H9003–/ב–b

And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:

בְּהַ֣ר (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.

בְּיַ֖ד (בְּ) be. “in”

Have ye not driven out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests after the manner of the peoples of [ergänzt: other] lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of [ergänzt: them that are] no gods.

בְּפַ֤ר (בְּ) be. “with”

But as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and [ergänzt: we have] priests ministering unto Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work:

בַּמְלָֽאכֶת׃ (בַּ) ba “[are] in the”

and they burn unto Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense: the showbread also [ergänzt: set they] in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but ye have forsaken him.

בַּבֹּֽקֶר־ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּבֹּ֣קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”וּבָעֶֽרֶב־ (בָ) va. “in the”בָּעֶ֣רֶב (בָּ) ba. “in the”בָּעֶ֣רֶב (בָּ) ba. “in the”בָּעֶ֔רֶב (בָּ) ba. “in the”

And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

בָרֹ֜אשׁ (בָ) va. “at the”

And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried unto Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃ (בַּ) ba. “on”

Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

בְּהָרִ֙יעַ֙ (בְּ) be. “when”

And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.

בְּיָדָֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

בָהֶ֛ם (בָ) va. “among”

Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and Jehovah smote him, and he died.

בִּימֵ֣י (בִּ) bi. “in”

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

בְּמִדְרַ֖שׁ (בְּ) be. “in”

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

בְּעִ֣יר (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיָמָ֛יו (בְּ) be. “in”

And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:

בְּעֵינֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “in”

And he built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Jehovah had given him rest.

בִּיהוּדָ֑ה (בִּ) bi. “in”בַּשָּׁנִ֣ים (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and he came unto Mareshah.

בְּחַ֙יִל֙ (בְּ) be. “with”

Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

בְּגֵ֥יא (בְּ) be. “in”

And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, there is none besides thee to help, between the mighty and him that hath no strength: help us, O Jehovah our God; for we rely on thee, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

וּבְשִׁמְךָ֣ (בְ) ve. “in”

And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of Jehovah came upon them: and they despoiled all the cities; for there was much spoil in them.

בָהֶֽם׃ (בָ) va. “in”

and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶ֣ם (בִּֽ) bi “when”

But when in their distress they turned unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

בַּצַּר־ (בַּ) ba. “when <the>”

And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in; but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

וּבָעִתִּ֣ים (בָ) va. “in the”

And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.

בְּג֖וֹי (בְּ) be. “by”בְּעִ֑יר (בְּ) be. “by”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “with”

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

בִּרְאֹתָ֕ם (בִּ) bi “when”