H9001–/וַ–v

And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead to make war? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are: my people as your people, my horses as your horses.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ץ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions?

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, Micaiah, son of Imlah; but I have no love for him, for he is a prophet of evil to me and not of good. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king s

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imlah.

וַיִּקְרָא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself horns of iron and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely.

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

And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

וְנָתַ֥ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the servant who had gone to get Micaiah said to him, See now, all the prophets with one voice are saying good things to the king; so let your words be like theirs and say good things.

וְדִבַּ֥רְתָּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And in answer he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

וַיָּבוֹא֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְנָתַ֥ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good but of evil?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said, How may Ahab be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick.

וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהָיִ֙יתִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?

וַיִּגַּשׁ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכֶּ֥ה (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son;

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And say, It is the king's order that this man is to be put in prison and given prison food till I come again in peace.

וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

וַיַּ֧עַל (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress and went into the fight.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּב֖וֹא (וַ) va “and”