H9001–/וַ–v

Then Jehu got all the people together and said to them, Ahab was Baal's servant in a small way, but Jehu will be his servant on a great scale.

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

And Jehu said, Let there be a special holy meeting for the worship of Baal. So a public statement was made.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָֽאוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehu sent out through all Israel; and all the servants of Baal came, not one kept away. And they came into the house of Baal, so that it was full from end to end.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמָּלֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And Jehu said to him who kept the robes, Get out robes for all the servants of Baal. So he got out robes for them.

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

And Jehu, with Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, went into the house of Baal; and he said to the servants of Baal, Make a search with care, to see that no servant of the Lord is with you, but only servants of Baal.

וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then they went in to make offerings and burned offerings. Now Jehu had put eighty men outside, and said to them, If any man whom I give into your hands gets away, the life of him who lets him go will be the price of his life.

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

Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of t

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֖וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֗כוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned.

וַיֹּצִ֛אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְׂרְפֽוּהָ׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.

וַֽיִּתְּצ֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּצוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְשִׂמֻ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

So Jehu put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel.

וַיַּשְׁמֵ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes and effecting all my purpose for the family of Ahab, your sons will be kings of Israel to the fourth generation.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

In those days the Lord was angry first with Israel; and Hazael made attacks on all the land of Israel,

וַיַּכֵּ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

And Jehu went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son became king in his place.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

Now when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she had all the rest of the seed of the kingdom put to death.

וַתָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּאַבֵּ֔ד (וַ) va. “and”

But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, secretly took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, with the woman who took care of him, away from among the king's sons who were put to death, and put him in the bedroom; and they kept him safe from Ath

וַתִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּגְנֹ֤ב (וַ) va. “and”וַיַּסְתִּ֧רוּ (וַ) va “and”

And for six years she kept him safe in the house of the Lord, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the captains of hundreds of the Carians, and the armed men, and taking them into the house of the Lord, made an agreement with them, and made them take an oath in the house of the Lord, and let them see the kin

וַיִּקַּ֣ח׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְרֹת֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁבַּ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥רְא (וַ) va “and”

And he gave them orders, saying, This is what you are to do: the third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath and keep the watch of the king's house,

וַיְצַוֵּ֣ם (וַ) va “and”

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֛ם (וּ) u. “and”

And the two divisions of you, who go out on the Sabbath and keep the watch of the house of the Lord,

וְשָֽׁמְר֛וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Will make a circle round the king, every man being armed; and whoever comes inside your lines is to be put to death; keep with the king, when he goes out and when he comes in.

וְהִקַּפְתֶּ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the captains of hundreds did as Jehoiada the priest gave them orders; every one took with him his men, those who came in and those who went out on the Sabbath, and they came in to Jehoiada the priest.

וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְחוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and body-covers which had been King David's, and which were kept in the house of the Lord.

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

Then the armed men took up their positions, every man with his instruments of war in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left, round about the altar and the house.

וַיַּעַמְד֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then he made the king's son come out, and put the crown on him and the arm-bands, and made him king, and put the holy oil on him; and they all, making sounds of joy with their hands, said, Long life to the king.

וַיּוֹצִ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”וַיַּמְלִ֥כוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְשָׁחֻ֑הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”