H9002–/וְ–v

And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph

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

And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah

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

And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.

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

And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.

וְאֹצְר֥וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֶׁ֥מֶן (וְ) ve. “and”וָיָֽיִן׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וָעִיר֙ (וָ) va. “and”וּרְמָחִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And the priests and Levites who were in all Israel came together to him from every part of their country.

וְהַכֹּהֲנִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”

For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;

וַאֲחֻזָּתָ֔ם (וַ) va. “and”וְלִֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנָ֔יו (וּ) u. “and”

And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made.

וְלַשְּׂעִירִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָעֲגָלִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And after them, from all the tribes of Israel, all those whose hearts were fixed and true to the Lord, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to make offerings to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, strong for three years; and for three years they went in the ways of David and Solomon.

וּשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And she had sons by him, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

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

And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.

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

Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

וּפִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔יו (וּ) u. “and”וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמוֹנָ֛ה (וּ) u. “and”וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.

וּבִנְיָמִ֗ן (וּ) u. “and”

Now when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

וּכְחֶזְקָת֔וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

With twelve hundred war-carriages and sixty thousand horsemen: and the people who came with him out of Egypt were more than might be numbered: Lubim and Sukkiim and Ethiopians.

וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְכוּשִֽׁים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the chiefs of Judah, who had come together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, The Lord has said, Because you have given me up, I have given you up into the hands of Shishak.

וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה (וּֽ) u. “and”וְשָׂרֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַף־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright.

וְהַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord, seeing that they had made themselves low, said to Shemaiah, They have made themselves low: I will not send destruction on them, but in a short time I will give them salvation, and will not let loose my wrath on Jerusalem by the hand of Shis

וּבִרְא֤וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But still they will become his servants, so that they may see how different my yoke is from the yoke of the kingdoms of the lands.

וְיֵדְעוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וַעֲבוֹדַ֖ת (וַ) va. “and”

So Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took away all the stored wealth of the house of the Lord and the king's house: he took everything away, and with the rest the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when he made himself low, the wrath of the Lord was turned back from him, and complete destruction did not come on him, for there was still some good in Judah.

וּבְהִכָּֽנְע֗וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So King Rehoboam made himself strong in Jerusalem and was ruling there. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he was ruling for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the town which the Lord had made his out of all the tribes of Israel, to put

וְאַחַ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽשֲׁבַ֨ע (וּֽ) u. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not recorded in the words of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

וְדִבְרֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאֲ֣חַרוֹנִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִדּ֥וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִלְחֲמ֧וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְיָרָבְעָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

He was king in Jerusalem for three years; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִלְחָמָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבֵ֥ין (וּ) u. “and”