H9001–/וַ–v

and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the 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 sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

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

He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.

וַיִּ֛בֶן (וַ) va “and”

For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God; we have sought him, and he has 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”

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

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.

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

Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

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

Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, Yahweh, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength: help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God; don't let man prevail against you.

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

So Yahweh struck the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

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

Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Yahweh, and before his host; and they carried away very much booty.

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

They struck all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of Yahweh came on them: and they despoiled all the cities; for there was much spoil in them.

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

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

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

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

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

But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

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

They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.

וְכֻתְּת֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.

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

He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.

וַיִּקְבֹּ֗ץ (וַ) va “and”

So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

וַיִּקָּבְצ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

וַיִּזְבְּח֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”

They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

וַיִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ֙ (וַ) va “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 of them: and Yahweh gave them rest round about.

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

Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֕דֶק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף (וַ) va “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 went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

וַיִּ֖בֶן (וַ) va “and”