H9002–/וְ–v

Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem went back, with Jehoshaphat at their head, coming back to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them glad over their haters.

וִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט (וִֽ) vi. “and”

So they came to Jerusalem with corded instruments and wind-instruments into the house of the Lord.

וּבְכִנֹּר֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וּבַחֲצֹצְר֑וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

And Jehoshaphat was king over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling for twenty-five years in Jerusalem: his mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

וְחָמֵ֨שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֨ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָמֵ֤שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

He went in the ways of his father Asa, not turning away, but doing right in the eyes of the Lord.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The high places, however, were not taken away, and the hearts of the people were still not true to the God of their fathers.

וְע֤וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”

Now as for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, they are recorded in the words of Jehu, the son of Hanani, which were put in the book of the kings of Israel.

וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאַחֲרֹנִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”

After this Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became friends with Ahaziah, king of Israel, who did much evil:

וְאַחֲרֵיכֵ֗ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the word of Eliezer the prophet, the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, came against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have let yourself be joined with Ahaziah, the Lord has sent destruction on your works. And the ships were broken and were not able to go

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And he had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel.

וְלֽוֹ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽיחִיאֵל֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”וּזְכַרְיָ֣הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲזַרְיָ֔הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וּמִיכָאֵ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁפַטְיָ֑הוּ (וּ) u. “and”

And their father gave them much silver and gold and things of great value, as well as walled towns in Judah; but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, because he was the oldest.

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

Now when Jehoram had taken his place over his father's kingdom, and had made his position safe, he put all his brothers to death with the sword, as well as some of the princes of Israel.

וְגַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

וּשְׁתַּ֛יִם (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”

But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on the family of David, because of the agreement he had made with David, when he said he would give to him and to his sons a light for ever.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְבָנָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”

Then Jehoram went over with his captains and all his war-carriages ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him ... on the captains of the war-carriages.

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

And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, The Lord, the God of your father David, says, Because you have not kept to the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah,

וּבְדַרְכֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

But have gone in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go after false gods, as the family of Ahab did: and because you have put to death your father's sons, your brothers, who were better than yourself:

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

Now, truly, the Lord will send a great destruction on your people and your children and your wives and everything which is yours:

וּבְבָנֶ֥יךָ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנָשֶׁ֖יךָ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

And you yourself will undergo the cruel pains of a disease in your stomach, so that day by day your inside will be falling out because of the disease.

וְאַתָּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the Philistines and the Arabians, who are by Ethiopia, were moved by the Lord to make war on Jehoram;

וְהָ֣עַרְבִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And they came up against Judah, forcing a way into it, and took away all the goods in the king's house, as well as his sons and his wives; so that he had no son but only Jehoahaz, the youngest.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָשָׁ֑יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

And after all this the Lord sent on him a disease of the stomach from which it was impossible for him to be made well.

וְאַחֲרֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And time went on, and after two years, his inside falling out because of the disease, he came to his death in cruel pain. And his people made no burning for him like the burning made for his fathers.

וּכְעֵת֩ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years: and at his death he was not regretted; they put his body into the earth in the town of David, but not in the resting-place of the kings.

וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.

וּשְׁתַּ֤יִם (וּ) u. “and”וְשָׁנָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And he went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which they had given him at Ramah when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to Jezreel to see Jehoram, the son of Ahab, because he

וַעֲזַרְיָ֨הוּ (וַ) va. “and”