H9001–/וַ–v

When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, Israel: now see to your own house, David. So all Israel departed to their tents.

וַיָּשִׁ֣יבוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְגְּמוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹ֑ת (וַ) va “and”

So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.

וַיִּפְשְׁע֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּקְהֵל֩ (וַ) va “and”

But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the words of Yahweh, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (וַ) va “and”

Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.

וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֧בֶן (וַ) va “and”

He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

וַיִּ֧בֶן (וַ) va “and”

He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine.

וַיְחַזֵּ֖ק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”

In every city [supplied: he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

וַֽיְחַזְּקֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”

For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office to Yahweh;

וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the male goats, and for the calves which he had made.

וַיַּֽעֲמֶד־ (וַ) va “and”

So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.

וַֽיְחַזְּקוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיְאַמְּצ֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [supplied: and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ (וַ) va “and”

and she bore him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

וַתֵּ֥לֶד (וַ) va. “and”

After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

וַתֵּ֣לֶד (וַ) va. “and”

Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֗וֹלֶד (וַ) va “and”

Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, [supplied: even] the prince among his brothers; for [supplied: he was minded] to make him king.

וַיַּֽעֲמֵ֨ד (וַ) va “and”

He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in abundance. He sought [supplied: for them] many wives.

וַיָּבֶן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְרֹ֨ץ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאַ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Yahweh,

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”

He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

וַיִּלְכֹּ֛ד (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus says Yahweh, You have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Yahweh is righteous.

וַיִּכָּנְע֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”