H9023–הוּ–hu

And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters.)

נָשָׁיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”וּפִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔יו (ו) v “his”

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

בְּאֶחָ֑יו (ו) v “his”

And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought [supplied: for them] many wives.

בָּנָ֜יו (ו) v “his”

And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

וּכְחֶזְקָת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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 Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

שְׁמ֥וֹ (וֹ) o “his”אִמּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.

לִבּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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

אֲבֹתָ֔יו (ו) v “his”בְנ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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.

אִמּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Ought ye not to know that Jehovah, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

וּלְבָנָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.

אֲדֹנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

Have ye not driven out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests after the manner of the peoples of [supplied: other] lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of [supplied: them that are] no gods.

יָד֜וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

וְכֹהֲנָ֛יו (ו) v “his”

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

וְעַמּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.

וּדְרָכָ֖יו (ו) v “his”וּדְבָרָ֑יו (ו) v “his”

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

אֲבֹתָ֗יו (ו) v “his”בְנ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”בְּיָמָ֛יו (ו) v “his”

And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:

אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

לְפָנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

לְפָנָ֑יו (ו) v “him”

And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, there is none besides thee to help, between the mighty and him that hath no strength: help us, O Jehovah our God; for we rely on thee, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

אֱלֹהָיו֮ (ו֮) v “his”

And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Jehovah, and before his host; and they carried away very much booty.

מַחֲנֵ֑הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

אֱלֹהָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

יָמָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

אָבִ֛יו (ו) v “his”וְקָֽדָשָׁ֖יו (ו) v “his”

And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.

מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

עֵינָ֞יו (ו) v “his”