H9005–/ל–l

And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will

לִשְׁמ֤וֹר (לִ) li “by”לְךָ֤ (לְ) le. “for”לְדָוִ֔ד (לְ) le. “for”לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to”

And Solomon was looking for a chance to put Jeroboam to death; but he went in flight to Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt, and was in Egypt till the death of Solomon.

לְהָמִ֣ית (לְ) le. “to”

And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,

לְהַמְלִ֥יךְ (לְ) le. “to”

And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “<to>”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְהָשִׁ֥יב (לְ) le. “to”

And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָעָ֤ם (לָ) la. “of the”לְךָ֛ (לְ) le. “of”

But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him:

לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less? say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

לֵאמֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָעָ֣ם (לָ) la. “to the”לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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

לֵאמֹ֡ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָּנוּ֩ (לָּ) la. “[belongs] to <the>”לְאֹהָלֶ֙יךָ֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לַעֲל֣וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לָנ֖וּס (לָ) la. “to”

Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.

לְבַדּֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he got together all the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon.

לְהִלָּחֵם֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְהָשִׁיב֙ (לְ) le. “to”לִרְחַבְעָ֖ם (לִ) li “to”

But the word of God came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the men of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people:

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers, the children of Israel; go back, every man to his house, because this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the word of the Lord, and went back, as the Lord had said.

לְבֵית֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”לָלֶ֖כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

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

לְבֵ֥ית (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לַעֲשׂ֨וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

לָכֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for”

And this became a sin in Israel; for the people went to give worship to the one at Beth-el, and to the other at Dan.

לְחַטָּ֑את (לְ) le. “<into>”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

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

לַחֹ֜דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”לְזַבֵּ֖חַ (לְ) le. “to”לָעֲגָלִ֣ים (לָ) la. “to the”

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

לִבְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “for”לְהַקְטִֽיר׃ (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לְהַקְטִֽיר׃ (לְ) le. “to”