H9001–/וַ–v

Then Asa took silver and gold out of the stores of the Lord's house and of the king's store-house, and sent to Ben-hadad, king of Aram, at Damascus, saying,

וַיֹּצֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח (וַ) va “and”

And Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel, attacking Ijon and Dan and Abel-maim, and all the store-towns of Naphtali.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיַּכּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and let his work come to an end.

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּחְדַּ֕ל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֖ת (וַ) va “and”

Then King Asa, with all Judah, took away the stones and wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and he made use of them for building Geba and Mizpah.

וַיִּשְׂא֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֣בֶן (וַ) va “and”

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have put your faith in the king of Aram and not in the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has got away out of your hands.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, burning with wrath against him because of this thing. And at the same time Asa was cruel to some of the people.

וַיִּכְעַ֨ס (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְרַצֵּ֥ץ (וַ) va “and”

In the thirty-ninth year of his rule, Asa had a very bad disease of the feet; but he did not go to the Lord for help in his disease, but to medical men.

וַיֶּחֱלֶ֣א (וַ) va “and”

So Asa went to rest with his fathers, and death came to him in the forty-first year of his rule.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֕מָת (וַ) va “and”

And they put him into the resting-place which he had made for himself in the town of David, in a bed full of sweet perfumes of all sorts of spices, made by the perfumer's art, and they made a great burning for him.

וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁכִּיבֻ֗הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place, and made himself strong against Israel.

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

He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

וַיִּ֨תֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.

וַיָּ֨כֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”

His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord; and he went so far as to take away the high places and the wood pillars out of Judah.

וַיִּגְבַּ֥הּ (וַ) va “and”

And they gave teaching in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them; they went through all the towns of Judah teaching the people.

וַֽיְלַמְּדוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְלַמְּד֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the fear of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands round Judah, so that they made no wars against Jehoshaphat.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”

Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.

וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֧בֶן (וַ) va “and”

Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honour, and his son was married to Ahab's daughter.

וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְחַתֵּ֖ן (וַ) va “and”

And after some years he went down to Samaria to see Ahab. And Ahab made a feast for him and the people who were with him, putting to death great numbers of sheep and oxen; and he got Jehoshaphat to go with him to Ramoth-gilead.

וַיֵּרֶד֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽזְבַּֽח־ (וַ) va “and”וַיְסִיתֵ֕הוּ (וַ) va “and”

For Ahab, king of Israel, said to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he said, I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war.

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

Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So the king of Israel got together all the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for God will give it into the hands of the king.

וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ץ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions?

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, but I have no love for him, because he has never been a prophet of good to me, but only of evil: he is Micaiah, the son of Imla. And Jehoshaph

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

Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imla.

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