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And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

וַיֶּאֱסֹ֣ף (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּנְחֵם֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

וַֽ֠תַּעֲלֶה (וַֽ֠) Va. “and”וַתֵּצֵ֨א (וַ) va. “and”

He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּטּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Milcom, the disgusting god of the Ammonites.

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not walking in the Lord's ways with all his heart as David his father did.

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had twice come to him in a vision;

וַיִּתְאַנַּ֥ף (וַ) va “and”

And had given him orders about this very thing, that he was not to go after other gods; but he did not keep the orders of the Lord.

וְצִוָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept my agreement and my laws, which I gave you, I will take the kingdom away from you by force and will give it to your servant.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּנְתַתִּ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”

So the Lord sent Hadad the Edomite to make trouble for Solomon: he was of the king's seed in Edom.

וַיָּ֨קֶם (וַ) va “and”

And when David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the captain of the army, had gone to put the dead into the earth, and had put to death every male in Edom;

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

Hadad, being still a young boy, went in flight to Egypt, with certain Edomites, servants of his father;

וַיִּבְרַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”

And they went on from Midian and came to Paran; and, taking men from Paran with them, they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who gave him a house and gave orders for his food and gave him land.

וַיָּקֻ֙מוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְחוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

Now Hadad was very pleasing to Pharaoh, so that he gave him the sister of his wife, Tahpenes the queen, for his wife.

וַיִּמְצָא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

And the sister of Tahpenes had a son by him, Genubath, whom Tahpenes took care of in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was living in Pharaoh's house among Pharaoh's sons.

וַתֵּ֨לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּגְמְלֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

Now when Hadad had news in Egypt that David had been put to rest with his fathers, and that Joab, the captain of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, Send me back to my country.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But Pharaoh said to him, What have you been short of while you have been with me, that you are desiring to go back to your country? And he said, Nothing; but even so, send me back.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (וַ) va “and”

And God sent another trouble-maker, Rezon, the son of Eliada, who had gone in flight from his lord, Hadadezer, king of Zobah:

וַיָּ֨קֶם (וַ) va “and”

He got some men together and made himself captain of a band of outlaws; and went to Damascus and became king there.

וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּמְלְכ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

He was a trouble to Israel all through the days of Solomon. And this is the damage Hadad did: he was cruel to Israel while he was ruler over Edom.

וַיְהִ֨י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙קָץ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And there was Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother was Zeruah, a widow; and his hand was lifted up against the king.

וַיָּ֥רֶם (וַ) va “and”

And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man; and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.

וַיַּ֨רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיַּפְקֵ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

Now at that time, when Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite came across him on the road; now Ahijah had put on a new robe; and the two of them were by themselves in the open country.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּמְצָ֣א (וַ) va “and”

And Ahijah took his new robe in his hands, parting it violently into twelve.

וַיִּתְפֹּ֣שׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֨קְרָעֶ֔הָ (וַ) va “and”