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And Abijah stood up on the top of mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam, and all Israel!

בְּהַ֣ר (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

And now ye think to shew yourselves strong against the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and ye have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made you for gods.

בְּיַ֖ד (בְּ) be. “in”

Have ye not cast out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests as the peoples of the lands? whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, he becomes a priest of what is not God.

בְּפַ֤ר (בְּ) be. “with”

But as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests that serve Jehovah are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites are at their work:

בַּמְלָֽאכֶת׃ (בַּ) ba “[are] in the”

and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense; the loaves also are set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps 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, we have God with us at our head, and his priests, and the loud-sounding trumpets to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

בָרֹ֜אשׁ (בָ) va. “at the”

And Judah looked back, and behold, they had the battle in front and behind; and they cried to Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃ (בַּ) ba. “on”

And 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; and there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

בָהֶ֛ם (בָ) va. “among”

And the children of Israel were humbled at that time, and the children of Judah were strengthened, because they relied upon Jehovah the God of their fathers.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

And Jeroboam did not 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 treatise of the prophet Iddo.

בְּמִדְרַ֖שׁ (בְּ) be. “in”

And 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 what was good and right in the sight of Jehovah his God;

בְּעֵינֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “in”

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

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

And Zerah the Ethiopian came out against him with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.

בְּחַ֙יִל֙ (בְּ) be. “with”

And Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

בְּגֵ֥יא (בְּ) be. “in”

And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. 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 terror of Jehovah came upon them; and they spoiled all the cities, for there was very much spoil in them.

בָהֶֽם׃ (בָ) va. “in”

And he went out to meet Asa, and said to 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 in their trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found of them.

בַּצַּר־ (בַּ) ba. “when <the>”

And in those times there [ergänzt: was] no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in, but great disturbances were amongst all the inhabitants of the countries.

וּבָעִתִּ֣ים (בָ) va. “in the”

And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.

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

And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

בִּרְאֹתָ֕ם (בִּ) bi “when”