H9023–הוּ–hu

Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

נָשָׁיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”וּפִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔יו (ו) v “his”

Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.

בְּאֶחָ֑יו (ו) v “his”

And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.

בָּנָ֜יו (ו) v “his”

Now when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

וּכְחֶזְקָת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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

שְׁמ֥וֹ (וֹ) o “his”אִמּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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

לִבּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David; and Abijah his son became king in his place.

אֲבֹתָ֔יו (ו) v “his”בְנ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

He was king in Jerusalem for three years; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

אִמּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Is it not clear to you that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel to David and to his sons for ever, by an agreement made with salt?

וּלְבָנָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

But Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon, the son of David, took up arms against his lord.

אֲדֹנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

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

יָד֜וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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.

וְכֹהֲנָ֛יו (ו) v “his”

And Abijah and his people put them to death with great destruction: five hundred thousand of the best of Israel were put to the sword.

וְעַמּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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

וּדְרָכָ֖יו (ו) v “his”וּדְבָרָ֑יו (ו) v “his”

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.

אֲבֹתָ֗יו (ו) v “his”בְנ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”בְּיָמָ֛יו (ו) v “his”

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

אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

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.

לְפָנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

And Asa went out against him, and they put their forces in position in the valley north of Mareshah.

לְפָנָ֑יו (ו) v “him”

And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O L

אֱלֹהָיו֮ (ו֮) v “his”

And Asa and the people who were with him went after them as far as Gerar; and so great was the destruction among the Ethiopians that they were not able to get their army together again, for they were broken before the Lord and before his army; and they t

מַחֲנֵ֑הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

And he got together all Judah and Benjamin and those of Ephraim and Manasseh and Simeon who were living with them; for numbers of them came to him out of Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

אֱלֹהָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.

יָמָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

He took into the house of God all the things which his father had made holy and those which he himself had made holy, silver and gold and vessels.

אָבִ֛יו (ו) v “his”וְקָֽדָשָׁ֖יו (ו) v “his”

Then Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and let his work come to an end.

מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.

עֵינָ֞יו (ו) v “his”