H9002–/וְ–v

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

וְחָמֵ֤שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁשׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

But he did not take away the high places, and the people still went on making offerings and burning them in the high places. He was the builder of the higher doorway of the house of the Lord.

וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים (וּֽ) u. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

וְיֶ֛תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

In those days the Lord first sent against Judah, Rezin, the king of Aram, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah.

וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king; he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, as David his father did.

וְשֵׁשׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made his son go through the fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

וְגַ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And he made offerings, burning them in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתַ֖חַת (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they made an attack on Ahaz, shutting him in, but were not able to overcome him.

וּפֶ֨קַח (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

At that time the king of Edom got Elath back for Edom, and sent the Jews out of Elath; and the Edomites came back to Elath where they are living to this day.

וַֽאֲדוֹמִים֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

So Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come to my help against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.

וּבִנְךָ֖ (וּ) u. “and”וְהוֹשִׁעֵ֜נִי (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִכַּף֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And Ahaz took the silver and gold which were in the house of the Lord and in the king's store-house, and sent them as an offering to the king of Assyria.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְאֹֽצְר֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

And the king of Assyria, in answer to his request, went up against Damascus and took it, and took its people away as prisoners to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then King Ahaz went to Damascus for a meeting with Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria; and there he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a copy of the altar, giving the design of it and all the details of its structu

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

He made his burned offering and his meal offering and his drink offering there, draining out the blood of his peace-offerings on the altar.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the brass altar, which was before the Lord, he took from the front of the house, from between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar.

וְאֵ֨ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִבֵּ֖ין (וּ) u. “and”

And King Ahaz gave orders to Urijah the priest, saying, Make the morning burned offering and the evening meal offering and the king's burned offering and meal offering, with the burned offerings of all the people and their meal offerings and drink offeri

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽאֶת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֠אֵת (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וּמִנְחָתָ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”וְנִסְכֵּיהֶ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִזְבַּ֧ח (וּ) u. “and”

And King Ahaz took off the sides of the wheeled bases, and took down the great water-vessel from off the brass oxen which were under it and put it on a floor of stone.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

*** the house of the Lord, because of the king of Assyria.

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

Now the rest of the things which Ahaz did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

וְיֶ֛תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

But Hoshea's broken faith became clear to the king of Assyria because he had sent representatives to So, king of Egypt, and did not send his offering to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: so the king of Assyria had him shut up in prison an

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and took Israel away to Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes.

וּבְחָב֛וֹר (וּ) u. “and”וְעָרֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.

וּמַלְכֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

They put up pillars of stone and wood on every high hill and under every green tree:

וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים (וַ) va. “and”וְתַ֖חַת (וְ) ve. “and”

And he gave witness to Israel and Judah, by every prophet and seer, saying, Come back from your evil ways, and do my orders and keep my rules, and be guided by the law which I gave to your fathers and sent to you by my servants the prophets.

וּבִיהוּדָ֡ה (וּ) u. “and”וְשִׁמְרוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.

וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”