H9001–/וַ–v

Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah, the son of Johanan, Berechiah, the son of Meshillemoth Jehizkiah, the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, put themselves against those who had come from the war,

וַיָּקֻ֨מוּ (וַ) va “and”

And said to them, You are not to let these prisoners come here; for what you are designing to do will be a cause of sin against the Lord to us, making even greater our sin and our wrongdoing, which now are great enough, and his wrath is burning against I

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

So the armed men gave up the prisoners and the goods they had taken to the heads and the meeting of the people.

וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב (וַ) va “and”

And those men who have been named went up and took the prisoners, clothing those among them who were uncovered, with things from the goods which had been taken in the war, and putting robes on them and shoes on their feet; and they gave them food and dri

וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲזִ֣יקוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּלְבִּשׁ֣וּם (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יַּנְעִלוּם (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיַּאֲכִל֨וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁק֜וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיְסֻכ֗וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיְנַהֲל֤וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיְבִיא֛וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשׁ֖וּבוּ (וַ) va “and”

For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners.

וַיַּכּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁבּוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

And the Philistines, forcing their way into the towns of the lowlands and the south of Judah, had taken Beth-shemesh and Aijalon and Gederoth and Soco, with their daughter-towns, as well as Timnah and Gimzo and their daughter-towns, and were living there

וַֽ֠יִּלְכְּדוּ (וַֽ֠) Va “and”וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to him, but was a cause of trouble and not of strength to him.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥צַר (וַ) va “and”

For Ahaz took a part of the wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the house of the king and of the great men, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it was no help to him.

וַיִּתֵּן֙ (וַ) va “and”

And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.

וַיּ֖וֹסֶף (וַ) va “and”

For he made offerings to the gods of Damascus, who were attacking him, and said, Because the gods of the kings of Aram are giving them help, I will make offerings to them so that they may give me help. But they were the cause of his downfall, and of that

וַיִּזְבַּ֗ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Ahaz got together the vessels of the house of God, cutting up all the vessels of the house of God, and shutting the doors of the Lord's house; and he made altars in every part of Jerusalem.

וַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ף (וַ) va “and”וַיְקַצֵּץ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסְגֹּ֖ר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And in every town of Judah he made high places where perfumes were burned to other gods, awaking the wrath of the Lord, the God of his fathers.

וַיַּכְעֵ֕ס (וַ) va “and”

And Ahaz went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the earth in Jerusalem; but they did not put him in the resting-place of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son became king in his place.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֤הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

In the first year of his rule, in the first month, opening the doors of the Lord's house, he made them strong.

וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽם׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

And he sent for the priests and the Levites, and got them together in the wide place on the east side,

וַיָּבֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽאַסְפֵ֖ם (וַ) va “and”

And said to them, Give ear to me, O Levites: now make yourselves holy, and make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away everything unclean from the holy place.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

For our fathers have done evil, sinning in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have given him up, turning away their faces from the house of the Lord, and turning their backs on him.

וְעָשׂ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיַּֽעַזְבֻ֑הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּ֧בּוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

The doors of his house have been shut and the lights put out; no perfumes have been burned or offerings made to the God of Israel in his holy place.

וַיְכַבּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנֵ֤ם (וַ) va “and”

Then the Levites took their places; Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel, the son of Azariah, among the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish, the son of Abdi, and Azariah, the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah, the son of Zimmah, and

וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they got their brothers together and made themselves holy, and went in, as the king had said by the word of the Lord, to make the house of the Lord clean.

וַיַּֽאַסְפ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְקַדְּשׁ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to make it clean, and everything unclean which was to be seen in the Temple of the Lord they took out into the outer square of the Lord's house, and the Levites got it together and took it

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיּוֹצִ֗יאוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְקַבְּלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

On the first day of the first month the work of making the house holy was started, and on the eighth day they came to the covered way of the Lord; in eight days they made the Lord's house holy, and on the sixteenth day of the first month the work was don

וַ֠יָּחֵלּוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיְקַדְּשׁ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, We have made all the house of the Lord clean, as well as the altar of burned offerings with all its vessels, and the table for the holy bread, with all its vessels.

וַיָּב֤וֹאוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”