H9002–/וְ–v

And the LORD said: Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead. And one said: On this manner; and another said: On that manner.

וְיַ֕עַל (וְ) ve. “so”וְיִפֹּ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְזֶ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the LORD said unto him: Wherewith? And he said: I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And He said: Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also; go forth, and do so.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲשֵׂה־ (וַ) va. “and”

Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.'

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽיהוָ֔ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

And the king of Israel said: 'Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

וַהֲשִׁיבֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and say: Thus saith the king: Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with scant bread and with scant water, until I come in peace.'

וְהַאֲכִילֻ֨הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַ֣יִם (וּ) u. “and”

So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

וְיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט (וְ) v. “and”

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat: 'I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.' And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

וָבֹ֣א (וָ) va. “and”וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying: 'Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.'

וּמֶ֣לֶךְ (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said: 'Surely it is the king of Israel'; and they turned aside to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out.

וְהֵ֤מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the lower armour and the breastplate; wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot: 'Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.'

וְאִ֗ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”וְהוֹצִיאֵ֥נִי (וְ) ve. “and”

And the battle increased that day; and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Arameans, and died at even; and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.

וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying: 'Every man to his city, and every man to his country.'

וְאִ֥ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; the harlots also washed themselves there; according unto the word of the LORD which He spoke.

וְהַזֹּנ֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

וְיֶתֶר֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵ֤ית (וּ) u. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

וִיהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙ (וִ) vi. “and”

Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

וְחָמֵ֤שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָמֵשׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

⁴³And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD; ⁴⁴howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered in the high places.

וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים (וּֽ) u. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

וְיֶ֨תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”וּגְבוּרָת֥וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”

And the remnant of the sodomites that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.

וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

וּמֶ֥לֶךְ (וּ) u. “and”

Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat: 'Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships.' But Jehoshaphat would not.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherein he made Israel to sin.

וּבְדֶ֣רֶךְ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְדֶ֙רֶךְ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

But an angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite: 'Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them: Is it because there is no God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?

וּמַלְאַ֣ךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְדַבֵּ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Now therefore thus saith the LORD: Thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.' And Elijah departed.

וְלָכֵן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”