H9001–/וַ–v

And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֣ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּעָ֤תֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיְשִׁיבֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣דַע (וַ) va “and”

After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of

וְסָבַ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”וַיַּגְבִּיהֶ֖הָ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֧שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

He took away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars he had put up on the hill of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and put them out of the town.

וַ֠יָּסַר (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיַּשְׁלֵ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.

וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seer

וְהֶעֱמִיד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body to rest in his house, and Amon his son became king in his place.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon made offerings to all the images which his father Manasseh had made, and was their servant.

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַבְדֵֽם׃ (וַ) va “and”

And his servants made a secret design against him, and put him to death in his house.

וַיִּקְשְׁר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְמִיתֻ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against King Amon, and made his son Josiah king in his place.

וַיַּכּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּ (וַ) va “and”

And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

He had the altars of the Baals broken down, while he himself was present; and the sun-images which were placed on high over them he had cut down; and the pillars of wood and the metal images he had broken up and crushed to dust, dropping the dust over th

וַיְנַתְּצ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְרֹק֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he had the bones of the priests burned on their altars, and so he made Judah and Jerusalem clean.

וַיְטַהֵ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

He had the altars and the pillars of wood pulled down and the images crushed to dust, and all the sun-images cut down, through all the land of Israel, and then he went back to Jerusalem.

וַיְנַתֵּ֣ץ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And they came to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and gave him all the money which had been taken into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the door, had got from Manasseh and Ephraim and those of Israel who had not been taken away as prisoners,

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנוּ֮ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (וַ) ve. “and”

And they gave it to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, and the overseers gave it to the workmen working in the house, for building it up and making good what was damaged;

וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

Even to the woodworkers and builders to get cut stone and wood for joining the structure together and for making boards for the houses which the kings of Judah had given up to destruction.

וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.

וַיַּ֣עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֧ן (וַ) va “and”

And Shaphan took the book to the king; and he gave him an account of what had been done, saying, Your servants are doing all they have been given to do;

וַיָּבֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

They have taken out all the money which was in the Lord's house and have given it to the overseers and to the workmen.

וַיַּתִּ֕יכוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּהוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he made a start at reading some of it to the king.

וַיַּגֵּ֞ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָא־ (וַ) va “and”

And the king, hearing the words of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief.

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

And he gave orders to Hilkiah and to Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Abdon, the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe and Asaiah, the king's servant, saying,

וַיְצַ֣ו (וַ) va “and”

So Hilkiah, and those whom the king sent, went to Huldah the woman prophet, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the robes (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the second part of the town); and they had talk with her

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And she said to them, The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Say to the man who sent you to me,

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the works of their hands; so my wrath is let loose on this place and will not be put out.

וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”