H9002–/וְ–v

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

וּרְמָחִים֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְכ֣וֹבָעִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁרְיֹנ֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וּקְשָׁת֑וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וּלְאַבְנֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was helped in a wonderful manner, till he was strong.

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

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

וּכְחֶזְקָת֗וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:

וְעִמּ֞וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It appertaineth not to thee, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither will it be for thy honor from the LORD God.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.

וּבְיָד֥וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְזַעְפּ֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְ֠הַצָּרַעַת (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests looked upon him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

וְיוֹתָ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, were written by Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amos.

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

Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

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

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: yet, he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.

וְע֥וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”

He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

וּבְחוֹמַ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”

Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

וְעָרִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֶחֳרָשִׁ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”וּמִגְדָּלִֽים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay to him, both the second year, and the third.

וְ֠הוּא (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת (וַ) va. “and”וּשְׂעוֹרִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבַשָּׁנָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וְהַשְּׁלִשִֽׁית׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, see, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

וְיֶתֶר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְרָכָ֑יו (וּ) u. “and”וִיהוּדָֽה׃ (וִ) vi. “and”

He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

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

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

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

For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

וְגַ֧ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Moreover, he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

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

Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

וְ֠גַם (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, who were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.

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

And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and also took away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

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

But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth to heaven.

וְ֠שָׁם (וְ֠) Ve. “and”