H9023–הוּ–hu

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

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

And Rehoboam established Abijah the son of Maachah at the head, to be ruler among his brethren; for [ergänzt: he thought] to make him king.

בְּאֶחָ֑יו (ו) v “his”

And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities; and he gave them food in abundance. And he desired [ergänzt: for them] a multitude of wives.

בָּנָ֜יו (ו) v “his”

And it came to pass when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and when he had become strong, [ergänzt: that] he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

וּכְחֶזְקָת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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.

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

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

לִבּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

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

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

אִמּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Ought ye not to know that Jehovah the God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, to him and to his sons [ergänzt: by] a covenant of salt?

וּלְבָנָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

But Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord.

אֲדֹנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

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.

יָד֜וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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.

וְכֹהֲנָ֛יו (ו) v “his”

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; and there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

וְעַמּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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

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

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.

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

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

אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

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

לְפָנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

And Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

לְפָנָ֑יו (ו) v “him”

And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

אֱלֹהָיו֮ (ו֮) v “his”

And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerar; and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that none of them was left alive; for they were crushed before Jehovah and before his army. And they carried away very much spoil.

מַחֲנֵ֑הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

אֱלֹהָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.

יָמָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

And he brought into the house of God the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

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

And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.

מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

עֵינָ֞יו (ו) v “his”