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and speaketh unto them according to the counsel of the lads, saying, `My father made your yoke heavy, and I -- I add unto it; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- with scorpions.'

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

And the king hath not hearkened unto the people, for the revolution hath been from God, for the sake of Jehovah's establishing His word that He spake by the hand of Abijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat.

בְּיַד֙ (בְּ) be. “by”

And all Israel have seen that the king hath not hearkened to them, and the people send back `to' the king, saying, `What portion have we in David? yea, there is no inheritance in a son of Jesse; each to thy tents, O Israel; now, see thy house -- David,' and all Israel go to their tents.

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

As to the sons of Israel who are dwelling in the cities of Judah -- Rehoboam reigneth over them.

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

And king Rehoboam sendeth Hadoram, who `is' over the tribute, and the sons of Israel cast at him stones, and he dieth; and king Rehoboam hath strengthened himself to go up into a chariot to flee to Jerusalem;

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

and Israel transgress against the house of David unto this day.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “against”

`Speak unto Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, and unto all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

בִּיהוּדָ֥ה (בִּ) bi. “in”

And Rehoboam dwelleth in Jerusalem, and buildeth cities for a bulwark in Judah,

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

and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, that `are' in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of bulwarks.

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

And he strengtheneth the bulwarks, and putteth in them leaders, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,

בָּהֶם֙ (בָּ) ba. “in”

and in every city and city targets and spears, and strengtheneth them very greatly; and he hath Judah and Benjamin.

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “[were] in”

And the priests, and the Levites, that `are' in all Israel, have stationed themselves by him, out of all their border,

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

And they strengthen the kingdom of Judah, and strengthen Rehoboam son of Solomon, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.

בְּדֶ֧רֶךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Rehoboam appointeth for head Abijah son of Maachah, for leader among his brethren, for to cause him to reign.

בְּאֶחָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “among”

And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, come up hath Shishak king of Egypt against Jerusalem -- because they trespassed against Jehovah --

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

with a thousand and two hundred chariots, and with sixty thousand horsemen, and there is no number to the people who have come with him out of Egypt -- Lubim, Sukkiim, and Cushim --

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

And Shemaiah the prophet hath come in unto Rehoboam and the heads of Judah who have been gathered unto Jerusalem from the presence of Shishak, and saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, Ye have forsaken Me, and also, I have left you in the hand of Shishak;'

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And when Jehovah seeth that they have been humbled, a word of Jehovah hath been unto Shemaiah, saying, `They have been humbled; I do not destroy them, and I have given to them as a little thing for an escape, and I pour not out My fury in Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak;

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

And in his being humbled, turned back from him hath the wrath of Jehovah, so as not to destroy to completion; and also, in Judah there have been good things.

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

And king Rehoboam strengtheneth himself in Jerusalem, and reigneth; for a son of forty and two years `is' Rehoboam in his reigning, and seventeen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah hath chosen to put His name there, out of all the tribes of Israel, and the name of his mother `is' Naamah the Ammonitess,

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

And the matters of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written among the matters of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogy? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam `are' all the days;

בְּדִבְרֵ֨י (בְּ) be. “in”

and Rehoboam lieth with his fathers, and is buried in the city of David, and reign doth Abijah his son in his stead.

בְּעִ֣יר (בְּ) be. “in”

In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam -- Abijah reigneth over Judah;

בִּשְׁנַ֛ת (בִּ) bi “in”

three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, (and the name of his mother `is' Michaiah daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah,) and war hath been between Abijah and Jeroboam.

בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (בִּ) bi. “in”

And Abijah directeth the war with a force of mighty men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men, and Jeroboam hath set in array with him battle, with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty of valour.

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