H9001–/וַ–v

and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they practised;

וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

and the children of Israel did impute things that were not right unto the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

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

and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every leafy tree;

וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ (וַ) va “and”

and there they offered in all the high places, as did the nations whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD;

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

and they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them: 'Ye shall not do this thing';

וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

yet the LORD forewarned Israel, and Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and of every seer, saying: 'Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you b

וַיָּ֣עַד (וַ) va “and”

notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in the LORD their God;

וַיַּקְשׁ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

and they rejected His statutes, and His covenant that He made with their fathers, and His testimonies wherewith He testified against them; and they went after things of nought, and became nought, and after the nations that were round about them, concerni

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

and they forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, 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 gave themselves over to do that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him;

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

that the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

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

Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they practised.

וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the LORD 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 He rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam drew Israel away from following the LORD, 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 departed not from them;

וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

until the LORD removed Israel out of His sight, as He spoke by the hand of all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria, unto this day.

וַיִּ֨גֶל (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

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 the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

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

Wherefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying: 'The nations which thou hast carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land; therefore He hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because

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

Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying: 'Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.'

וַיְצַ֨ו (וַ) va “and”

So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

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

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

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

So they feared the LORD, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

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

with whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying: 'Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow down to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;

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

So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

וַיִּהְי֣וּ׀ (וַ) va “and”