H9001–/וַ–v

and commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Also he took away 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 was quiet, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

וַיִּ֛בֶן (וַ) va “and”

For he said unto Judah: 'Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought Him, and He hath given us rest on every side.' So they b

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

And Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand; all these were mighty men of valour.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and he came unto Mareshah.

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

Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephath at Mareshah.

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

And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said: 'LORD, there is none beside Thee to help, between the mighty and him that hath no strength; help us, O LORD our God; for we rely on Thee, and in Thy name are we come against this multitude. Thou art

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

So the LORD 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 unto Gerar; and there fell of the Ethiopians so that none remained alive; for they were shattered before the LORD, and before His host; and they carried away very much booty.

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

And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for a terror from the LORD came upon them; and they spoiled all the cities; for there was much spoil in them.

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

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

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

and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him: 'Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD 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 when in their distress they turned unto the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found of them.

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

And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did discomfit them with all manner of adversity.

וְכֻתְּת֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the detestable things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewe

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

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

וַיִּקְבֹּ֗ץ (וַ) va “and”

So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

וַיִּקָּבְצ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they sacrificed unto the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

וַיִּזְבְּח֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.

וַיִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought Him with their whole desire; and He was found of them; and the LORD gave them rest round about.

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

And also Maacah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

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

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

וַיָּבֵ֞א (וַ) va “and”

In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasa king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

וַיִּ֖בֶן (וַ) va “and”