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If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.

בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בַּיּ֥וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.

בְּיַד֙ (בְּ) be. “by”

And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went awa

בְּדָוִ֜ד (בְּ) be. “in”בְּבֶן־ (בְּ) be. “in”

(But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.)

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.

בּ֛וֹ (בּ֛) b “<in>”בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “against”

Then Jeroboam made the town of Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim a strong place, and was living there; and from there he went out and did the same to Penuel.

בְּהַ֥ר (בְּ) be. “in”בָּ֑הּ (בָּ֑) Ba “in”

And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will go back to the family of David:

בְּלִבּ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

If the people go up to make offerings in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, their heart will be turned again to their lord, to Rehoboam, king of Judah; and they will put me to death and go back to Rehoboam, king of Judah.

בְּבֵית־ (בְּ) be. “in”בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.

בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּדָֽן׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Jeroboam gave orders for a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is kept in Judah, and he went up to the altar. And in the same way, in Beth-el, he gave offerings to the oxen which he had made, placing in

בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּחֲמִשָּֽׁה־ (בַּ) ba. “on”בִּיהוּדָ֗ה (בִּ) bi. “[was] in”בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”

He went up to the altar he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the month fixed by him at his pleasure; and he gave orders for a feast for the people of Israel, and went up to the altar, and there he made the smoke of his offerin

בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה (בַּ) ba. “on”בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Then a man of God came from Judah by the order of the Lord to Beth-el, where Jeroboam was by the altar, burning offerings.

בִּדְבַ֥ר (בִּ) bi “by”

And by the order of the Lord he made an outcry against the altar, saying, O altar, altar, the Lord has said, From the seed of David will come a child, named Josiah, and on you he will put to death the priests of the high places, who are burning offerings

בִּדְבַ֣ר (בִּ) bi “by”

The same day he gave them a sign, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has given: See, the altar will be broken and the burned waste on it overturned.

בַּיּ֨וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

Then the king, hearing the man of God crying out against the altar at Beth-el, put out his hand from the altar, saying, Take him prisoner. And his hand, stretched out against him, became dead, and he had no power of pulling it back.

בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “at”

And the altar was broken and the burned waste on it overturned; this was the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.

בִּדְבַ֥ר (בִּ) bi “by”

Then the king made answer and said to the man of God, Make a prayer now for the grace of the Lord your God, and for me, that my hand may be made well. And in answer to the prayer of the man of God, the king's hand was made well again, as it was before.

כְּבָרִֽאשֹׁנָֽה׃ (בָ) va. “at the”

But the man of God said to the king, Even if you gave me half of all you have, I would not go in with you, and I would not take food or a drink of water in this place;

בַּמָּק֖וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”

For so I was ordered by the word of the Lord, who said, You are not to take food or a drink of water, and you are not to go back the way you came.

בִּדְבַ֤ר (בִּ) bi “by”בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “by the”

So he went another way, and not by the way he came to Beth-el.

בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ (בְּ) be. “by”בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “by the”בָ֖הּ (בָ֖) va “by”

Now there was an old prophet living in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and gave him word of all the man of God had done that day in Beth-el, and they gave their father an account of the words he had said to the king.

בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “in”

But he said, I may not go back with you or go into your house; and I will not take food or a drink of water with you in this place;

בַּמָּק֖וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”