H9001–/וַ–v

And for a hundred talents of silver, he got a hundred thousand fighting-men from Israel.

וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

Then Amaziah said to the man of God, But what is to be done about the hundred talents which I have given for the armed band of Israel? And the man of God in answer said, God is able to give you much more than this.

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

So Amaziah, separating the armed band which had come to him from Ephraim, sent them back again; which made them very angry with Judah, and they went back burning with wrath.

וַיַּבְדִּילֵ֣ם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֨חַר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשׁ֥וּבוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Amaziah took heart, and went out at the head of his people and came to the Valley of Salt, where he put to death ten thousand of the children of Seir;

וַיִּנְהַג֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.

וַיְבִיא֖וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִיכ֛וּם (וַ) va “and”

But the men of the band which Amaziah sent back and did not take with him to the fight, made attacks on the towns of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, putting to death three thousand of their people and taking away a great store of their goods.

וַֽיִּפְשְׁטוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּ (וַ) va “and”

Now when Amaziah came back from the destruction of the Edomites, he took the gods of the children of Seir and made them his gods, worshipping them and burning offerings before them.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֵ֗א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, Why have you gone after the gods of the people who have not given their people salvation from your hands?

וַיִּֽחַר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destructi

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּחְדַּ֣ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then Amaziah, king of Judah, acting on the suggestion of his servants, sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.

וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץ (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (וַ֠) Va “and”

And Joash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his fee

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַֽתַּעֲבֹ֞ר (וַֽ) va. “and”וַתִּרְמֹ֖ס (וַ) va. “and”

You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

וּנְשָׂאֲךָ֥ (וּ) u. “and”וְנָ֣פַלְתָּ֔ (וְ) ve. “and”

And so Joash, king of Israel, went up; and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, came face to face at Beth-shemesh in Judah.

וַיַּ֨עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Judah was overcome before Israel, and they went in flight, every man to his tent.

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

And Joash, king of Israel, made Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, prisoner at Beth-shemesh, and took him to Jerusalem; and he had the wall of Jerusalem pulled down from the doorway of Ephraim to the doorway in the angle, four

וַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְרֹ֞ץ (וַ) va “and”

And he took all the gold and silver and all the vessels which were in the house of the Lord, under the care of Obed-edom, and all the wealth from the king's house, as well as those whose lives would be the price of broken faith, and went back to Samaria.

וַיָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, went on living for fifteen years after the death of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

וַיְחִ֨י (וַ) va “and”

Now from the time when Amaziah gave up worshipping the Lord, they made secret designs against him in Jerusalem; and he went in flight to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him and put him to death there.

וַיִּקְשְׁר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣נָס (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְמִיתֻ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they took his body on horseback and put it into the earth with his fathers in the town of David.

וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְבְּר֥וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

וַיִּקְח֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּמְלִ֣יכוּ (וַ) va “and”

He was the builder of Eloth, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

וַיְשִׁיבֶ֖הָ (וַ) va “and”

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

He gave himself to searching after God in the days of Zechariah, who made men wise in the fear of God; and as long as he was true to the Lord, God made things go well for him.

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

He went out and made war against the Philistines, pulling down the walls of Gath and Jabneh and Ashdod, and building towns in the country round Ashdod and among the Philistines.

וַיֵּצֵא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְרֹ֞ץ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְנֶ֣ה (וַ) va “and”

And God gave him help against the Philistines, and against the Arabians living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunim.

וַיַּעְזְרֵ֨הוּ (וַ) va “and”