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 151 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.
When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
Read word by wordSo King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
Read word by wordThen King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
Read word by wordAnd whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
Read word by wordThus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
Read word by wordAnd Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
Read word by wordAnd Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
Read word by wordIn the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,
Read word by wordAbijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.
Read word by wordThen Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
Read word by wordYet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.
Read word by wordThen worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
Read word by wordBut did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.
Read word by wordNow Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.
Read word by wordWhen Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,
Read word by wordand the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
Read word by wordSo the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
Read word by wordThen Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
Read word by wordThus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Read word by wordAbijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
Read word by wordJeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.
Read word by wordBut Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
Read word by wordThen Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.23
And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.1
He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.2
He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.3
He also removed the high places and incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.4
Because the land was at peace, Asa built fortified cities in Judah. In those days no one made war with him, because the LORD had given him rest.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.5
So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.6
Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.7
Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.8
So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.9
Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.10
So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.11
Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.12
and attacked all the cities around Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, since there was much plunder there.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.13
They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen and carried off many sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.14
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
Read word by wordBut in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.
Read word by wordNation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
Read word by wordWhen Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
Read word by wordAnd he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
Read word by wordSo they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
Read word by wordAt that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.
Read word by wordThen they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
Read word by wordThey took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.
Read word by wordAnd all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
Read word by wordKing Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
Read word by wordAnd he brought into the house of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
Read word by wordIn the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
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