H9001–/וַ–v

And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah maketh for himself horns of iron, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah,

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

With these thou dost push Aram till thou hast consumed them.' And all the prophets are prophesying so, saying, `Go up `to' Ramath-Gilead and prosper, and Jehovah hath given `it' into the hand of the king.'

וְנָתַ֥ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And the messenger who hath gone to call for Micaiah hath spoken unto him, saying, `Lo, the words of the prophets -- one mouth -- `are' good towards the king, and let, I pray thee, thy word be like one of theirs: and thou hast spoken good.'

וְדִבַּ֥רְתָּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Micaiah saith `Jehovah liveth, surely that which my God saith, it I speak.'

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he cometh in unto the king, and the king saith unto him, `Micaiah, do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And he saith, `Go ye up, and prosper, and they are given into your hand.'

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

And the king saith unto him, `How many times am I adjuring thee, that thou speak unto me only truth in the name of Jehovah?'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he saith, `I have seen all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd, and Jehovah saith, There are no masters to these, they turn back each to his house in peace.'

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

And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Did I not say unto thee, He doth not prophesy concerning me good, but rather of evil?'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he saith, `Therefore, hear ye a word of Jehovah: I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing on His right and His left;

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and Jehovah saith, Who doth entice Ahab king of Israel, and he doth go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? And this speaker saith thus, and that speaker thus.

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

And go out doth the spirit, and stand before Jehovah, and saith, I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, With what?

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

and he saith, I go out, and have become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets. And He saith, Thou dost entice, and also, thou art able; go out and do so.

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

And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah cometh nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, `Where `is' this -- the way the Spirit of Jehovah passed over from me to speak with thee?'

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

And Micaiah saith, `Lo, thou dost see in that day, that thou dost enter into the innermost chamber to be hidden.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel saith, `Take ye Micaiah, and turn him back unto Amon head of the city, and unto Joash son of the king,

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

and ye have said, Thus said the king, Put ye this `one' in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my return in peace.'

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם (וַ) va. “and”

And Micaiah saith, `If thou dost certainly return in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me;' and he saith, `Hear ye, O peoples, all of them!'

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

And the king of Israel goeth up, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, unto Ramoth-Gilead;

וַיַּ֧עַל (וַ) va “and”

and the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat to disguise himself, and to go into battle, `And thou, put on thy garments.' And the king of Israel disguiseth himself, and they go into battle.

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

And it cometh to pass at the heads of the charioteers seeing Jehoshaphat, that they have said, `The king of Israel he is,' and they turn round against him to fight, and Jehoshaphat crieth out, and Jehovah hath helped him, and God enticeth them from him,

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

yea, it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing that it hath not been the king of Israel -- they turn back from after him.

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

And a man hath drawn with a bow, in his simplicity, and smiteth the king of Israel between the joinings and the coat of mail, and he saith to the charioteer, `Turn thy hand, and thou hast brought me out of the camp, for I have become sick.'

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

And the battle increaseth on that day, and the king of Israel hath been stayed up in the chariot over-against Aram till the evening, and he dieth at the time of the going in of the sun.

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

And Jehoshaphat king of Judah turneth back unto his house in peace to Jerusalem,

וַ֠יָּשָׁב (וַ֠) va “and”

and go out unto his presence doth Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, and saith unto king Jehoshaphat, `To give help to the wicked, and to those hating Jehovah, dost thou love? and for this against thee `is' wrath from before Jehovah,

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