H9002–/וְ–v

Then King Asa, with all Judah, took away the stones and wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and he made use of them for building Geba and Mizpah.

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

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have put your faith in the king of Aram and not in the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has got away out of your hands.

וּבָעֵ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a very great army, with war-carriages and horsemen more than might be numbered? but because your faith was in the Lord, he gave them up into your hands.

וְהַלּוּבִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְפָרָשִׁ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבְהִשָּֽׁעֶנְךָ֥ (וּ) u. “and”

Now the acts of Asa, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

וְהִנֵּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

In the thirty-ninth year of his rule, Asa had a very bad disease of the feet; but he did not go to the Lord for help in his disease, but to medical men.

וָתֵ֤שַׁע (וָ) va. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Asa went to rest with his fathers, and death came to him in the forty-first year of his rule.

וְאַחַ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And they put him into the resting-place which he had made for himself in the town of David, in a bed full of sweet perfumes of all sorts of spices, made by the perfumer's art, and they made a great burning for him.

וּזְנִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

וּבְעָרֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.

וּבְמִצְוֹתָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.

וְכָב֖וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”

His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord; and he went so far as to take away the high places and the wood pillars out of Judah.

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

In the third year of his rule he sent Benhail and Obadiah and Zechariah and Nethanel and Micaiah, his captains, as teachers into the towns of Judah;

וּבִשְׁנַ֨ת (וּ) u. “and”וּלְעֹבַדְיָ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”וְלִזְכַרְיָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִנְתַנְאֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְמִיכָיָ֑הוּ (וּ) u. “and”

And with them, Shemaiah and Nethaniah and Zebadiah and Asahel and Shemiramoth and Jehonathan and Adonijah and Tobijah and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and Elishama and Jehoram the priests.

וְעִמָּהֶ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְתַנְיָ֡הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וּזְבַדְיָ֡הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֡ל (וַ) va. “and”וּשְׁמִֽירָמ֡וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וִֽיהוֹנָתָן֩ (וִֽ) vi. “and”וַאֲדֹ֨נִיָּ֧הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וְטֽוֹבִיָּ֛הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְט֥וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִמָּהֶ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽיהוֹרָ֖ם (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And they gave teaching in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them; they went through all the towns of Judah teaching the people.

וְעִ֨מָּהֶ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the fear of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands round Judah, so that they made no wars against Jehoshaphat.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And some of the Philistines took offerings to Jehoshaphat, and made him payments of silver; and the Arabians gave him flocks, seven thousand, seven hundred sheep, and seven thousand, seven hundred he-goats.

וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”וְכֶ֣סֶף (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁבַ֣ע (וּ) u. “and”וּתְיָשִׁ֕ים (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁבַ֥ע (וּ) u. “and”

Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.

וְגָדֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָרֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

He had much property in the towns of Judah; he had forces of armed men, great and strong, in Jerusalem.

וּמְלָאכָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וְאַנְשֵׁ֧י (וְ) ve. “and”

This is the number of them, listed by their families, the captains of thousands of Judah: Adnah, the captain, and with him three hundred thousand men of war;

וְאֵ֥לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִמּוֹ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Second to him Jehohanan, the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand;

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִמּ֕וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמוֹנִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

After him Amasiah, the son of Zichri, who freely gave himself to the Lord, and with him two hundred thousand men of war;

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

And the captains of Benjamin: Eliada, a great man of war, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bows and body-covers;

וּמִ֨ן־ (וּ) u. “and”וְעִמּ֛וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָגֵ֖ן (וּ) u. “and”

And after him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand trained for war.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִמּ֛וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמוֹנִ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”

Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honour, and his son was married to Ahab's daughter.

וְכָב֖וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”