H9001–/וַ–v

And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself iron horns and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

וְנָתַ֥ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the servant who had gone to get Micaiah said to him, See now, all the prophets with one voice are saying good things to the king; so let your words be like theirs, and say good things.

וְדִבַּ֥רְתָּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and they will be given up into your hands.

וַיָּבֹא֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good to me, but of evil?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, and all the army of heaven in their places, at his right hand and at his left.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said, How may Ahab, king of Israel, be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.

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

Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick. And the Lord said to him, How?

וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהָיִ֙יתִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of his face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?

וַיִּגַּשׁ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son;

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And say, By the king's order this man is to be put in prison, and given prison food till I come back in peace.

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם (וַ) va. “and”

And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me.

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

So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

וַיַּ֧עַל (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress, and they went to the fight.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”

So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, It is the king of Israel. And turning about, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry, and the Lord came to his help, and God sent them away from him.

וַיְהִ֡י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּסֹ֥בּוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְעַ֤ק (וַ) va “and”וַיְסִיתֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

Now when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him.

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

And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the

וַיַּךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהוֹצֵאתַ֥נִי (וְ) ve. “and”

But the fight became more violent while the day went on; and the king of Israel was supported in his war-carriage facing the Aramaeans till the evening; and by sundown he was dead.

וַתַּ֤עַל (וַ) va. “and”וַיָּ֕מָת (וַ) va “and”

And Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went back to his house in Jerusalem in peace.

וַ֠יָּשָׁב (וַ֠) va “and”

And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went to King Jehoshaphat and said to him, Is it right for you to go to the help of evil-doers, loving the haters of the Lord? because of this, the wrath of the Lord has come on you.

וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”