H9002–/וְ–v

In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.

וּמִסְחַ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפַח֥וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every cover: and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

וּשְׁלֹשׁ־ (וּ) u. “and”

There were six steps going up to it, and the top of it was round at the back, there were arms on the two sides of the seat, and two lions by the side of the arms;

וְרֹאשׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָדֹ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִזֶּ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁנַ֣יִם (וּ) u. “and”

And twelve lions were placed on the one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.

וּשְׁנֵ֧ים (וּ) u. “and”וּמִזֶּ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”

And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

וְ֠כֹל (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְכֹ֗ל (וְ) ve. “and”

For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

וָכֶ֔סֶף (וָ) va. “and”וְקֹפִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְתֻכִּיִּֽים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

וּלְחָכְמָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

וְכָ֨ל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses, and beasts of transport, regularly year by year.

וְהֵ֣מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וּכְלֵ֨י (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׂלָמוֹת֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְנֵ֣שֶׁק (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְשָׂמִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”וּפְרָדִ֑ים (וּ) u. “and”

And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

וּפָרָשִׁים֒ (וּ) u. “and”וְאַרְבַּע־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁנֵים־ (וּ) u. “and”וְעִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

וְאֵ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.

וּמוֹצָ֧א (וּ) u. “and”וּמִקְוֵ֕ה (וּ) u. “and”

A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

וְס֖וּס (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאָ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”וְ֠כֵן (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וּלְמַלְכֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Now a number of strange women were loved by Solomon, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:

וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.

וְהֵם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

וּפִֽלַגְשִׁ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Milcom, the disgusting god of the Ammonites.

וְאַחֲרֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not walking in the Lord's ways with all his heart as David his father did.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Solomon put up a high place for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, in the mountain before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the disgusting god worshipped by the children of Ammon.

וּלְמֹ֕לֶךְ (וּ) u. “and”

And so he did for all his strange wives, who made offerings with burning of perfumes to their gods.

וְכֵ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽמְזַבְּח֖וֹת (וּֽ) u. “and”

And had given him orders about this very thing, that he was not to go after other gods; but he did not keep the orders of the Lord.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept my agreement and my laws, which I gave you, I will take the kingdom away from you by force and will give it to your servant.

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֻקֹּתַ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”

Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.

וּלְמַ֥עַן (וּ) u. “and”

(For Joab and all Israel were there six months till every male in Edom had been cut off;)

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”