H9002–/וְ–v

Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

וִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Jehovah.

וּבְכִנֹּר֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וּבַחֲצֹצְר֑וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he 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.

וְחָמֵ֨שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֨ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָמֵ֤שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Howbeit the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

וְע֤וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.

וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאַחֲרֹנִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:

וְאַחֲרֵיכֵ֗ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath destroyed thy works. And the ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And he had brethren, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

וְלֽוֹ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽיחִיאֵל֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”וּזְכַרְיָ֣הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲזַרְיָ֔הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וּמִיכָאֵ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁפַטְיָ֑הוּ (וּ) u. “and”

And their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was the first-born.

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

Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.

וְגַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

וּשְׁתַּ֛יִם (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”

Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְבָנָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”

Then Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots.

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

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

וּבְדַרְכֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

but hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot, like as the house of Ahab did, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, who were better than thyself:

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

behold, Jehovah will smite with a great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance;

וּבְבָנֶ֥יךָ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנָשֶׁ֖יךָ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

and thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, day by day.

וְאַתָּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians that are beside the Ethiopians:

וְהָ֣עַרְבִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

and they came up against Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָשָׁ֑יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

And after all this Jehovah smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

וְאַחֲרֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

וּכְעֵת֩ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

וּשְׁתַּ֤יִם (וּ) u. “and”וְשָׁנָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

וַעֲזַרְיָ֨הוּ (וַ) va. “and”