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But gave them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

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

So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God, so that the Lord might give effect to his word which he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.

בְּיַד֙ (בְּ) be. “by”

And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Is

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

But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

Then Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.

ב֧וֹ (ב֧) v “<in>”בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “against”

Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

בִּיהוּדָ֥ה (בִּ) bi. “in”

Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בִּיהוּדָֽה׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

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

בִּיהוּדָ֖ה (בִּ) bi. “[were] in”וּבְבִנְיָמִ֑ן (בְ) ve. “in”

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

בָּהֶם֙ (בָּ) ba. “in”

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

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “[were] in”

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

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

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.

בְּדֶ֧רֶךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.

בְּאֶחָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “among”

Now in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, because of their sin against the Lord,

בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּיהוָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “against”

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.

בְּאֶ֤לֶף (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים (בְ) ve. “with”

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.

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”

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 (בִ) vi “when”בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (בִּ) bi. “on”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “by”

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 (בְ) ve. “when”בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה (בִּֽ) bi. “in”

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

בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בְּמָלְכ֜וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (בִּֽ) bi. “in”

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.

בְּדִבְרֵ֨י (בְּ) be. “in”

And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David; and Abijah his son became king in his place.

בְּעִ֣יר (בְּ) be. “in”

In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

בִּשְׁנַ֛ת (בִּ) bi “in”

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.

בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

And Abijah went out to the fight with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand of his best men; and Jeroboam put his forces in line against him, eight hundred thousand of his best men of war.

בְּחַ֙יִל֙ (בְּ) be. “with”בִּשְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה (בִּ) bi “with”