H9001–/וַ–v

Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, became king over Israel in the second year that Asa was king of Judah; and he was king of Israel for two years.

וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of his father, and the sin which he did and made Israel do.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the family of Issachar, made a secret design against him, attacking him at Gibbethon, a town of the Philistines; for Nadab and the armies of Israel were making war on Gibbethon.

וַיִּקְשֹׁ֨ר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”

In the third year of the rule of Asa, king of Judah, Baasha put him to death, and became king in his place.

וַיְמִתֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And straight away when he became king, he sent destruction on all the offspring of Jeroboam; there was not one living person of all the family of Jeroboam whom he did not put to death, so the word of the Lord, which he said by his servant Ahijah the Shil

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of Jeroboam and the sin which he made Israel do.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the word of the Lord came to Jehu, son of Hanani, protesting against Baasha and saying,

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

Because I took you up out of the dust, and made you ruler over my people Israel; and you have gone in the ways of Jeroboam, and made my people Israel do evil, moving me to wrath by their sins;

וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֣ (וָ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ׀ (וַ) va. “and”וַֽתַּחֲטִא֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

Truly, I will see that Baasha and all his family are completely brushed away; I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.

וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Baasha went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth at Tirzah; and Elah his son became king in his place.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And his servant Zimri, captain of half his war-carriages, made secret designs against him: now he was in Tirzah, drinking hard in the house of Arza, controller of the king's house in Tirzah.

וַיִּקְשֹׁ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

And Zimri went in and made an attack on him and put him to death, in the twenty-seventh year that Asa was king of Judah, and made himself king in his place.

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְמִיתֵ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And straight away when he became king and took his place on the seat of the kingdom, he put to death all the family of Baasha: not one male child of his relations or his friends kept his life.

וַיְהִ֨י (וַ) va “and”

So Zimri put to death all the family of Baasha, so that the word which the Lord said against him by the mouth of Jehu the prophet came about;

וַיַּשְׁמֵ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

And news came to the people in the tents that Zimri had made a secret design and had put the king to death: so all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king that day in the tents.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַיַּמְלִ֣כוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Omri went up from Gibbethon, with all the army of Israel, and they made an attack on Tirzah, shutting in the town on every side.

וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה (וַ) va “and”וַיָּצֻ֖רוּ (וַ) va “and”

And when Zimri saw that the town was taken, he went into the inner room of the king's house, and burning the house over his head, came to his end,

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂרֹ֨ף (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹֽת׃ (וַ) va “and”

But the supporters of Omri overcame those who were on the side of Tibni, the son of Ginath; and death came to Tibni and to his brother Joram at that time: and Omri became king in the place of Tibni.

וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”

He got the hill Samaria from Shemer for the price of two talents of silver, and he made a town there, building it on the hill and naming it Samaria, after Shemer the owner of the hill.

וַיִּ֜קֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֗א (וַ) va “and”

And Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all those before him,

וַיַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֕רַע (וַ) va “and”

Copying all the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and all the sins he did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish ways.

וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

So Omri went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

In the thirty-eighth year that Asa was king of Judah, Ahab, the son of Omri, became king over Israel; and Ahab was king in Samaria for twenty-two years.

וַ֠יִּמְלֹךְ (וַ֠) Va “and”

And Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all who went before him.

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And as if copying the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, was a small thing for him, he took as his wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Zidon, and became a servant and worshipper of Baal.

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֣ד (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (וַ) va “and”