H9001–/וַ–v

Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,

וַיָּקֻ֨מוּ (וַ) va “and”

And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.

וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב (וַ) va “and”

And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

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 again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.

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

The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.

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

And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

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

For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.

וַיִּתֵּן֙ (וַ) va “and”

And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

וַיּ֖וֹסֶף (וַ) va “and”

For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

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

And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

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

And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

וַיַּכְעֵ֕ס (וַ) va “and”

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

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

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽם׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,

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

And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

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

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

וַיְכַבּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

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

Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

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 cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.

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

Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

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

Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.

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