H9001–/וַ–v

Then Hezekiah the king got up early, and got together the great men of the town, and went up to the house of the Lord.

וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּאֱסֹ֕ף (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֖עַל (וַ) va “and”

And they took with them seven oxen and seven male sheep and seven lambs and seven he-goats as a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the holy house and for Judah. And he gave orders to the sons of Aaron, the priests, that these were to be offered on the

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

So they put the oxen to death and their blood was given to the priests to be drained out against the altar; then they put the male sheep to death, draining out their blood against the altar, and they put the lambs to death, draining out their blood again

וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְקַבְּל֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּזְרְק֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁחֲט֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְרְק֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּזְרְק֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then they took the he-goats for the sin-offering, placing them before the king and the meeting of the people, and they put their hands on them:

וַיַּגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסְמְכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the priests put them to death, and made a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to take away the sin of all Israel: for the king gave orders that the burned offering and the sin-offering were for all Israel.

וַיִּשְׁחָטוּם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְחַטְּא֤וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then he put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments of music as ordered by David and Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the order was the Lord's, given by his prophets.

וַיַּֽעֲמֵ֨ד (וַ) va “and”

So the Levites took their places with David's instruments, and the priests with their horns.

וַיַּֽעַמְד֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah gave the word for the burned offering to be offered on the altar. And when the burned offering was started, then the song of the Lord was started, with the blowing of horns and with all the instruments of David, king of Israel.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And at the end of the offering, the king and all who were present with him gave worship with bent heads.

וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.

וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va “and”וַֽיְהַלְלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְּד֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

Then Hezekiah made answer and said, Now that you have given yourselves to the Lord, come near and take offerings and praise-offerings into the house of the Lord. So all the people took in offerings and praise-offerings: and those whose hearts were moved,

וַיַּ֨עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֤יאוּ (וַ) va “and”

The number of burned offerings which the people took in was seventy oxen, a hundred male sheep, and two hundred lambs: all these were for burned offerings to the Lord.

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”

There were not enough priests for the work of cutting up all the burned offerings; so their brothers the Levites gave them help till the work was done and the priests had made themselves holy: for the Levites were more upright in heart to make themselves

וַֽיְּחַזְּק֞וּם (וַֽ) va “and”

And there was a great amount of burned offerings, with the fat of the peace-offerings and the drink offerings for every burned offering. So the work of the Lord's house was put in order.

וַתִּכּ֖וֹן (וַ) va. “and”

And Hezekiah and all the people were full of joy, because God had made the people ready: for the thing was done suddenly.

וַיִּשְׂמַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

Then Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah, and sent letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, requesting them to come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

For the king, after discussion with his chiefs and all the body of the people in Jerusalem, had made a decision to keep the Passover in the second month.

וַיִּוָּעַ֨ץ (וַ) va “and”

And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and all the people.

וַיִּישַׁ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

So it was ordered that word was to be sent out through all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, that they were to come to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: because they had not kept it in great numbers in agreement with the law.

וַיַּֽעֲמִ֣ידוּ (וַ) va “and”

So runners went with letters from the king and his chiefs through all Israel and Judah, by the order of the king, saying, O children of Israel, come back again to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he may come again to that small ba

וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were sinners against the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that he made them a cause of fear, as you see.

וַיִּתְּנֵ֣ם (וַ) va “and”

So the runners went from town to town through all the country of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun: but they were laughed at and made sport of.

וַיִּֽהְי֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

However, some of Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun put away their pride and came to Jerusalem.

וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”

So a very great number of people came together at Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month.

וַיֵּֽאָסְפ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they got to work and took away all the altars in Jerusalem, and they put all the vessels for burning perfumes into the stream Kidron.

וַיָּקֻ֕מוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּסִ֙ירוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֖יכוּ (וַ) va “and”