H9001–/וַ–v

And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never had such spices been seen as the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.

וַתִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va. “and”

And with the sandal-wood the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody; never before had such been seen in the land of Judah.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what she had taken to the king. So she went back to her country with her servants.

וַֽתַּהֲפֹ֛ךְ (וַֽ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”

Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

And King Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, using three hundred shekels of gold for every cover, and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

וַיִּתְּנֵ֣ם (וַ) va “and”

Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

וַיִּגְדַּל֙ (וַ) va “and”

Solomon had four thousand buildings for his horses and his war-carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king in Jerusalem.

וַיְהִ֨י (וַ) va “and”וַיַּנִּיחֵם֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he was ruler over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the limit of Egypt.

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

Solomon was king over Israel in Jerusalem for forty years.

וַיִּמְלֹ֨ךְ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֔הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And when Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had news of it, (for he was in Egypt where he had gone in flight from King Solomon,) he came back from Egypt.

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And they sent for him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְרְאוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְדַבְּר֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And he said to them, Come to me again after three days. So the people went away.

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

Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

וַיִּוָּעַ֞ץ (וַ) va “and”

And they said to him, If you are kind to this people, pleasing them and saying good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever.

וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וּרְצִיתָ֔ם (וּ) u. “and”וְדִבַּרְתָּ֥ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָי֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him.

וַֽיַּעֲזֹ֛ב (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץ (וַ) va “and”

And he said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us, but will you make it less; say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come to me again on the third day.

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”

And the king gave them a rough answer. So King Rehoboam gave no attention to the suggestion of the old men,

וַיַּעֲנֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲזֹב֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

But gave them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”