H9001–/וַ–v

Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem went back, with Jehoshaphat at their head, coming back to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them glad over their haters.

וַ֠יָּשֻׁבוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”

So they came to Jerusalem with corded instruments and wind-instruments into the house of the Lord.

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had news of how the Lord made war on those who came against Israel.

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for the Lord gave him rest on every side.

וַתִּשְׁקֹ֖ט (וַ) va. “and”וַיָּ֧נַֽח (וַ) va “and”

And Jehoshaphat was king over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling for twenty-five years in Jerusalem: his mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

He went in the ways of his father Asa, not turning away, but doing right in the eyes of the Lord.

וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

Together they made ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber.

וַיְחַבְּרֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the word of Eliezer the prophet, the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, came against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have let yourself be joined with Ahaziah, the Lord has sent destruction on your works. And the ships were broken and were not able to go

וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֞א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשָּׁבְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David. And Jehoram his son became king in his place.

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

And their father gave them much silver and gold and things of great value, as well as walled towns in Judah; but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, because he was the oldest.

וַיִּתֵּ֣ן (וַ) va “and”

Now when Jehoram had taken his place over his father's kingdom, and had made his position safe, he put all his brothers to death with the sword, as well as some of the princes of Israel.

וַיָּ֨קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְחַזַּ֔ק (וַ) va “and”וַיַּהֲרֹ֥ג (וַ) va “and”

He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and did as the family of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

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

In his time Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.

וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Jehoram went over with his captains and all his war-carriages ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him ... on the captains of the war-carriages.

וַיַּֽעֲבֹ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֗ךְ (וַ) va “and”

So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, to this day: and at the same time Libnah made itself free from his rule; because he was turned away from the Lord, the God of his fathers.

וַיִּפְשַׁ֨ע (וַ) va “and”

And more than this, he made high places in the mountains of Judah, teaching the people of Jerusalem to go after false gods, and guiding Judah away from the true way.

וַיֶּ֙זֶן֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּדַּ֖ח (וַ) va “and”

And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, The Lord, the God of your father David, says, Because you have not kept to the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah,

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”

But have gone in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go after false gods, as the family of Ahab did: and because you have put to death your father's sons, your brothers, who were better than yourself:

וַתֵּ֗לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתַּזְנֶ֤ה (וַ) va. “and”

Then the Philistines and the Arabians, who are by Ethiopia, were moved by the Lord to make war on Jehoram;

וַיָּ֨עַר (וַ) va “and”

And they came up against Judah, forcing a way into it, and took away all the goods in the king's house, as well as his sons and his wives; so that he had no son but only Jehoahaz, the youngest.

וַיַּעֲל֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְקָע֔וּהָ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁבּ֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

And time went on, and after two years, his inside falling out because of the disease, he came to his death in cruel pain. And his people made no burning for him like the burning made for his fathers.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖מָת (וַ) va “and”

He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years: and at his death he was not regretted; they put his body into the earth in the town of David, but not in the resting-place of the kings.

וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the army had put all the older sons to death. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, became king.

וַיַּמְלִיכוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the family of Ahab did; for after the death of his father they were his guides to his destruction.

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

Acting on their suggestion, he went with Jehoram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Joram was wounded by the bowmen.

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