H9005–/ל–l

And by the order of the Lord he made an outcry against the altar, saying, O altar, altar, the Lord has said, From the seed of David will come a child, named Josiah, and on you he will put to death the priests of the high places, who are burning offerings

לְבֵית־ (לְ) le. “to”

The same day he gave them a sign, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has given: See, the altar will be broken and the burned waste on it overturned.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Then the king, hearing the man of God crying out against the altar at Beth-el, put out his hand from the altar, saying, Take him prisoner. And his hand, stretched out against him, became dead, and he had no power of pulling it back.

לֵאמֹ֣ר׀ (לֵ) le. “<to>”לַהֲשִׁיבָ֥הּ (לַ) la. “to”

And the king said to the man of God, Come with me to my house for food and rest, and I will give you a reward.

לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to”

But the man of God said to the king, Even if you gave me half of all you have, I would not go in with you, and I would not take food or a drink of water in this place;

לִי֙ (לִ) l “to”

For so I was ordered by the word of the Lord, who said, You are not to take food or a drink of water, and you are not to go back the way you came.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Now there was an old prophet living in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and gave him word of all the man of God had done that day in Beth-el, and they gave their father an account of the words he had said to the king.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to”לַאֲבִיהֶֽם׃ (לַ) la. “to”

So the prophet said to his sons, Make ready an ass for me. So they made an ass ready, and he got on it,

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “for”ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “for”

But he said, I may not go back with you or go into your house; and I will not take food or a drink of water with you in this place;

לָשׁ֥וּב (לָ) la. “to”וְלָב֣וֹא (לָ) la. “to”

For the Lord said to me, You are not to take food or water there, or go back again by the way you came.

לָלֶ֔כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

Then he said to him, I am a prophet like you; and an angel said to me by the word of the Lord, Take him back with you and give him food and water. But he said false words to him.

ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “to”לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to”

And crying out to the man of God who came from Judah, he said, The Lord says, Because you have gone against the voice of the Lord, and have not done as you were ordered by the Lord,

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Now after the meal he made ready the ass for him, for the prophet whom he had taken back.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “for”לַנָּבִ֖יא (לַ) la. “for the”

Then the prophet who had made him come back, hearing it, said, It is the man of God, who went against the word of the Lord; that is why the Lord has given him to the lion to be wounded to death, as the Lord said.

לָאַרְיֵ֗ה (לָ) la. “to the”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to”

And he said to his sons, Make ready the ass for me. And they did so.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “for”

Then the prophet took up the body of the man of God and put it on the ass and took it back; and he came to the town to put the body to rest with weeping.

לִסְפֹּ֖ד (לִ) li “to”וּלְקָבְרֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And when he had put it to rest, he said to his sons, When I am dead, then you are to put my body into the earth with the body of this man of God, and put me by his bones so that my bones may be kept safe with his bones.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And this became a sin in the family of Jeroboam, causing it to be cut off and sent to destruction from the face of the earth.

לְחַטַּ֖את (לְ) le. “<into>”וּלְהַכְחִיד֙ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְהַשְׁמִ֔יד (לְ) le. “to”

And Jeroboam said to his wife, Now come, put on different clothing so that you may not seem to be the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; see, Ahijah is there, the prophet who said I would be king over this people.

לְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ (לְ) le. “to”לְמֶ֖לֶךְ (לְ) le. “to”

And take with you ten cakes of bread and dry cakes and a pot of honey, and go to him: he will give you word of what is to become of the child.

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to”לַנָּֽעַר׃ (לַ) la. “to the”

So Jeroboam's wife did so, and got up and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah was unable to see, because he was very old.

לִרְא֔וֹת (לִ) li “to”

And the Lord had said to Ahijah, The wife of Jeroboam is coming to get news from you about her son, who is ill; give her such and such an answer; for she will make herself seem to be another woman.

לִדְרֹשׁ֩ (לִ) li “to”

Then Ahijah, hearing the sound of her footsteps coming in at the door, said, Come in, O wife of Jeroboam; why do you make yourself seem like another? for I am sent to you with bitter news.

לָ֣מָּה (לָ֣) La. “<to>”

Go, say to Jeroboam, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: Though I took you from among the people, lifting you up to be a ruler over my people Israel,

לְיָרָבְעָ֗ם (לְ) le. “to”

And took the kingdom away by force from the seed of David and gave it to you, you have not been like my servant David, who kept my orders, and was true to me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to”לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת (לַ) la. “to”