H9001–/וַ–v

And when Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them, but I will grant them a little deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

וְנָתַתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he took away all; and he took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made.

וַיַּ֨עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”

And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the couriers who kept the entrance of the king's house.

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וְהִפְקִ֗יד (וְ) ve. “and”

And it was so, that as often as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the couriers came and fetched them, and brought them again into the chamber of the couriers.

וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”וּנְשָׂא֔וּם (וּ) u. “and”וֶהֱשִׁב֖וּם (וֶ) ve. “and”

And king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֞ק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֑ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he did evil, for he applied not his heart to seek Jehovah.

וַיַּ֖עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

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

In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Abijah began the war with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty men of valour.

וַיֶּאְסֹ֨ר (וַ) va “and”

And Abijah stood up on the top of mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam, and all Israel!

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord.

וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְרֹ֖ד (וַ) va “and”

And vain men, sons of Belial, gathered to him and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was young and faint-hearted, and did not shew himself strong against them.

וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְאַמְּצ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Have ye not cast out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests as the peoples of the lands? whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, he becomes a priest of what is not God.

וַתַּעֲשׂ֨וּ (וַ) va. “and”וְהָיָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; and they were before Judah, and the ambush behind them.

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Judah looked back, and behold, they had the battle in front and behind; and they cried to Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

וַיִּפְנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּצְעֲק֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the men of Judah gave a shout; and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

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

And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.

וַיָּנ֥וּסוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; and there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

וַיַּכּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְּל֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel were humbled at that time, and the children of Judah were strengthened, because they relied upon Jehovah the God of their fathers.

וַיִּכָּנְע֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּֽאֶמְצוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its dependent villages, and Jeshanah with its dependent villages, and Ephron with its dependent villages.

וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד (וַ) va “and”

And Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and Jehovah smote him, and he died.

וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹֽת׃ (וַ) va “and”

But Abijah strengthened himself, and took fourteen wives, and begot twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֨שָּׂא־ (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֗וֹלֶד (וַ) va “and”

And Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of Jehovah his God;

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

and he took away the altars of the strange [supplied: gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;

וַיָּ֛סַר (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְגַדַּ֖ע (וַ) va “and”