H9023–הוּ–hu

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

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

And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

בְּאֶחָ֑יו (ו) v “his”

And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

בָּנָ֜יו (ו) v “his”

And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.

וּכְחֶזְקָת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD 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, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

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. His mother's name also 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 the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

וּלְבָנָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.

אֲדֹנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

יָד֜וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

וְכֹהֲנָ֛יו (ו) v “his”

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so 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 story of the prophet Iddo.

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

So 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 that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:

אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

לְפָנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

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

לְפָנָ֑יו (ו) v “him”

And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee.

אֱלֹהָיו֮ (ו֮) v “his”

And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

מַחֲנֵ֑הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, 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: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

יָמָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that 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 it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

עֵינָ֞יו (ו) v “his”