H9001–/וַ–v

And Hoshea, the son of Elah, made a secret design against Pekah, the son of Remaliah, and, attacking him, put him to death and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham, the son of Uzziah.

וַיִּקְשָׁר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְמִיתֵ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And Jotham went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.

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

But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made his son go through the fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he made offerings, burning them in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

וַיְזַבֵּ֧חַ (וַ) va “and”וַיְקַטֵּ֛ר (וַ) va “and”

Then Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they made an attack on Ahaz, shutting him in, but were not able to overcome him.

וַיָּצֻ֙רוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

At that time the king of Edom got Elath back for Edom, and sent the Jews out of Elath; and the Edomites came back to Elath where they are living to this day.

וַיְנַשֵּׁ֥ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ (וַ) va “and”

So Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come to my help against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And Ahaz took the silver and gold which were in the house of the Lord and in the king's store-house, and sent them as an offering to the king of Assyria.

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Assyria, in answer to his request, went up against Damascus and took it, and took its people away as prisoners to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַל֩ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְפְּשֶׂ֔הָ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּגְלֶ֖הָ (וַ) va “and”

Then King Ahaz went to Damascus for a meeting with Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria; and there he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a copy of the altar, giving the design of it and all the details of its structu

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”

And from the copy King Ahaz sent from Damascus, Urijah made an altar and had it ready by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus.

וַיִּ֛בֶן (וַ) va “and”

And when the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar; and he went up on it and made an offering on it.

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרַ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”

He made his burned offering and his meal offering and his drink offering there, draining out the blood of his peace-offerings on the altar.

וַיַּקְטֵ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְרֹ֛ק (וַ) va “and”

And the brass altar, which was before the Lord, he took from the front of the house, from between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar.

וַיַּקְרֵ֗ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”

And King Ahaz gave orders to Urijah the priest, saying, Make the morning burned offering and the evening meal offering and the king's burned offering and meal offering, with the burned offerings of all the people and their meal offerings and drink offeri

וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה (וַ) va “and”

So Urijah the priest did everything as the king said

וַיַּ֖עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And King Ahaz took off the sides of the wheeled bases, and took down the great water-vessel from off the brass oxen which were under it and put it on a floor of stone.

וַיְקַצֵּץ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֤סַר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֣ן (וַ) va “and”

And Ahaz went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David; and Hezekiah his son became king in his place.

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

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, though not like the kings of Israel before him.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

Against him came up Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant and sent him offerings.

וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

But Hoshea's broken faith became clear to the king of Assyria because he had sent representatives to So, king of Egypt, and did not send his offering to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: so the king of Assyria had him shut up in prison an

וַיִּמְצָא֩ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעַצְרֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the king of Assyria went through all the land and came up to Samaria, shutting it in with his forces for three years.

וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֙עַל֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥צַר (וַ) va “and”

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and took Israel away to Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes.

וַיֶּ֥גֶל (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And the wrath of the Lord came on Israel because they had done evil against the Lord their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt from under the yoke of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and had become worshippers of other gods,

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ (וַ) va “and”