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

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

So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was brought about of God, that the LORD might establish His word, which He spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

בְּיַד֙ (בְּ) be. “by”

And 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; every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to thine own house, David.' S

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

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

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the levy; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, so that he died. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

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

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

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “against”

'Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying:

בִּיהוּדָ֥ה (בִּ) bi. “in”

And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

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

and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

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

And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and oil and wine.

בָּהֶם֙ (בָּ) ba. “in”

And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin adhered to him.

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “[were] in”

And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel presented themselves to him out of all their border.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.

בְּדֶ֧רֶךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, even the prince among his brethren; for he was minded to make him king.

בְּאֶחָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “among”

And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had dealt treacherously with the LORD,

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

with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen; and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.

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

Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD: Ye have forsaken Me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.'

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying: 'They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and My wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the

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

And when he humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned from him, that He would not destroy him altogether; and moreover in Judah there were good things found.

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

So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His

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

Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

בְּדִבְרֵ֨י (בְּ) be. “in”

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

בְּעִ֣יר (בְּ) be. “in”

In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

בִּשְׁנַ֛ת (בִּ) bi “in”

Three years reigned he in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

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

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