TBESH · H9001
/וַ · v · &
Verbal vav: joined to verb with no intervening prefix (usually conversive) (futurepast)
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/וַ (v) means “&” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: v STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/וַ · v · &
Verbal vav: joined to verb with no intervening prefix (usually conversive) (futurepast)
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Page 130 of 227. 11323 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
Read word by wordBut Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
Read word by wordSo the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Read word by wordBut Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”
Read word by wordThe king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
Read word by wordSo the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
Read word by wordNow Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
Read word by wordAnd all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Read word by wordThen the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
Read word by wordBut Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
Read word by wordWhen Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Read word by wordBut the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
Read word by wordSo Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
Read word by wordThen the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
Read word by wordMicaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
Read word by wordAnd the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
Read word by wordThen a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.
Read word by wordAnd he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.21
Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
Read word by wordMicaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
Read word by wordAnd the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,
Read word by wordand tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
Read word by wordBut Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
Read word by wordSo the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
Read word by wordAnd the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
Read word by wordWhen the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely this is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.
Read word by wordAnd when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
Read word by wordHowever, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
Read word by wordThe battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. And the blood from his wound ran out onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died.
Read word by wordAs the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”
Read word by wordSo the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.
Read word by wordAnd the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.
Read word by wordAnd Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
Read word by wordAnd Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Read word by wordJehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.45
And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.51
In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.52
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.53
Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.54
After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
Read word by wordNow Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.
Read word by wordWhen the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”
Read word by wordThey replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
Read word by wordThe king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”
Read word by word“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
Read word by wordThen King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
Read word by wordElijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
Read word by wordSo the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”
Read word by wordAgain Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
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