H9002–/וְ–v

So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

וַאֲנִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”וַאֲנִ֕י (וַ) va. “and”

So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went awa

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

(But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.)

וּבְנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.

וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he got together all the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon.

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

Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the men of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people:

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִנְיָמִ֑ין (וּ) u. “and”וְיֶ֥תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers, the children of Israel; go back, every man to his house, because this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the word of the Lord, and went back, as the Lord had said.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jeroboam gave orders for a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is kept in Judah, and he went up to the altar. And in the same way, in Beth-el, he gave offerings to the oxen which he had made, placing in

וְהֶעֱמִיד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then a man of God came from Judah by the order of the Lord to Beth-el, where Jeroboam was by the altar, burning offerings.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָרָבְעָ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And by the order of the Lord he made an outcry against the altar, saying, O altar, altar, the Lord has said, From the seed of David will come a child, named Josiah, and on you he will put to death the priests of the high places, who are burning offerings

וְעַצְמ֥וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king, hearing the man of God crying out against the altar at Beth-el, put out his hand from the altar, saying, Take him prisoner. And his hand, stretched out against him, became dead, and he had no power of pulling it back.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the altar was broken and the burned waste on it overturned; this was the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.

וְהַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king made answer and said to the man of God, Make a prayer now for the grace of the Lord your God, and for me, that my hand may be made well. And in answer to the prayer of the man of God, the king's hand was made well again, as it was before.

וְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְתָשֹׁ֥ב (וְ) ve. “so”

And the king said to the man of God, Come with me to my house for food and rest, and I will give you a reward.

וּֽסְעָ֑דָה (וּֽ) u. “and”וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “so”

But the man of God said to the king, Even if you gave me half of all you have, I would not go in with you, and I would not take food or a drink of water in this place;

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

For so I was ordered by the word of the Lord, who said, You are not to take food or a drink of water, and you are not to go back the way you came.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

So he went another way, and not by the way he came to Beth-el.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now there was an old prophet living in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and gave him word of all the man of God had done that day in Beth-el, and they gave their father an account of the words he had said to the king.

וְנָבִ֤יא (וְ) ve. “and”

Then he said to him, Come back to the house with me and have a meal.

וֶאֱכֹ֖ל (וֶ) ve. “and”

But he said, I may not go back with you or go into your house; and I will not take food or a drink of water with you in this place;

וְלָב֣וֹא (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For the Lord said to me, You are not to take food or water there, or go back again by the way you came.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then he said to him, I am a prophet like you; and an angel said to me by the word of the Lord, Take him back with you and give him food and water. But he said false words to him.

וּמַלְאָ֡ךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְיֹ֥אכַל (וְ) ve. “so”וְיֵ֣שְׁתְּ (וְ) ve. “so”