H9005–/ל–l

And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us, but will you make it less; say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

לֵאמֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָעָם֩ (לָ) la. “to the”לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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

לָהֶם֒ (לָ) la. “to”לֵאמֹ֡ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָּנוּ֩ (לָּ) la. “[belongs] to”לְאֹהָלֶ֙יךָ֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לַֽעֲל֣וֹת (לַֽ) la. “to”לָנ֖וּס (לָ) la. “to”

And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.

לְהִלָּחֵם֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְהָשִׁ֥יב (לְ) le. “to”לִרְחַבְעָֽם׃ (לִ) li “to”

But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.

לְבֵית֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

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

לְמָצ֖וֹר (לְ) le. “to”

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

לְהַרְבֵּ֣ה (לְ) le. “to”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to”

For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;

לִיהוּדָ֖ה (לִ) li. “to”וְלִֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (לִֽ) li. “to”לַיהוָֽה׃ (לַ) la. “to”

And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “for”לַבָּמ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “for the”וְלַשְּׂעִירִ֑ים (לַ) la. “for the”וְלָעֲגָלִ֖ים (לָ) la. “for the”

And after them, from all the tribes of Israel, all those whose hearts were fixed and true to the Lord, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to make offerings to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

לְבַקֵּ֕שׁ (לְ) le. “to”לִזְבּ֕וֹחַ (לִ) li “to”לַיהוָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to”

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.

לְשָׁנִ֣ים (לְ) le. “for”לְשָׁנִ֥ים (לְ) le. “for”

And Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse;

ל֤וֹ (ל֤) l “for”

And she had sons by him, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to”

And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.

ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “to”

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

לָרֹ֧אשׁ (לָ) la. “to the”לְנָגִ֣יד (לְ) le. “to”לְהַמְלִיכֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.

לְֽכָל־ (לְֽ) le. “to”לְכֹל֙ (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to”לָרֹ֑ב (לָ) la. “to”

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

לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (לַ) la. “of the”

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.

לָעָ֞ם (לָ) la. “[belonged] to the”

And he took the walled towns of Judah, and came as far as Jerusalem.

לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה (לִֽ) li. “[belonged] to”

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.

לָהֶ֜ם (לָ) la. “to”

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

לֵאמֹ֛ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָהֶ֤ם (לָ) la. “to”לִפְלֵיטָ֔ה (לִ) li “<to>”