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, that `are' in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of bulwarks.

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

And he strengtheneth the bulwarks, and putteth in them leaders, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,

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

and in every city and city targets and spears, and strengtheneth them very greatly; and he hath Judah and Benjamin.

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

And the priests, and the Levites, that `are' in all Israel, have stationed themselves by him, out of all their border,

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

for the Levites have left their suburbs and their possession, and they come to Judah and to Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons have cast them off from acting as priests to Jehovah,

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

and he establisheth to him priests for high places, and for goats, and for calves, that he made --

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

and after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those giving their heart to seek Jehovah, God of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Jehovah, God of their father.

וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And they strengthen the kingdom of Judah, and strengthen Rehoboam son of Solomon, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.

וּשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And she beareth to him sons, Jeush, and Shamaria, and Zaham.

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

And after her he hath taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she beareth to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

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

And Rehoboam loveth Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines -- for eighteen wives he hath taken, and sixty concubines -- and he begetteth twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.

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

And he hath understanding, and spreadeth out of all his sons to all lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all cities of the bulwarks, and giveth to them provision in abundance; and he asketh a multitude of wives.

וּבִנְיָמִ֗ן (וּ) u. “and”

And it cometh to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he hath forsaken the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

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

with a thousand and two hundred chariots, and with sixty thousand horsemen, and there is no number to the people who have come with him out of Egypt -- Lubim, Sukkiim, and Cushim --

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

And Shemaiah the prophet hath come in unto Rehoboam and the heads of Judah who have been gathered unto Jerusalem from the presence of Shishak, and saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, Ye have forsaken Me, and also, I have left you in the hand of Shishak;'

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

and the heads of Israel are humbled, and the king, and they say, `Righteous `is' Jehovah.'

וְהַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when Jehovah seeth that they have been humbled, a word of Jehovah hath been unto Shemaiah, saying, `They have been humbled; I do not destroy them, and I have given to them as a little thing for an escape, and I pour not out My fury in Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak;

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

but they become servants to him, and they know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.'

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

And Shishak king of Egypt cometh up against Jerusalem, and taketh the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king -- the whole he hath taken -- and he taketh the shields of gold that Solomon had made;

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And in his being humbled, turned back from him hath the wrath of Jehovah, so as not to destroy to completion; and also, in Judah there have been good things.

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

And king Rehoboam strengtheneth himself in Jerusalem, and reigneth; for a son of forty and two years `is' Rehoboam in his reigning, and seventeen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah hath chosen to put His name there, out of all the tribes of Israel, and the name of his mother `is' Naamah the Ammonitess,

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

And the matters of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written among the matters of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogy? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam `are' all the days;

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

three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, (and the name of his mother `is' Michaiah daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah,) and war hath been between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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