H9001–/וַ–v

and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.

וַיָּ֙סַר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט (וַ) va. “and”

And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because Jehovah had given him rest.

וַיִּ֛בֶן (וַ) va “and”

And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; for we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. And they built and prospered.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥נַֽח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְנ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּצְלִֽיחוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Asa had an army that bore targets and spears: out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew the bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these, mighty men of valour.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

And Zerah the Ethiopian came out against him with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.

וַיֵּצֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

And Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

וַיֵּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַרְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

וַיִּקְרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַר֒ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

וַיִּגֹּ֤ף (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerar; and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that none of them was left alive; for they were crushed before Jehovah and before his army. And they carried away very much spoil.

וַיִּרְדְּפֵ֨ם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּ֤ל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they smote all the cities round about Gerar, for the terror of Jehovah came upon them; and they spoiled all the cities, for there was very much spoil in them.

וַיַּכּ֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֙זּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

וַיִּשְׁבּ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (וַ) va “and”

And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while ye are with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him he will forsake you.

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

but in their trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found of them.

וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.

וְכֻתְּת֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.

וַיַּעֲבֵ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַיְחַדֵּשׁ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

וַיִּקְבֹּ֗ץ (וַ) va “and”

And they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

וַיִּקָּבְצ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they sacrificed to Jehovah in that day, of the spoil that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

וַיִּזְבְּח֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they swore to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

וַיִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.

וַיִּשְׂמְח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמָּצֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֧נַח (וַ) va “and”

And also Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burned it in the valley Kidron.

וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֕דֶק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף (וַ) va “and”

And he brought into the house of God the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

וַיָּבֵ֞א (וַ) va “and”

In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order to let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

וַיִּ֖בֶן (וַ) va “and”