H9002–/וְ–v

And Abijah went out to the fight with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand of his best men; and Jeroboam put his forces in line against him, eight hundred thousand of his best men of war.

וְיָרָבְעָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abijah took up his position on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Give ear to me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Is it not clear to you that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel to David and to his sons for ever, by an agreement made with salt?

וּלְבָנָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”

And certain foolish and good-for-nothing men were joined with him, and made themselves strong against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and untested and not able to keep them back.

וּרְחַבְעָ֗ם (וּ) u. “and”וְרַךְ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And now it is your purpose to put yourselves against the authority which the Lord has put into the hands of the sons of David, and you are a very great number, and you have with you the gold oxen which Jeroboam made to be your gods.

וְעַתָּ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִמָּכֶם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And after driving out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, have you not made priests for yourselves as the people of other lands do? so that anyone who comes to make himself priest by offering an ox or seven sheep, may be a priest

וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵילִ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not been turned away from him; we have priests who do the work of the Lord, even the sons of Aaron and the Levites in their places;

וַאֲנַ֛חְנוּ (וַ) va. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֹ֨הֲנִ֜ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

By whom burned offerings and perfumes are sent up in smoke before the Lord every morning and every evening; and they put out the holy bread on its table and the gold support for the lights with its lights burning every evening; for we keep the orders giv

וּמַקְטִרִ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבָעֶֽרֶב־ (וּ) u. “and”וּקְטֹֽרֶת־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמַעֲרֶ֨כֶת (וּ) u. “and”וּמְנוֹרַ֨ת (וּ) u. “and”וְנֵרֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתֶּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.

וְהִנֵּה֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֹהֲנָ֛יו (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲצֹצְר֥וֹת (וַ) va. “and”

But Jeroboam had put some of his men to make a surprise attack on them from the back, so some were facing Judah and others were stationed secretly at their back.

וְיָֽרָבְעָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמַּאְרָ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns.

וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָח֔וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

וְהָאֱלֹהִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וִיהוּדָֽה׃ (וִ) vi. “and”

And Abijah and his people put them to death with great destruction: five hundred thousand of the best of Israel were put to the sword.

וְעַמּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abijah went after Jeroboam and took some of his towns, Beth-el with its small towns and Jeshanah with its small towns and Ephron with its small towns.

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

And Jeroboam did not get back his power again in the life-time of Abijah; and the Lord sent death on him.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְשֵׁ֥שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְרָכָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”וּדְבָרָ֑יו (וּ) u. “and”

And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God;

וְהַיָּשָׁ֔ר (וְ) ve. “and”

For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;

וְהַבָּמ֑וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

And he made Judah go after the Lord, the God of their fathers, and keep his laws and his orders.

וְלַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמִּצְוָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he took away the high places and the sun-images from all the towns of Judah; and the kingdom was quiet under his rule.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.

וְאֵין־ (וְ) ve. “and”

He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on

וְנָסֵ֨ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִגְדָּלִים֮ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְרִיחִים֒ (וּ) u. “and”

And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men of Judah armed with body-covers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand of Benjamin armed with body-covers and bows; all these were men of war.

וָרֹמַח֒ (וָ) va. “and”וּמִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן (וּ) u. “and”וְדֹ֣רְכֵי (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמוֹנִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.

וּמַרְכָּב֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”