H9001–/וַ–v

And the word of God is unto Shemaiah a man of God, saying,

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

Thus said Jehovah, Ye do not go up nor fight with your brethren the sons of Israel; turn back each to his house, for from Me hath this thing been;' and they hear the word of Jehovah, and turn back to go according to the word of Jehovah.

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֥בוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jeroboam buildeth Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelleth in it, and goeth out thence, and buildeth Penuel;

וַיִּ֨בֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֖בֶן (וַ) va “and”

and Jeroboam saith in his heart, `Now doth the kingdom turn back to the house of David --

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

if this people go up to make sacrifices in the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem, then hath the heart of this people turned back unto their lord, unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they have slain me, and turned back unto Rehoboam king of Judah.'

וְ֠שָׁב (וְ֠) ve. “and”וַהֲרָגֻ֕נִי (וַ) va. “and”וְשָׁ֖בוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king taketh counsel, and maketh two calves of gold, and saith unto them, `Enough to you of going up to Jerusalem; lo, thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

וַיִּוָּעַ֣ץ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֕עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he setteth the one in Beth-El, and the other he hath put in Dan,

וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

and this thing becometh a sin, and the people go before the one -- unto Dan.

וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he maketh the house of high places, and maketh priests of the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi;

וַיַּ֖עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

and Jeroboam maketh a festival in the eighth month, in the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival that `is' in Judah, and he offereth on the altar -- so did he in Beth-El -- to sacrifice to the calves which he made, and he hath appointed in Beth-El the priests of the high places that he made.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֙עַל֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he offereth up on the altar that he made in Beth-El, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month that he devised of his own heart, and he maketh a festival to the sons of Israel, and offereth on the altar -- to make perfume.

וַיַּ֜עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”

and he calleth against the altar, by the word of Jehovah, and saith, `Altar! altar! thus said Jehovah, Lo, a son is born to the house of David -- Josiah his name -- and he hath sacrificed on thee the priests of the high places who are making perfume on thee, and bones of man are burnt on thee.'

וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וְזָבַ֣ח (וְ) ve. “and”

And he hath given on that day a sign, saying, `This `is' the sign that Jehovah hath spoken, Lo, the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth that `are' on it.'

וְנָתַן֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִשְׁפַּ֖ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the word of the man of God that he calleth against the altar in Beth-El, that Jeroboam putteth forth his hand from off the altar, saying, `Catch him;' and his hand is dried up that he hath put forth against him, and he is not able to bring it back unto him,

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַתִּיבַ֤שׁ (וַ) va. “and”

and the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah.

וַיִּשָּׁפֵ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And the king answereth and saith unto the man of God, `Appease, I pray thee, the face of Jehovah thy God, and pray for me, and my hand doth come back unto me;' and the man of God appeaseth the face of Jehovah, and the hand of the king cometh back unto him, and it is as at the beginning.

וַיַּ֨עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיְחַ֤ל (וַ) va “and”וַתָּ֤שָׁב (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּהִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

And the king speaketh unto the man of God, `Come in with me to the house, and refresh thyself, and I give to thee a gift.'

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

And the man of God saith unto the king, `If thou dost give to me the half of thine house, I do not go in with thee, nor do I eat bread, nor do I drink water, in this place;

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he goeth on in another way, and hath not turned back in the way in which he came in unto Beth-El.

וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And a certain aged prophet is dwelling in Beth-El, and his son cometh and recounteth to him all the deed that the man of God hath done to-day in Beth-El, the words that he hath spoken unto the king, -- yea, they recount them to their father.

וַיָּב֣וֹא (וַ) va “and”וַיְסַפֶּר־ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְסַפְּר֖וּם (וַֽ) va “and”

And their father saith unto them, `Where `is' this -- the way he hath gone?' and his sons see the way that the man of God hath gone who came from Judah.

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he saith unto his sons, `Saddle for me the ass,' and they saddle for him the ass, and he rideth on it,

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחְבְּשׁוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְכַּ֖ב (וַ) va “and”

and goeth after the man of God, and findeth him sitting under the oak, and saith unto him, `Art thou the man of God who hast come from Judah?' and he saith, `I `am'.'

וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֨מְצָאֵ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he saith unto him, `Come with me to the house, and eat bread.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he saith, `I am not able to turn back with thee, and to go in with thee, nor do I eat bread or drink with thee water in this place,

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”