H9002–/וְ–v

And they returned, all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, 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 lutes and harps and trumpets, to the house of Jehovah.

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

And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Azubah, 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 what was right in the sight of Jehovah.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Only, the high places were not removed; and as yet the people had not directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.

וְע֤וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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

And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly.

וְאַחֲרֵיכֵ֗ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And Eliezer the son of Dodavah, of Mareshah, prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah has broken thy works. And the ships were broken, and could not 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 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 had given them great gifts of silver and of gold and of precious things, besides fortified cities in Judah; but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, for he was the firstborn.

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

And Jehoram established himself over the kingdom of his father, and strengthened himself; and he slew all his brethren with the sword, and [ergänzt: certain] also of the princes of Israel.

וְגַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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

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

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

And Jehoram went over with his captains, and all the chariots with him; and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites who had surrounded him, 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 commit fornication, like the fornications of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren, thy father's house who were better than thyself:

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

behold, Jehovah will smite with a great stroke 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 thyself with sore sicknesses, with a 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, who [ergänzt: are] near the Ethiopians;

וְהָ֣עַרְבִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

and they came up into Judah, and broke 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 no son left him, except 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 sickness.

וְאַחֲרֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass, from day to day, and at the time when the second year was drawing to a close, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died in cruel sufferings. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

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

He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being regretted. 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”

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

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

And he returned to be healed in Jizreel because of the wounds that were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jizreel; for he was sick.

וַעֲזַרְיָ֨הוּ (וַ) va. “and”