H9002–/וְ–v

And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

וְכֹל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses and beasts for transport, regularly year by year.

וְהֵ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּכְלֵ֨י (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׂלָמוֹת֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְשָׂמִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”וּפְרָדִ֑ים (וּ) u. “and”

Solomon had four thousand buildings for his horses and his war-carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king in Jerusalem.

וּמַרְכָּב֔וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁנֵים־ (וּ) u. “and”וְעִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he was ruler over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the limit of Egypt.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

וְאֵ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”

They got horses for Solomon from Egypt and from every land.

וּמוֹצִיאִ֨ים (וּ) u. “and”וּמִכָּל־ (וּ) u. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not recorded in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh, and in the visions of Iddo the seer about Jeroboam, the son of Nebat?

וּשְׁאָר֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהָאֲחֲרוֹנִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַחֲזוֹת֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And when Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had news of it, (for he was in Egypt where he had gone in flight from King Solomon,) he came back from Egypt.

וְה֣וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

And they sent for him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.

וְעַתָּ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵעֻלּ֧וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְנַֽעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to them, Come to me again after three days. So the people went away.

וְשׁ֣וּבוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

וְנָשִׁ֥יב (וְ) ve. “and”

And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us, but will you make it less; say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”וַאֲנִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

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

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But gave 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”וַאֲנִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God, so that the Lord might give effect to his word which he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.

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? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Is

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”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 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”

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

וּבִנְיָמִ֗ן (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמוֹנִ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”

Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

וְאֶל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִנְיָמִ֖ן (וּ) u. “and”

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa

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

And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam

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