H9001–/וַ–v

Now in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, became king of Judah.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David his father had done.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

He had the high places taken away, and the stone pillars broken to bits, and the Asherah cut down; and the brass snake which Moses had made was crushed to powder at his order, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, a

וְשִׁבַּר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָרַ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִתַּת֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּקְרָא־ (וַ) va “and”

For his heart was fixed on the Lord, not turning from his ways, and he did his orders which the Lord gave to Moses.

וַיִּדְבַּק֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord was with him; he did well in all his undertakings: and he took up arms against the king of Assyria and was his servant no longer.

וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּמְרֹ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against Samaria, shutting it in with his armies.

וַֽיְהִ֞י (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּ֥צַר (וַ) va “and”

And at the end of three years they took it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah's rule, which was the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֗הָ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the king of Assyria took Israel away as prisoners into Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes;

וַיֶּ֧גֶל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּנְחֵ֞ם (וַ) va “and”

Because they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord their God, but went against his agreement, even against everything ordered by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and they did not give ear to it or do it.

וַיַּעַבְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the walled towns of Judah and took them.

וַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

And Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to Lachish, to the king of Assyria, saying, I have done wrong; give up attacking me, and whatever you put on me I will undergo. And the payment he was to make was fixed by the king of Assyria at three hundred talents of

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

So Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the house of the Lord, and in the king's store-house.

וַיִּתֵּן֙ (וַ) va “and”

And at that time Hezekiah had the gold from the doors of the Lord's house, and from the door-pillars plated by him, cut off and gave it to the king of Assyria.

וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”

Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan and the Rab-saris and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah, with a strong force. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and took up their position by the stream of the higher pool, by the hi

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And they sent for the king, and Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to them.

וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֧א (וַ) va “and”

And the Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, These are the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: In what are you placing your hope?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

וּבָ֥א (וּ) u. “and”וּנְקָבָ֑הּ (וּ) u. “and”

And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar in Jerusalem?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

וַתִּבְטַ֤ח (וַ) va. “and”

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the Rab-shakeh, Will you kindly make use of the Aramaean language in talking to your servants, for we are used to it, and do not make use of the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But the Rab-shakeh said to them, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then the Rab-shakeh got up and said with a loud voice in the Jews' language, Give ear to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria;

וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens, a land of oil-giving olives and of honey, so that life and not death may be your fate. Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The

וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”

But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

וְהֶחֱרִ֣ישׁוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah, with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ (וַ) va “and”