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Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ (הָ) ha. “the”

And Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he took away all; and he took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made.

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

And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the couriers who kept the entrance of the king's house.

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

And it was so, that as often as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the couriers came and fetched them, and brought them again into the chamber of the couriers.

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

And king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

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

And he did evil, for he applied not his heart to seek Jehovah.

הָרָ֑ע (הָ) ha. “<the>”

And the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the words of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, in the genealogical registers? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

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

And Abijah began the war with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty men of valour.

הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה (הַ) ha. “the”

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.

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

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:

וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם (הַ) ha “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.

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

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

But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; and they were before Judah, and the ambush behind them.

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

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

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.

וְהָאֱלֹהִ֗ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”

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.

הַהִ֑יא (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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

הַנָּבִ֥יא (הַ) ha. “the”

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.

הָאָ֖רֶץ (הָ) ha. “the”

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

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

and he took away the altars of the strange [ergänzt: gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;

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

and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment.

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

And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.

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

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.

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

And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; for we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. And they built and prospered.

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

הַכּוּשִׁ֗י (הַ) ha. “the”