H9002–/וְ–v

And Abijah began the war with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty men of valour.

וְיָרָבְעָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abijah stood up on the top of mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam, and all Israel!

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Ought ye not to know that Jehovah the God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, to him and to his sons [supplied: by] a covenant of salt?

וּלְבָנָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”

And vain men, sons of Belial, gathered to him and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was young and faint-hearted, and did not shew himself strong against them.

וּרְחַבְעָ֗ם (וּ) u. “and”וְרַךְ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And now ye think to shew yourselves strong against the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and ye have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made you for gods.

וְעַתָּ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִמָּכֶם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Have ye not cast out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests as the peoples of the lands? whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, he becomes a priest of what is not God.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵילִ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

But as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests that serve Jehovah are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites are at their work:

וַאֲנַ֛חְנוּ (וַ) va. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֹ֨הֲנִ֜ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense; the loaves also are set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening: for *we* keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but *ye* have forsaken him.

וּמַקְטִרִ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבָעֶֽרֶב־ (וּ) u. “and”וּקְטֹֽרֶת־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמַעֲרֶ֨כֶת (וּ) u. “and”וּמְנוֹרַ֨ת (וּ) u. “and”וְנֵרֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתֶּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And behold, we have God with us at our head, and his priests, and the loud-sounding trumpets to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

וְהִנֵּה֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֹהֲנָ֛יו (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲצֹצְר֥וֹת (וַ) va. “and”

But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; and they were before Judah, and the ambush behind them.

וְיָֽרָבְעָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמַּאְרָ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And Judah looked back, and behold, they had the battle in front and behind; and they cried to Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָח֔וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men of Judah gave a shout; and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

וְהָאֱלֹהִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וִיהוּדָֽה׃ (וִ) vi. “and”

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; and there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

וְעַמּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its dependent villages, and Jeshanah with its dependent villages, and Ephron with its dependent villages.

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

And Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and Jehovah smote him, and he died.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But Abijah strengthened himself, and took fourteen wives, and begot twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְשֵׁ֥שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his sayings, are written in the treatise of the prophet Iddo.

וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְרָכָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”וּדְבָרָ֑יו (וּ) u. “and”

And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of Jehovah his God;

וְהַיָּשָׁ֔ר (וְ) ve. “and”

and he took away the altars of the strange [supplied: gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;

וְהַבָּמ֑וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment.

וְלַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמִּצְוָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because Jehovah had given him rest.

וְאֵין־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; for we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. And they built and prospered.

וְנָסֵ֨ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִגְדָּלִים֮ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְרִיחִים֒ (וּ) u. “and”

And Asa had an army that bore targets and spears: out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew the bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these, mighty men of valour.

וָרֹמַח֒ (וָ) va. “and”וּמִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן (וּ) u. “and”וְדֹ֣רְכֵי (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמוֹנִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

And Zerah the Ethiopian came out against him with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.

וּמַרְכָּב֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”