H9002–/וְ–v

And crying out to the man of God who came from Judah, he said, The Lord says, Because you have gone against the voice of the Lord, and have not done as you were ordered by the Lord,

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

But have come back, and have taken food and water in this place where he said you were to take no food or water; your dead body will not be put to rest with your fathers.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now after the meal he made ready the ass for him, for the prophet whom he had taken back.

וְאַחֲרֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And he went on his way; but on the road a lion came rushing at him and put him to death; and his dead body was stretched in the road with the ass by its side, and the lion was there by the body.

וְהַחֲמוֹר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָ֣אַרְיֵ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And some men, going by, saw the body stretched out in the road with the lion by its side; and they came and gave news of it in the town where the old prophet was living.

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

And he went and saw the dead body stretched out in the road with the ass and the lion by its side: the lion had not taken the body for its food or done any damage to the ass.

וַֽחֲמוֹר֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וְהָ֣אַרְיֵ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the prophet took up the body of the man of God and put it on the ass and took it back; and he came to the town to put the body to rest with weeping.

וּלְקָבְרֽוֹ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

For the outcry he made by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el and against all the houses of the high places in the towns of Samaria, will certainly come about.

וְעַל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

After this Jeroboam, not turning back from his evil ways, still made priests for his altars from among all the people; he made a priest of anyone desiring it, so that there might be priests of the high places.

וִיהִ֖י (וִ) vi. “and”

And this became a sin in the family of Jeroboam, causing it to be cut off and sent to destruction from the face of the earth.

וּלְהַכְחִיד֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְהַשְׁמִ֔יד (וּ) u. “and”

And Jeroboam said to his wife, Now come, put on different clothing so that you may not seem to be the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; see, Ahijah is there, the prophet who said I would be king over this people.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

And take with you ten cakes of bread and dry cakes and a pot of honey, and go to him: he will give you word of what is to become of the child.

וְנִקֻּדִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַקְבֻּ֥ק (וּ) u. “and”

So Jeroboam's wife did so, and got up and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah was unable to see, because he was very old.

וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And the Lord had said to Ahijah, The wife of Jeroboam is coming to get news from you about her son, who is ill; give her such and such an answer; for she will make herself seem to be another woman.

וַיהוָ֞ה (וַ) va. “and”וְכָזֶ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וִיהִ֣י (וִ) vi. “and”וְהִ֖יא (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Ahijah, hearing the sound of her footsteps coming in at the door, said, Come in, O wife of Jeroboam; why do you make yourself seem like another? for I am sent to you with bitter news.

וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”

And took the kingdom away by force from the seed of David and gave it to you, you have not been like my servant David, who kept my orders, and was true to me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשֶׁר־ (וַ) va. “and”

But you have done evil more than any before you, and have made for yourself other gods, and images of metal, moving me to wrath, and turning your back on me.

וּמַסֵּכוֹת֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֹתִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

So I will send evil on the line of Jeroboam, cutting off from his family every male child, those who are shut up and those who go free in Israel; the family of Jeroboam will be brushed away like a man brushing away waste till it is all gone.

וְעָז֖וּב (וְ) ve. “and”

Those of the family of Jeroboam who come to death in the town, will become food for the dogs; and those on whom death comes in the open country, will be food for the birds of the air; for the Lord has said it.

וְהַמֵּת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Up, then! go back to your house; and in the hour when your feet go into the town, the death of the child will take place.

וְאַ֥תְּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord will put up a king over Israel who will send destruction on the family of Jeroboam in that day;

וּמֶ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And he will give Israel up because of the sins which Jeroboam has done and made Israel do.

וְיִתֵּ֖ן (וְ) ve. “so”וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

Then Jeroboam's wife got up and went away and came to Tirzah; and when she came to the doorway of the house, death came to the child.

וְהַנַּ֥עַר (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he became king, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”

And Jeroboam was king for twenty-two years, and was put to rest with his fathers, and Nadab his son became king in his place.

וְהַיָּמִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם (וּ) u. “and”