H9001–/וַ–v

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

He removed the high places, and broke the images, and cut down the groves, and broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for till those days the children of Israel burnt incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

וְשִׁבַּר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָרַ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִתַּת֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּקְרָא־ (וַ) va “and”

For he cleaved to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

וַיִּדְבַּק֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּמְרֹ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

וַֽיְהִ֞י (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּ֥צַר (וַ) va “and”

And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֗הָ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the king of Assyria carried away Israel to Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:

וַיֶּ֧גֶל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּנְחֵ֞ם (וַ) va “and”

Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.

וַיַּעַבְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

וַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me I will bear. And the king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.

וַיִּתֵּן֙ (וַ) va “and”

At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army against Jerusalem: and they went up, and came to Jerusalem: and when they had come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֧א (וַ) va “and”

And Rab-shakeh said to them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which thou trustest?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man leaneth, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

וּבָ֥א (וּ) u. “and”וּנְקָבָ֑הּ (וּ) u. “and”

But if ye say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

וַתִּבְטַ֤ח (וַ) va. “and”

Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah, to Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But Rab-shakeh said to them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, that they may feed on their vilest excretions with you?

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews language, and spoke, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-oil and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not to Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

וְהֶחֱרִ֣ישׁוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ (וַ) va “and”