H9002–/וְ–v

and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְבִנְיָמִ֑ן (וּ) u. “and”

He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine.

וְאֹצְר֥וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֶׁ֥מֶן (וְ) ve. “and”וָיָֽיִן׃ (וָ) va. “and”

In every city [ergänzt: he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וָעִיר֙ (וָ) va. “and”וּרְמָחִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ (וּ) u. “and”

The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border.

וְהַכֹּהֲנִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”

For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office to Yahweh;

וַאֲחֻזָּתָ֔ם (וַ) va. “and”וְלִֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנָ֔יו (וּ) u. “and”

and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the male goats, and for the calves which he had made.

וְלַשְּׂעִירִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָעֲגָלִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וּשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

and she bore him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

וְאַחֲרֶ֣יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

וּפִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔יו (וּ) u. “and”וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמוֹנָ֛ה (וּ) u. “and”וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in abundance. He sought [ergänzt: for them] many wives.

וּבִנְיָמִ֗ן (וּ) u. “and”

It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.

וּכְחֶזְקָת֔וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen. The people were without number who came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.

וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְכוּשִֽׁים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus says Yahweh, You have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה (וּֽ) u. “and”וְשָׂרֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַף־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Yahweh is righteous.

וְהַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

וּבִרְא֤וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

וְיֵדְעוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וַעֲבוֹדַ֖ת (וַ) va. “and”

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king's house: he took all away: he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

When he humbled himself, the wrath of Yahweh turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things [ergänzt: found].

וּבְהִכָּֽנְע֗וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

וְאַחַ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽשֲׁבַ֨ע (וּֽ) u. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, aren't they written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

וְדִבְרֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאֲ֣חַרוֹנִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִדּ֥וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִלְחֲמ֧וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְיָרָבְעָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִלְחָמָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבֵ֥ין (וּ) u. “and”