H9001–/וַ–v

And he set captains of war over the people, and assembled them to him on the open place at the gate of the city, and spoke consolingly to them saying,

וַיִּתֵּ֛ן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּצֵ֣ם (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

with him is an arm of flesh, but with us is Jehovah our God to help us and to fight our battles. And the people depended upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

וַיִּסָּמְכ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Has not the same Hezekiah removed his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem saying, Ye shall worship before *one* altar, and burn incense upon it?

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they cried with a loud voice in the Jewish [ergänzt: language] to the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to frighten them and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of man's hand.

וַֽיְדַבְּר֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And because of this, king Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed and cried to heaven.

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֞ל (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּזְעֲק֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Jehovah sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the princes and the captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. And he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels made him fall there with the sword.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכְחֵ֞ד (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשָׁב֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all, and protected them on every side.

וַיּוֹשַׁע֩ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְנַהֲלֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”

And many brought gifts unto Jehovah to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; and he was thenceforth magnified in the sight of all the nations.

וַיִּנַּשֵּׂ֛א (וַ) va “and”

In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death, and he prayed to Jehovah; and he spoke to him and gave him a sign.

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

But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit [ergänzt: done] to him, for his heart was lifted up; and there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Jehovah came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

וַיִּכָּנַ֤ע (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah had very much riches and honour; and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant vessels;

וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”

And he, Hezekiah, stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

וַֽיַּישְּׁרֵ֥ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּצְלַ֥ח (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the highest place of the sepulchres of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

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

And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, like the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And he built again the high places that Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars to the Baals, and made Asherahs, and worshipped all the host of heaven and served them.

וַיָּ֗שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨קֶם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד (וַֽ) va “and”

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

וּבָנָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah.

וַיִּ֥בֶן (וַ) va “and”

He also caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he used magic and divination and sorcery, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

וְעוֹנֵ֤ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִחֵשׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽכִשֵּׁ֔ף (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְעָ֥שָׂה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he set the graven image of the idol that he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;

וַיָּ֕שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

And Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, to do more evil than the nations that Jehovah had destroyed from before the children of Israel.

וַיֶּ֣תַע (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah spoke to Manasseh and to his people; but they did not hearken.

וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with fetters, and bound him with chains of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

וַיָּבֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְכְּד֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽאַסְרֻ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיּוֹלִיכֻ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

וַיִּכָּנַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”