 'Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?'

וַיִּגַּשׁ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכֶּ֥ה (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Micaiah said: 'Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel said: 'Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

and say: Thus saith the king: Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with scant bread and with scant water, until I come in peace.'

וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Micaiah said: 'If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me.' And he said: 'Hear, ye peoples, all of you.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

וַיַּ֧עַל (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat: 'I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.' And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּב֖וֹא (וַ) va “and”