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And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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

So the king hearkened not to the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

בְּיַד֙ (בְּ) be. “by”

And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thy own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

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

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

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get into his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

ב֧וֹ (ב֧) v “<in>”בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “against”

Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

בִּיהוּדָ֥ה (בִּ) bi. “in”

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

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בִּיהוּדָֽה׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

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

בִּיהוּדָ֖ה (בִּ) bi. “[were] in”וּבְבִנְיָמִ֑ן (בְ) ve. “in”

And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of provisions, and of oil and wine.

בָּהֶם֙ (בָּ) ba. “in”

And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “[were] in”

And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him from all their borders.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

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

בְּדֶ֧רֶךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

בְּאֶחָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “among”

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

בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּיהוָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “against”

With twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Cushites.

בְּאֶ֤לֶף (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים (בְ) ve. “with”

Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were assembled at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”

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

וּבִרְא֤וֹת (בִ) vi “when”בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (בִּ) bi. “on”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “by”

And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.

וּבְהִכָּֽנְע֗וֹ (בְ) ve. “when”בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה (בִּֽ) bi. “in”

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

בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בְּמָלְכ֜וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (בִּֽ) bi. “in”

Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

בְּדִבְרֵ֨י (בְּ) be. “in”

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

בְּעִ֣יר (בְּ) be. “in”

Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

בִּשְׁנַ֛ת (בִּ) bi “in”

He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valor.

בְּחַ֙יִל֙ (בְּ) be. “with”בִּשְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה (בִּ) bi “with”