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But still they will become his servants, so that they may see how different my yoke is from the yoke of the kingdoms of the lands.

הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ (הָ) ha. “the”

So Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took away all the stored wealth of the house of the Lord and the king's house: he took everything away, and with the rest the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַכֹּ֖ל (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַזָּהָ֔ב (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.

הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הָרָצִ֔ים (הָ) ha. “the”הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים (הַ) ha. “who”הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הָרָצִים֙ (הָ) ha. “the”הָרָצִֽים׃ (הָ) ha. “the”

So King Rehoboam made himself strong in Jerusalem and was ruling there. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he was ruling for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the town which the Lord had made his out of all the tribes of Israel, to put

הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הָ֠עִיר (הָ֠) Ha. “the”הָֽעַמֹּנִֽית׃ (הָֽ) Ha. “the”

And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.

הָרָ֑ע (הָ) ha. “<the>”

Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not recorded in the words of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

הָרִאשֹׁנִים֙ (הָ) ha. “<the>”וְהָאֲ֣חַרוֹנִ֔ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”הַנָּבִ֛יא (הַ) ha. “the”הַחֹזֶ֖ה (הַ) ha. “the”הַיָּמִֽים׃ (הַ) hai. “the”

And Abijah went out to the fight with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand of his best men; and Jeroboam put his forces in line against him, eight hundred thousand of his best men of war.

הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה (הַ) ha. “the”

And after driving out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, have you not made priests for yourselves as the people of other lands do? so that anyone who comes to make himself priest by offering an ox or seven sheep, may be a priest

וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם (הַ) ha “the”הָאֲרָצ֔וֹת (הָ) ha. “the”הַבָּ֗א (הַ) ha. “<the>”

But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not been turned away from him; we have priests who do the work of the Lord, even the sons of Aaron and the Levites in their places;

וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם (הַ) ha “the”

By whom burned offerings and perfumes are sent up in smoke before the Lord every morning and every evening; and they put out the holy bread on its table and the gold support for the lights with its lights burning every evening; for we keep the orders giv

הַשֻּׁלְחָ֣ן (הַ) ha. “the”הַטָּה֗וֹר (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַזָּהָ֤ב (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.

הָאֱלֹהִ֧ים׀ (הָ) ha. “<the>”הַתְּרוּעָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “the”

But Jeroboam had put some of his men to make a surprise attack on them from the back, so some were facing Judah and others were stationed secretly at their back.

הַמַּאְרָ֔ב (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַמַּאְרָ֖ב (הַ) ha. “the”

And Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns.

הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (הַ) ha. “the”

And the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

וְהָאֱלֹהִ֗ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”

So at that time the children of Israel were overcome, and the children of Judah got the better of them, because they put their faith in the Lord, the God of their fathers.

הַהִ֑יא (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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

הַנָּבִ֥יא (הַ) ha. “the”

So Abijah went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David, and Asa his son became king in his place; in his time the land was quiet for ten years.

הָאָ֖רֶץ (הָ) ha. “the”

And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God;

הַטּ֣וֹב (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַיָּשָׁ֔ר (הַ) hai. “the”

For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;

הַנֵּכָ֖ר (הַ) ha. “<the>”וְהַבָּמ֑וֹת (הַ) ha. “the”הַמַּצֵּב֔וֹת (הַ) ha. “the”הָאֲשֵׁרִֽים׃ (הָ) ha. “the”

And he made Judah go after the Lord, the God of their fathers, and keep his laws and his orders.

הַתּוֹרָ֥ה (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַמִּצְוָֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

And he took away the high places and the sun-images from all the towns of Judah; and the kingdom was quiet under his rule.

הַבָּמ֖וֹת (הַ) ha. “the”הַֽחַמָּנִ֑ים (הַֽ) ha. “the”הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “the”

He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.

הָאָ֗רֶץ (הָ) ha. “the”הָאֵ֔לֶּה (הָ) ha. “<the>”

He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on

הֶעָרִ֣ים (הֶ) he. “the”הָאֵ֗לֶּה (הָ) ha. “<the>”הָאָ֜רֶץ (הָ) ha. “the”

And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.

הַכּוּשִׁ֗י (הַ) ha. “the”