H9001–/וַ–v

Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war,

וַיָּקֻ֨מוּ (וַ) va “and”

and said to them, You shall not bring in the captives here: for you purpose that which will bring on us a trespass against Yahweh, to add to our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly.

וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב (וַ) va “and”

The men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers: then they returned to Samaria.

וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲזִ֣יקוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּלְבִּשׁ֣וּם (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יַּנְעִלוּם (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיַּאֲכִל֨וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁק֜וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיְסֻכ֗וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיְנַהֲל֤וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיְבִיא֛וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשׁ֖וּבוּ (וַ) va “and”

For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away captives.

וַיַּכּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁבּוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with the towns of it, and Timnah with the towns of it, Gimzo also and the towns of it: and they lived there.

וַֽ֠יִּלְכְּדוּ (וַֽ֠) Va “and”וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but didn't strengthen him.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥צַר (וַ) va “and”

For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of Yahweh, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria: but it didn't help him.

וַיִּתֵּן֙ (וַ) va “and”

In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Yahweh, this same king Ahaz.

וַיּ֖וֹסֶף (וַ) va “and”

For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, [supplied: therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

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

Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of Yahweh; and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

וַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ף (וַ) va “and”וַיְקַצֵּץ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסְגֹּ֖ר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger Yahweh, the God of his fathers.

וַיַּכְעֵ֕ס (וַ) va “and”

Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they didn't bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֤הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, and repaired them.

וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽם׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

He brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,

וַיָּבֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽאַסְפֵ֖ם (וַ) va “and”

and said to them, Hear me, you Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Yahweh, and turned their backs.

וְעָשׂ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיַּֽעַזְבֻ֑הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּ֧בּוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

וַיְכַבּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Therefore the wrath of Yahweh was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to be tossed back and forth, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנֵ֤ם (וַ) va “and”

Then the Levites arose, Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ (וַ) va “and”

They gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Yahweh, to cleanse the house of Yahweh.

וַיַּֽאַסְפ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְקַדְּשׁ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”

The priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Yahweh into the court of the house of Yahweh. The Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיּוֹצִ֗יאוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְקַבְּלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Now they began on the first [supplied: day] of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Yahweh; and they sanctified the house of Yahweh in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

וַ֠יָּחֵלּוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיְקַדְּשׁ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within [supplied: the palace], and said, We have cleansed all the house of Yahweh, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels of it, and the table of show bread, with all the vessels of it.

וַיָּב֤וֹאוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”