H9002–/וְ–v

I will make the family of Ahab like that of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and Baasha, the son of Ahijah.

וּכְבֵ֖ית (וּ) u. “and”

And Jezebel will become food for the dogs in the heritage of Jezreel, and there will be no one to put her body into the earth. Then, opening the door, he went in flight.

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

Then Jehu came out again to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, Is all well? why did this man, who is off his head, come to you? And he said to them, You have knowledge of the man and of his talk.

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

And they said, That is not true; now give us his story. Then he said, This is what he said to me: The Lord says, I have made you king over Israel.

וְכָזֹאת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, made designs against Joram. (Now Joram and all the army of Israel were keeping watch on Ramoth-gilead because of Hazael, king of Aram:

וְיוֹרָם֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Jehu got into his carriage and went to Jezreel, for Joram was ill in bed there; and Ahaziah, king of Judah, had come down to see Joram.

וַֽאֲחַזְיָה֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

And the watchman on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu and his band coming, and said, I see a band of people. And Joram said, Send out a horseman to them, and let him say, Is it peace?

וְהַצֹּפֶה֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽשְׁלַ֥ח (וּֽ) u. “and”וְיֹאמַ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

So a horseman went out to them and said, The king says, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? come after me. And the watchman gave them word, saying, The horseman went up to them, but has not come back.

וּלְשָׁל֖וֹם (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then he sent out a second horseman, who came up to them and said, The king says, Is it peace? And Jehu said in answer, What have you to do with peace? come after me.

וּלְשָׁל֖וֹם (וּ) u. “and”

And the watchman gave them word, saying, He went up to them and has not come back again; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu, son of Nimshi, for he is driving violently.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמִּנְהָ֗ג (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Joram said, Make ready. So they made his carriage ready; and Joram, king of Israel, with Ahaziah, king of Judah, went out in their carriages for the purpose of meeting Jehu; and they came face to face with him at the field of Naboth the Jezreelite.

וַאֲחַזְיָ֨הוּ (וַ) va. “and”

Now when Joram saw Jehu he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said in answer, What peace is possible while all the land is full of the disgusting sins of your mother Jezebel, and her secret arts?

וּכְשָׁפֶ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”

Then Jehu took his bow in his hand, and with all his strength sent an arrow, wounding Joram between the arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he went down on his face in his carriage.

וְיֵה֞וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Jehu said to Bidkar, his captain, Take him up, and put him in the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for is not that day in your memory when you and I together on our horses were going after Ahab, his father, and the Lord put this fate on him, saying:

וָאַ֗תָּה (וָ) va. “and”וַֽיהוָה֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

I saw the blood of Naboth and of his sons yesterday; and I will give you full payment in this field, says the Lord? So now, take him and put him in this field, as the Lord said.

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

Now when Ahaziah, king of Judah, saw this, he went in flight by the way of the garden house. And Jehu came after him and said, Put him to death in the same way; and they gave him a death-wound in his carriage, on the slope up to Gur, by Ibleam; and he we

וַאֲחַזְיָ֤ה (וַ) va. “and”

(In the eleventh year of the rule of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.)

וּבִשְׁנַת֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel had news of it; and, painting her eyes and dressing her hair with ornaments, she put her head out of the window.

וְאִיזֶ֣בֶל (וְ) ve. “and”

And when Jehu was coming into the town, she said, Is all well, O Zimri, taker of your master's life?

וְיֵה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, Take her and put her out of the window. So they sent her down with force, and her blood went in a shower on the wall and on the horses; and she was crushed under their feet.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he came in, and took food and drink; then he said, Now see to this cursed woman, and put her body into the earth, for she is a king's daughter.

וְקִבְר֔וּהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they went out to put her body into the earth, but nothing of her was to be seen, only the bones of her head, and her feet, and parts of her hands.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָרַגְלַ֖יִם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַפּ֥וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the responsible men, and to those who had the care of the sons of Ahab, saying,

וּלְאַחְאָ֛ב (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Straight away, when you get this letter, seeing that your master's sons are with you, and that you have carriages and horses and a walled town and arms;

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִתְּכֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִתְּכֶם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַסּוּסִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִ֥יר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנָּֽשֶׁק׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Take the best and most upright of your master's sons, and make him king in his father's place, and put up a fight for your master's family.

וְהַיָּשָׁר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”