H9001–/וַ–v

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.

וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע׀ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקְרַ֥ע (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣בְךְּ (וַ) va. “and”

See, I will let you go to your fathers, and be put in your last resting-place in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will send on this place and on its people. So they took this news back to the king.

וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיָּשִׁ֥יבוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּאֱסֹ֕ף (וַ) va “and”

And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light

וַיַּ֣עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֣א (וַ) va “and”

Then the king, taking his place by the pillar, made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and to keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and with all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement record

וַיַּעֲמֹ֨ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְרֹ֣ת (וַ) va “and”

And he made all the people in Jerusalem and Benjamin give their word to keep it. And the people of Jerusalem kept the agreement of God, the God of their fathers.

וַיַּעֲמֵ֕ד (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Josiah took away all the disgusting things out of all the lands of the children of Israel, and made all who were in Israel servants of the Lord their God. And as long as he was living they were true to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

וַיָּ֨סַר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲבֵ֗ד (וַֽ) va “and”

And Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; on the fourteenth day of the first month they put the Passover lamb to death.

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁחֲט֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he gave the priests their places, making them strong for the work of the house of God.

וַיַּעֲמֵ֥ד (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְחַזְּקֵ֔ם (וַֽ) va “and”

And he said to the Levites, the teachers of all Israel, who were holy to the Lord, See, the holy ark is in the house which Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, made; it will no longer have to be transported on your backs: now be the servants of the

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Josiah gave lambs and goats from the flock as Passover offerings for all the people who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand oxen: these were from the king's private property.

וַיָּ֣רֶם (וַ) va “and”

So everything was made ready and the priests took their places with the Levites in their divisions, as the king had said.

וַתִּכּ֖וֹן (וַ) va. “and”וַיַּֽעַמְד֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they put the Passover lambs to death, the blood being drained out by the priests when it was given to them, and the Levites did the skinning.

וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּזְרְק֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they took away the burned offerings, so that they might give them to be offered to the Lord for the divisions of the families of the people, as it is recorded in the book of Moses. And they did the same with the oxen.

וַיָּסִ֨ירוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Passover lamb was cooked over the fire, as it says in the law; and the holy offerings were cooked in pots and basins and vessels, and taken quickly to all the people.

וַֽיְבַשְּׁל֥וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּרִ֖יצוּ (וַ) va “and”

So everything needed for the worship of the Lord was made ready that same day, for the keeping of the Passover and the offering of burned offerings on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had given orders.

וַ֠תִּכּוֹן (וַ֠) Va. “and”

And all the children of Israel who were present kept the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread at that time for seven days.

וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

After all this, and after Josiah had put the house in order, Neco, king of Egypt, went up to make war at Carchemish by the river Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.

וַיֵּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

But he sent representatives to him, saying, What have I to do with you, O king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against those with whom I am at war; and God has given me orders to go forward quickly: keep out of God's way, for he is wi

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”

However, Josiah would not go back; but keeping to his purpose of fighting against him, and giving no attention to the words of Neco, which came from God, he went forward to the fight in the valley of Megiddo.

וַיָּבֹ֕א (וַ) va “and”

And the bowmen sent their arrows at King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am badly wounded.

וַיֹּרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So his servants took him out of the line of war-carriages, and put him in his second carriage and took him to Jerusalem, where he came to his end, and they put his body in the resting-place of his fathers. And in all Judah and Jerusalem there was great w

וַיַּֽעֲבִירֻ֨הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּרְכִּיבֻהוּ֮ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיּוֹלִיכֻ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֕מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר (וַ) va “and”

And Jeremiah made a song of grief for Josiah; and to this day Josiah is named by all the makers of melody, men and women, in their songs of grief; they made it a rule in Israel; and the songs are recorded among the songs of grief.

וַיְקוֹנֵ֣ן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנ֥וּם (וַ) va “and”

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

וַיִּקְחוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּמְלִיכֻ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the king of Egypt took the kingdom from him in Jerusalem, and put on the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

וַיְסִירֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲנֹשׁ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”