H9001–/וַ–v

And all Israel saw that the king hearkened not to them; and the people answered the king saying, What portion have we in David? and [ergänzt: we have] no inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel. Now see to thine own house, David! And all Israel went to their tents.

וַיָּשִׁ֣יבוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the levy; but the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. And king Rehoboam hastened to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְגְּמוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹ֑ת (וַ) va “and”

And Israel rebelled against the house of David, unto this day.

וַיִּפְשְׁע֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem; and he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men apt for war, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּקְהֵל֩ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

Thus saith Jehovah: Go not up, nor fight with your brethren; return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. And they hearkened to the words of Jehovah, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֧בֶן (וַ) va “and”

And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

וַיִּ֧בֶן (וַ) va “and”

And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and of oil and wine;

וַיְחַזֵּ֖ק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”

and in every several city, targets and spears, and made them exceedingly strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.

וַֽיְחַזְּקֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”

for the Levites left their suburbs and their possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from exercising the priesthood to Jehovah;

וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and he ordained for himself priests for the high places, and for the he-goats and for the calves that he had made.

וַיַּֽעֲמֶד־ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַֽיְחַזְּקוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיְאַמְּצ֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Rehoboam took Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David as wife, [ergänzt: and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ (וַ) va “and”

And she bore him children: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

וַתֵּ֥לֶד (וַ) va. “and”

And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

וַתֵּ֣לֶד (וַ) va. “and”

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֗וֹלֶד (וַ) va “and”

And Rehoboam established Abijah the son of Maachah at the head, to be ruler among his brethren; for [ergänzt: he thought] to make him king.

וַיַּֽעֲמֵ֨ד (וַ) va “and”

And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities; and he gave them food in abundance. And he desired [ergänzt: for them] a multitude of wives.

וַיָּבֶן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְרֹ֨ץ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאַ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, because they had transgressed against Jehovah, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”

And he took the fortified cities that belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

וַיִּלְכֹּ֛ד (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and [ergänzt: to] the princes of Judah that had gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus saith Jehovah: Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.

וַיִּכָּנְע֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”