H9001–/וַ–v

He prayed to him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh he was God.

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

Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about [ergänzt: with it], and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.

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

He took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Yahweh, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of the house of Yahweh, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

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

He built up the altar of Yahweh, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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

His prayer also, and how [ergänzt: God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the engraved images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.

וְהֶעֱמִיד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his place.

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

He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed to all the engraved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.

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

His servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.

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

But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

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

He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

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

They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the graves [ergänzt: of those] who had sacrificed to them.

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

He burnt the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

וַיְטַהֵ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

He broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the engraved images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

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

They came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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

They delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and the workmen who labored in the house of Yahweh gave it to mend and repair the house;

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

even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Hilkiah answered Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh. Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

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

Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, All that was committed to your servants, they are doing.

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

They have emptied out the money that was found in the house of Yahweh, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen.

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

Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. Shaphan read therein before the king.

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

It happened, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.

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

The king commanded Hilkiah, and 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 they whom the king [ergänzt: had commanded], went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter;) and they spoke to her to that effect.

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

She said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Tell you the man who sent you to me,

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out on this place, and it shall not be quenched.

וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”