H9002–/וְ–v

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

וְחָמֵ֤שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁשׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.

וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים (וּֽ) u. “and”

And the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

וְיֶ֛תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not what was right in the sight of Jehovah his God, like David his father,

וְשֵׁשׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

but walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even caused his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.

וְגַ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתַ֖חַת (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to battle; and they besieged Ahaz, but were unable to conquer him.

וּפֶ֨קַח (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there to this day.

וַֽאֲדוֹמִים֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

And Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who have risen up against me.

וּבִנְךָ֖ (וּ) u. “and”וְהוֹשִׁעֵ֜נִי (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִכַּף֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it [ergänzt: as] a present to the king of Assyria.

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

And the king of Assyria hearkened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried it captive to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria; and he saw the altar that was at Damascus, and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the form of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all its workmanship.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he burned his burnt-offering and his oblation, and poured out his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offering upon the altar.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the brazen altar which was before Jehovah, he brought forward from the forefront of the house, from between [ergänzt: his] altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it by the side of [ergänzt: his] altar on the north.

וְאֵ֨ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִבֵּ֖ין (וּ) u. “and”

And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening oblation, and the king's burnt-offering, and his oblation, and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their oblation, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offerings, and all the blood of the sacrifices; and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire [ergänzt: by].

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽאֶת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֠אֵת (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וּמִנְחָתָ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”וְנִסְכֵּיהֶ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִזְבַּ֧ח (וּ) u. “and”

And king Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the lavers from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a stone pavement.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the covered way of the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry outside, he turned from the house of Jehovah on account of the king of Assyria.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the rest of the acts of Ahaz, what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

וְיֶ֛תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and sent up no present to the king of Assyria as [ergänzt: he had done] from year to year. And the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

וּבְחָב֛וֹר (וּ) u. “and”וְעָרֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

and they walked in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

וּמַלְכֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;

וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים (וַ) va. “and”וְתַ֖חַת (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets, all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.

וּבִיהוּדָ֡ה (וּ) u. “and”וְשִׁמְרוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

But they would not hear, and hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in Jehovah their God.

וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”