H9002–/וְ–v

The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.

וְזָעֵ֑ף (וְ) ve. “and”

Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to you, I will give you the worth of it in money.

וִֽיהִי־ (וִֽ) vi. “so”וְאֶתְּנָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. He laid him down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

וְזָעֵ֗ף (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?

וְאֵינְךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

וְיִטַ֣ב (וְ) ve. “so”

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, [ergänzt: and] who lived with Naboth.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

וְהוֹשִׁ֥יבוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, You did curse God and the king. Then carry him out, and stone him to death.

וְ֠הוֹשִׁיבוּ (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וִיעִדֻ֣הוּ (וִ) vi. “and”וָמֶ֑לֶךְ (וָ) va. “and”וְהוֹצִיאֻ֥הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְסִקְלֻ֖הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָמֹֽת׃ (וְ) ve. “so”

The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.

וְהַחֹרִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”

The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

וָמֶ֑לֶךְ (וָ) va. “and”

You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Yahweh, Have you killed and also taken possession? You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Yahweh, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel:

וְעָצ֥וּר (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָז֖וּב (וְ) ve. “and”

and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin.

וּכְבֵ֖ית (וּ) u. “and”

Of Jezebel also spoke Yahweh, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.

וְגַ֨ם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Him who dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him who dies in the field shall the birds of the sky eat.

וְהַמֵּת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.

וּבֵ֥ין (וּ) u. “and”

The king of Israel said to his servants, "You know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we are still, and don't take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?"

וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ (וַ) va. “and”

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? They said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.

וְיִתֵּ֥ן (וְ) ve. “so”

But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh besides, that we may inquire of him?

וְנִדְרְשָׁ֖ה (וְ) ve. “so”

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. Jehoshaphat said, "Don't let the king say so."

וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

וּמֶ֣לֶךְ (וּ) u. “and”וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְכָ֨ל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

All the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַצְלַ֔ח (וְ) ve. “and”

The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, See now, the words of the prophets [ergänzt: declare] good to the king with one mouth: please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak you good.

וְהַמַּלְאָ֞ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

When he was come to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? He answered him, Go up and prosper; and Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.

וְהַצְלַ֔ח (וְ) ve. “and”

[ergänzt: Micaiah] said, Therefore hear you the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃ (וּ) u. “and”