H9001–/וַ–v

and they walked in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel did secretly against Jehovah their God things that were not right; and they built them high places in all their cities, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.

וַיְחַפְּא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְנ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;

וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ (וַ) va “and”

and there they burned incense on all the high places, as did the nations that Jehovah had carried away from before them, and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger;

וַיְקַטְּרוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

and they served idols, as to which Jehovah had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.

וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets, all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.

וַיָּ֣עַד (וַ) va “and”

But they would not hear, and hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in Jehovah their God.

וַיַּקְשׁ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant which he had made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he had testified unto them; and they followed vanity and became vain, and [supplied: went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.

וַיִּמְאֲס֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּהְבָּ֔לוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal;

וַיַּעַזְב֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

and they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

וַֽ֠יַּעֲבִירוּ (וַֽ֠) Va “and”וַיִּקְסְמ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְנַחֵ֑שׁוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְמַכְּר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there remained but the tribe of Judah only.

וַיִּתְאַנַּ֨ף (וַ) va “and”וַיְסִרֵ֖ם (וַ) va “and”

Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.

וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel; and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

וַיִּמְאַ֨ס (וַ) va “and”וַיְעַנֵּ֔ם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”

For Israel had rent [supplied: the kingdom] from the house of David; and they had made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam violently turned Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin.

וַיַּמְלִ֖יכוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּדַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וְהֶחֱטֵיאָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them:

וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

until Jehovah had removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said through all his servants the prophets; and Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria, unto this day.

וַיִּ֨גֶל (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Assyria brought [supplied: people] from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and made them dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in its cities.

וַיָּבֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙שֶׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽרְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּֽשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah; and Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed [supplied: some] of them.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they spoke to the king of Assyria saying, The nations that thou hast removed and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria know not the manner of the god of the land; therefore he has sent lions among them, and behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the god of the land.

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתּ֙וֹשֶׁב֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיְשַׁלַּח־ (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Assyria commanded saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye have brought away from thence; and let them go and abide there, and let him teach them the manner of the god of the land.

וַיְצַ֨ו (וַ) va “and”

Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and abode in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.

וַיָּבֹ֞א (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they dwelt.

וַיִּהְי֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּנִּ֣יחוּ׀ (וַ) va “and”

So they feared Jehovah, and made to themselves from all classes of them priests of the high places, who offered [supplied: sacrifices] for them in the houses of the high places.

וַיִּהְי֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּהְי֛וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah had made a covenant with them, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;

וַיִּכְרֹ֨ת (וַ) va “and”וַיְצַוֵּ֣ם (וַ) va “and”

And these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images, both their children and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they, unto this day.

וַיִּהְי֣וּ׀ (וַ) va “and”