H9003–/ב–b

And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

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

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בַּיּ֥וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

בְּיַד֙ (בְּ) be. “by”

So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

בְּדָוִ֜ד (בְּ) be. “in”בְּבֶן־ (בְּ) be. “in”

But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

בּ֛וֹ (בּ֛) b “<in>”בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “against”

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

בְּהַ֥ר (בְּ) be. “in”בָּ֑הּ (בָּ֑) Ba “in”

And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

בְּלִבּ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

בְּבֵית־ (בְּ) be. “in”בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּדָֽן׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּחֲמִשָּֽׁה־ (בַּ) ba. “on”בִּיהוּדָ֗ה (בִּ) bi. “[was] in”בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”

So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה (בַּ) ba. “on”בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

בִּדְבַ֥ר (בִּ) bi “by”

And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

בִּדְבַ֣ר (בִּ) bi “by”

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

בַּיּ֨וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “at”

The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

בִּדְבַ֥ר (בִּ) bi “by”

And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

כְּבָרִֽאשֹׁנָֽה׃ (בָ) va. “at the”

And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:

בַּמָּק֖וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”

For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

בִּדְבַ֤ר (בִּ) bi “by”בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “by the”

So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.

בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ (בְּ) be. “by”בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “by the”בָ֖הּ (בָ֖) va “by”

Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.

בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

בַּמָּק֖וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”