H9002–/וְ–v

And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O L

וּבְשִׁמְךָ֣ (וּ) u. “and”

So the Lord sent fear on the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah; and the Ethiopians went in flight.

וְלִפְנֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Asa and the people who were with him went after them as far as Gerar; and so great was the destruction among the Ethiopians that they were not able to get their army together again, for they were broken before the Lord and before his army; and they t

וְהָעָ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִפְנֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And they made an attack on the tents of the owners of the cattle, and took away great numbers of sheep and camels and went back to Jerusalem.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּגְמַלִּ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

And the spirit of God came on Azariah, the son of Oded;

וַעֲזַרְיָ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן (וּ) u. “and”וְאִֽם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;

וְיָמִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְלֹ֛א (וּ) u. “and”וּלְלֹ֥א (וּ) u. “and”

In those times there was no peace for him who went out or for him who came in, but great trouble was on all the people of the lands.

וּבָעִתִּ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”וְלַבָּ֑א (וְ) ve. “and”

And they were broken by divisions, nation against nation and town against town, because God sent all sorts of trouble on them.

וְעִ֣יר (וְ) ve. “and”

But be you strong and let not your hands be feeble, for your work will be rewarded.

וְאַתֶּ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Asa, hearing these words of Azariah, the son of Oded the prophet, took heart and put away all the disgusting things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the towns which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he made new a

וְכִשְׁמֹ֨עַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנְּבוּאָה֮ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן (וּ) u. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”

And he got together all Judah and Benjamin and those of Ephraim and Manasseh and Simeon who were living with them; for numbers of them came to him out of Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן (וּ) u. “and”וְהַגָּרִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמְנַשֶּׁ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמִשִּׁמְע֑וֹן (וּ) u. “and”

And that day they made offerings to the Lord of the things they had taken in war, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

וְצֹ֖אן (וְ) ve. “and”

And they made an agreement to be true to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and all their soul;

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

And that anyone, small or great, man or woman, who was not true to the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death.

וְכֹ֨ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they made an oath to the Lord, with a loud voice, sounding wind-instruments and horns.

וּבִתְרוּעָ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבַחֲצֹצְר֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וּבְשׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

And Asa would not let Maacah, his mother, be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah; and Asa had her image cut down and broken up and burned by the stream Kidron.

וְגַֽם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.

וְהַ֨בָּמ֔וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

He took into the house of God all the things which his father had made holy and those which he himself had made holy, silver and gold and vessels.

וְקָֽדָשָׁ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְזָהָ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֵלִֽים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there was no more war till the thirty-fifth year of the rule of Asa.

וּמִלְחָמָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וְחָמֵ֖שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

In the thirty-sixth year of the rule of Asa, Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah so that no one was able to go out or in to Asa, king of Judah.

וָשֵׁשׁ֙ (וָ) va. “and”וָבָ֔א (וָ) va. “or”

Then Asa took silver and gold out of the stores of the Lord's house and of the king's store-house, and sent to Ben-hadad, king of Aram, at Damascus, saying,

וְזָהָ֗ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”

Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I have sent you silver and gold; go and put an end to your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may give up attacking me.

וּבֵינֶ֔ךָ (וּ) u. “and”וּבֵ֥ין (וּ) u. “and”וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”וְזָהָ֔ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְיַעֲלֶ֖ה (וְ) ve. “so”

And Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel, attacking Ijon and Dan and Abel-maim, and all the store-towns of Naphtali.

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