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Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַזְּקֵנִים֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַזֶּ֖ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And they said to him, If you are kind to this people, pleasing them and saying good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever.

לְהָעָ֤ם (הָ) ha. “the”הַזֶּה֙ (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַיָּמִֽים׃ (הַ) hai. “the”

But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him.

הַזְּקֵנִ֖ים (הַ) ha. “the”הַיְלָדִים֙ (הַ) ha “the”הָעֹמְדִ֖ים (הָ) ha. “who”

And he said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

הָעָ֣ם (הָ) ha. “the”הַזֶּ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הָעֹ֔ל (הָ) ha. “the”

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;

הַיְלָדִים֙ (הַ) ha “the”

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.

הָעָ֛ם (הָ) ha. “the”הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֑י (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁי׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And the king gave them a rough answer. So King Rehoboam gave no attention to the suggestion of the old men,

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַזְּקֵנִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

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.

הַיְלָדִים֙ (הַ) ha “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.

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הָעָ֑ם (הָ) ha. “the”הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים (הָֽ) ha. “<the>”הַשִּֽׁלוֹנִ֔י (הַ) ha. “the”

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

הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ (הַ) ha. “the”הָעָ֣ם (הָ) ha. “the”הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀ (הַ) ha. “the”

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

הַיֹּֽשְׁבִ֖ים (הַ) hai. “who”

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.

הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַמַּ֔ס (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”

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

הַיּ֥וֹם (הַ) hai. “the”הַזֶּֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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.

הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “the”

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

הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”

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.

הַדָּבָ֣ר (הַ) ha. “the”הַזֶּ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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

הַמְּצֻר֑וֹת (הַ) ha. “the”

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

וְהַכֹּהֲנִים֙ (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (הַ) ha “the”

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;

הַלְוִיִּ֗ם (הַ) ha “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.

הַנֹּֽתְנִים֙ (הַ) ha. “those”

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.

הַמְּצֻר֔וֹת (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַמָּז֖וֹן (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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

הַֽחֲמִישִׁית֙ (הַֽ) ha. “<the>”

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

הַמְּצֻר֖וֹת (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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.

הַנָּבִיא֙ (הַ) ha. “the”

Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright.

וְהַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”