H9002–/וְ–v

But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

וְאֵ֖יךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he that was over the household, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and they that brought up [supplied: the children], sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any man king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

וַאֲשֶׁ֪ר (וַ) va. “and”וְהַזְּקֵנִים֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאֹמְנִ֨ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֹ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”

Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be on my side, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to-morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up.

וּלְקֹלִ֣י׀ (וּ) u. “and”וּבֹ֧אוּ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנֵ֤י (וּ) u. “and”

And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him; but who smote all these?

וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of Jehovah, which Jehovah spake concerning the house of Ahab: for Jehovah hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

וַיהוָ֣ה (וַ) va. “and”

So Jehu smote all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמְיֻדָּעָ֣יו (וּ) u. “and”וְכֹהֲנָ֑יו (וְ) ve. “and”

Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah: and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.

וְיֵה֗וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

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

And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thy heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

וָיֵ֖שׁ (וָ) va. “and”

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Jehovah. So they made him ride in his chariot.

וּרְאֵ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice [supplied: to do] to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֵהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to another.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal; and he said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of Jehovah, but the worshippers of Baal only.

וִיהוֹנָדָ֥ב (וִ) vi. “and”וּרְאוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings. Now Jehu had appointed him fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, [supplied: he that letteth him go], his life shall be for the life of him.

וְעֹל֑וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֵה֞וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

וְלַשָּׁלִשִׁ֜ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשָּׁ֣לִשִׁ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, [supplied: to wit], the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.

וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin.

וְיֵה֗וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

וְהָרֻאובֵנִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַֽמְנַשִּׁ֑י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגִּלְעָ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַבָּשָֽׁן׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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

And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.

וְהַיָּמִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמֹנֶֽה־ (וּ) u. “and”

Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

וַֽעֲתַלְיָה֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, [supplied: and put them] in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain;

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

And he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.

וַעֲתַלְיָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and showed them the king's son.

וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”וְלָ֣רָצִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

וְשֹׁ֣מְרֵ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”