H9001–/וַ–v

and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.

וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

The children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Yahweh their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

וַיְחַפְּא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְנ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;

וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ (וַ) va “and”

and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom Yahweh carried away before them; and they worked wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger;

וַיְקַטְּרוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Yet Yahweh testified to Israel, and to Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn you from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

וַיָּ֣עַד (וַ) va “and”

Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who didn't believe in Yahweh their God.

וַיַּקְשׁ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [ergänzt: went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Yahweh had charged those who they should not do like them.

וַיִּמְאֲס֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּהְבָּ֔לוּ (וַ) va “and”

They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served Baal.

וַיַּעַזְב֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

וַֽ֠יַּעֲבִירוּ (וַֽ֠) Va “and”וַיִּקְסְמ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְנַחֵ֑שׁוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְמַכְּר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

וַיִּתְאַנַּ֨ף (וַ) va “and”וַיְסִרֵ֖ם (וַ) va “and”

Also Judah didn't keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

וַיִּמְאַ֨ס (וַ) va “and”וַיְעַנֵּ֔ם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”

For he tore Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Yahweh, and made them sin a great sin.

וַיַּמְלִ֖יכוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּדַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וְהֶחֱטֵיאָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they didn't depart from them;

וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

until Yahweh removed Israel out of his sight, as he spoke by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day.

וַיִּ֨גֶל (וַ) va “and”

The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and lived in the cities of it.

וַיָּבֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙שֶׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽרְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּֽשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn't fear Yahweh: therefore Yahweh sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, don't know the law of the god of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them, because they don't know the law of the god of the land.

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתּ֙וֹשֶׁב֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיְשַׁלַּח־ (וַ) va “and”

Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land.

וַיְצַ֨ו (וַ) va “and”

So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Yahweh.

וַיָּבֹ֞א (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.

וַיִּהְי֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּנִּ֣יחוּ׀ (וַ) va “and”

So they feared Yahweh, and made to them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

וַיִּהְי֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּהְי֛וּ (וַ) va “and”

with whom Yahweh had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

וַיִּכְרֹ֨ת (וַ) va “and”וַיְצַוֵּ֣ם (וַ) va “and”

So these nations feared Yahweh, and served their engraved images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they to this day.

וַיִּהְי֣וּ׀ (וַ) va “and”