H9001–/וַ–v

And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.

וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.

וַיָּ֙מָת֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשָּׂא֥וּם (וַ) va “and”

For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;

וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”

And they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.

וְשָׁמְר֞וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But Nadab and Abihu came to their end before their father, and had no children; so Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests.

וַיָּ֨מָת (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְכַהֲנ֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, made distribution of them into their positions for their work.

וַיֶּֽחָלְקֵ֣ם (וַ) va “and”

And there were more chiefs among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar; and this is how they were grouped: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, all heads of families; and of the sons of Ithamar, heads of families, there were eight.

וַיִּמָּצְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחְלְק֑וּם (וַֽ) va “and”

So they were put into groups, by the Lord's decision, one with another; for there were rulers of the holy place and rulers of the house of God among the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.

וַיַּחְלְק֥וּם (וַ) va “and”

And Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was a Levite, put down their names in writing, the king being present with the rulers, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites; o

וַֽיִּכְתְּבֵ֡ם (וַֽ) va “and”

Now the first name to come out was that of Jehoiarib; the second Jedaiah,

וַיֵּצֵ֞א (וַ) va “and”

Selection was made of these in the same way as of their brothers the sons of Aaron, David the king being present, with Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites; the families of the chief in the same way as those o

וַיַּפִּילוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work

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

All these were sons of Heman, the king's seer in the words of God. And to make great his power God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

And the number of them, with their brothers who were trained and expert in making melody to the Lord, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner.

וַיַּפִּ֜ילוּ (וַ) va “and”

Now of the group of Asaph, the first name to come out was Joseph; the second Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve?

וַיֵּצֵ֞א (וַ) va “and”

And Hosah, a son of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the oldest, his father made him chief);

וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the families were taken by the decision of the Lord for every door; the small family had the same chance as the great.

וַיַּפִּ֨ילוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the care of the door on the east came out for Shelemiah. Then the name of Zechariah his son, a man wise in discussion, came out, and the door on the north was given to him.

וַיִּפֹּ֧ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of all the Hebronites, in their generations by families. In the fortieth year of the rule of David a search was made, and able men were seen among them at Jazer of Gilead.

וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And his brothers were two thousand, seven hundred able men, heads of families, whom King David made overseers over the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in everything to do with God, and for the king's business.

וַיַּפְקִידֵ֞ם (וַ) va “and”

The numbering was started by Joab, the son of Zeruiah, but he did not go on to the end; and because of it, wrath came on Israel and the number was not recorded in the history of King David.

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

And David got together at Jerusalem all the rulers of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes and the captains of the divisions waiting on the king in turn, and the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and the controllers of all the goods and prop

וַיַּקְהֵ֣ל (וַ) va “and”

Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ark of the Lord's agreement, and for the foot-rest of our God; and I had got material ready for the building of it

וַיָּ֨קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַהֲכִינ֖וֹתִי (וַ) va. “and”

Though the Lord, the God of Israel, took me out of all my father's family, to be king over Israel for ever, marking out Judah to be chief, and, of the people of Judah, my father's family; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king ove

וַיִּבְחַ֡ר (וַ) va “and”