H9001–/וַ–v

And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

וַיָּ֙סַר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט (וַ) va. “and”

And he built fortified cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

וַיִּ֛בֶן (וַ) va “and”

Therefore he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built, and prospered.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥נַֽח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְנ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּצְלִֽיחוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Asa had an army of men that bore targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

And there came out against them Zerah the Cushite, with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came to Mareshah.

וַיֵּצֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathath at Mareshah.

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

And Asa cried to the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

וַיִּקְרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַר֒ (וַ) va “and”

So the LORD smote the Cushites before Asa, and before Judah; and the Cushites fled.

וַיִּגֹּ֤ף (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerar: and the Cushites were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

וַיִּרְדְּפֵ֨ם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּ֤ל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they smote all the cities about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they plundered all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

וַיַּכּ֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֙זּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

וַיִּשְׁבּ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (וַ) va “and”

And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

וַיֵּצֵא֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But when they in their trouble returned to the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city: for God troubled them with all adversity.

וְכֻתְּת֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

וַיַּעֲבֵ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַיְחַדֵּשׁ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they resorted to him out of Israel in multitudes, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

וַיִּקְבֹּ֗ץ (וַ) va “and”

So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

וַיִּקָּבְצ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they offered to the LORD at the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

וַיִּזְבְּח֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they swore to the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

וַיִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them: and the LORD gave them rest on all sides.

וַיִּשְׂמְח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמָּצֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֧נַח (וַ) va “and”

And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֕דֶק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף (וַ) va “and”

And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

וַיָּבֵ֞א (וַ) va “and”

In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

וַיִּ֖בֶן (וַ) va “and”