H9003–/ב–b

Now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father 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 bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.

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

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

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

So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about of Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

בְּיַד֙ (בְּ) be. “by”

When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to 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, Israel: now see to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.

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

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

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. 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 to this day.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “against”

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and lived therein; and he went out from there, and built Penuel.

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

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

בְּלִבּ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.

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

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

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

Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar; so did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that 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”

He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up to the altar, to burn incense.

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

Behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Yahweh to Beth El: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.

בִּדְבַ֥ר (בִּ) bi “by”

He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said, altar, altar, thus says Yahweh: Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall they burn on you.

בִּדְבַ֣ר (בִּ) bi “by”

He gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar shall be torn, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.

בַּיּ֨וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

It happened, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. His hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him.

בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “at”

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

בִּדְבַ֥ר (בִּ) bi “by”

The king answered the man of God, Entreat now the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. The man of God entreated Yahweh, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

כְּבָרִֽאשֹׁנָֽה׃ (בָ) va. “at the”

The man of God said to the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, 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 Yahweh, saying, You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came.

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

So he went another way, and didn't return by the way that he came to Bethel.

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

Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel; and one of 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 to the king, them also they told to their father.

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

He said, I may not return with you, nor go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place:

בַּמָּק֖וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”