H9001–/וַ–v

And the Lord, seeing that they had made themselves low, said to Shemaiah, They have made themselves low: I will not send destruction on them, but in a short time I will give them salvation, and will not let loose my wrath on Jerusalem by the hand of Shis

וְנָתַתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”

So Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took away all the stored wealth of the house of the Lord and the king's house: he took everything away, and with the rest the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.

וַיַּ֨עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”

And in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וְהִפְקִ֗יד (וְ) ve. “and”

And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.

וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”וּנְשָׂא֔וּם (וּ) u. “and”וֶהֱשִׁב֖וּם (וֶ) ve. “and”

So King Rehoboam made himself strong in Jerusalem and was ruling there. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he was ruling for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the town which the Lord had made his out of all the tribes of Israel, to put

וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֞ק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֑ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.

וַיַּ֖עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David; and Abijah his son became king in his place.

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

In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Abijah went out to the fight with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand of his best men; and Jeroboam put his forces in line against him, eight hundred thousand of his best men of war.

וַיֶּאְסֹ֨ר (וַ) va “and”

And Abijah took up his position on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Give ear to me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:

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

But Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon, the son of David, took up arms against his lord.

וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְרֹ֖ד (וַ) va “and”

And certain foolish and good-for-nothing men were joined with him, and made themselves strong against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and untested and not able to keep them back.

וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְאַמְּצ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And after driving out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, have you not made priests for yourselves as the people of other lands do? so that anyone who comes to make himself priest by offering an ox or seven sheep, may be a priest

וַתַּעֲשׂ֨וּ (וַ) va. “and”וְהָיָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But Jeroboam had put some of his men to make a surprise attack on them from the back, so some were facing Judah and others were stationed secretly at their back.

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns.

וַיִּפְנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּצְעֲק֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

וַיָּרִ֖יעוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel went in flight before Judah, and God gave them up into their hands.

וַיָּנ֥וּסוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

And Abijah and his people put them to death with great destruction: five hundred thousand of the best of Israel were put to the sword.

וַיַּכּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְּל֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

So at that time the children of Israel were overcome, and the children of Judah got the better of them, because they put their faith in the Lord, the God of their fathers.

וַיִּכָּנְע֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּֽאֶמְצוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Abijah went after Jeroboam and took some of his towns, Beth-el with its small towns and Jeshanah with its small towns and Ephron with its small towns.

וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד (וַ) va “and”

And Jeroboam did not get back his power again in the life-time of Abijah; and the Lord sent death on him.

וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹֽת׃ (וַ) va “and”

But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֨שָּׂא־ (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֗וֹלֶד (וַ) va “and”

So Abijah went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David, and Asa his son became king in his place; in his time the land was quiet for ten years.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God;

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;

וַיָּ֛סַר (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְגַדַּ֖ע (וַ) va “and”