H9001–/וַ–v

Yahweh spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר (וַ) va “and”

Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols;

וַיַּחֲטִ֥א (וַ) va “and”

I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

וְנָטִ֣יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָחִ֨יתִי (וּ) u. “and”

I will cast off the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְתַתִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וְהָי֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even to this day.

וַיִּהְי֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his place.

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

He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did Manasseh his father.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

He walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:

וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֗ד (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (וַ) va “and”

and he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn't walk in the way of Yahweh.

וַיַּעֲזֹ֕ב (וַ) va “and”

The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.

וַיִּקְשְׁר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמִ֥יתוּ (וַ) va “and”

But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

וַיַּךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּ (וַ) va “and”

He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his place.

וַיִּקְבְֹּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in all the way of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

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

It happened in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Yahweh, saying,

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh. Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָאֵֽהוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of Yahweh.

וַיָּבֹ֞א (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֗הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. Shaphan read it before the king.

וַיַּגֵּ֞ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָאֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

It happened, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְרַ֖ע (וַ) va “and”

The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,

וַיְצַ֣ו (וַ) va “and”

So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her.

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְדַבְּר֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

She said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Tell you the man who sent you to me,

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.

וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וְנִצְּתָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”

because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Yahweh.

וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע׀ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקְרַע֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place. They brought the king word again.

וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיָּשִׁ֥יבוּ (וַ) va “and”

The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּאַסְפ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”