2 Chronicles 11

Rehoboam assembles 180,000 warriors to reclaim the northern tribes, but the prophet Shemaiah delivers YHWH's word commanding him to abandon the military campaign, recognizing the kingdom's division as God's will.[1][2] Following this obedience, Rehoboam fortifies strategic cities in Judah and Benjamin, and priests and Levites from the north migrate to Judah, strengthening his kingdom as Jeroboam leads the northern tribes into religious apostasy.[1][5]

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Verse 1
וַ/יָּבֹ֣א 𐤅/𐤉𐤁𐤀 vayavo and came and he came and he came HC/Vqw3ms רְחַבְעָם֮ 𐤓𐤇𐤁𐤏𐤌 rechaveam Rehoboam People-Has-Expanded Rechaveam HNp יְרוּשָׁלִַם֒ 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 yerushalaim to Jerusalem Foundation of Wholeness Yerushalam HNp וַ/יַּקְהֵל֩ 𐤅/𐤉𐤒𐤄𐤋 vayaqehel and he assembled and he convened and he assembled HC/Vhw3ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et direct object marker object-marker [·] HTo בֵּ֨ית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt house house-of house of HNcmsc יְהוּדָ֜ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah of Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah HNp וּ/בִנְיָמִ֗ן 𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌𐤍 uvineyamin and Benjamin and Son-of-the-Right-Hand and Bineyamin HC/Np מֵאָ֨ה 𐤌𐤀𐤄 meah a hundred one hundred one hundred HAcbsa וּ/שְׁמוֹנִ֥ים 𐤅/𐤔𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤉𐤌 ushemonim and eighty and eighty and eighty HC/Acbpa אֶ֛לֶף 𐤀𐤋𐤐 elef thousand thousand-unit thousand-unit HAcbsa בָּח֖וּר 𐤁𐤇𐤅𐤓 bachur chosen chosen one chosen one HVqsmsa עֹשֵׂ֣ה 𐤏𐤔𐤄 oseh men who were doer doer HVqrmsc מִלְחָמָ֑ה 𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 milechamah warriors armed conflict battle HNcfsa לְ/הִלָּחֵם֙ 𐤋/𐤄𐤋𐤇𐤌 lehilachem to fight to engage in battle to engage in battle HR/VNc עִם 𐤏𐤌 im against if / whether with HR יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp לְ/הָשִׁ֥יב 𐤋/𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁 lehashiv to restore to cause to return to cause to return HR/Vhc אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 direct object marker object-marker [·] HTo הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֖ה 𐤄/𐤌𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤄 hamamelakhah the kingdom the royal dominion the kingdom HTd/Ncfsa לִ/רְחַבְעָֽם 𐤋/𐤓𐤇𐤁𐤏𐤌 lirechaveam to Rehoboam to People-Enlarged to Rechaveam HR/Np
Verse 4
כֹּ֣ה 𐤊𐤄 koh thus in this manner thus HD אָמַ֣ר 𐤀𐤌𐤓 amar says he said he said HVqp3ms יְהוָ֡ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp לֹא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not not HTn תַעֲלוּ֩ 𐤕𐤏𐤋𐤅 taalu Aleya (Bemba) go up you shall cause to ascend you shall go up HVqi2mp וְ/לֹא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and-not and not and not HC/Tn תִלָּ֨חֲמ֜וּ 𐤕𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤅 tilachamu fight you will wage war you will fight HVNi2mp עִם 𐤏𐤌 im with if / whether with HR אֲחֵי/כֶ֗ם 𐤀𐤇𐤉/𐤊𐤌 acheykhem your brothers your brothers your brothers HNcmpc/Sp2mp שׁ֚וּבוּ 𐤔𐤅𐤁𐤅 shuvu return Turn back! Return! HVqv2mp אִ֣ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish man man man HNcmsa לְ/בֵית֔/וֹ 𐤋/𐤁𐤉𐤕/𐤅 leveyto to his house to his house to his house HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms כִּ֧י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC מֵֽ/אִתִּ֛/י 𐤌/𐤀𐤕/𐤉 meiti from me from beside me from me HR/R/Sp1cs נִהְיָ֖ה 𐤍𐤄𐤉𐤄 niheyah has happened came to be has come to pass HVNp3ms הַ/דָּבָ֣ר 𐤄/𐤃𐤁𐤓 hadavar Ndaba (Zulu) the thing the spoken-matter the word HTd/Ncmsa הַ/זֶּ֑ה 𐤄/𐤆𐤄 hazeh this this one this HTd/Pdxms וַֽ/יִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤅 vayishemeu and they listened and they heard and they heard HC/Vqw3mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] object-marker [·] HTo דִּבְרֵ֣י 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉 diverey Ndaba (Zulu) words of words of words of HNcmpc יְהוָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp וַ/יָּשֻׁ֖בוּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤅 vayashuvu and they returned and they turned back and they returned HC/Vqw3mp מִ/לֶּ֥כֶת 𐤌/𐤋𐤊𐤕 milekhet from going from going from going HR/Vqc אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward to HR יָרָבְעָֽם 𐤉𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤌 yaraveam Jeroboam People-Contends Yarveam HNp
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כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for/because HC עָזְב֣וּ 𐤏𐤆𐤁𐤅 azevu left they abandoned they abandoned HVqp3cp הַ/לְוִיִּ֗ם 𐤄/𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 haleviyim the Levites the Levites the Leviyim HTd/Ngmpa אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] object-marker [·] HTo מִגְרְשֵׁי/הֶם֙ 𐤌𐤂𐤓𐤔𐤉/𐤄𐤌 migeresheyhem their pasturelands their outlying pasture-lands their outlying pasture-lands HNcmpc/Sp3mp וַ/אֲחֻזָּתָ֔/ם 𐤅/𐤀𐤇𐤆𐤕/𐤌 vaachuzatam and their possessions and their hereditary landholding and their hereditary landholding HC/Ncfsc/Sp3mp וַ/יֵּלְכ֥וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤋𐤊𐤅 vayelekhu and came they went and they went HC/Vqw3mp לִ/יהוּדָ֖ה 𐤋/𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 lihudah to Judah to Yah-is-praised to Yehudah HR/Np וְ/לִֽ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם 𐤅/𐤋/𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 velirushalaim and to Jerusalem and to Jerusalem and to Yerushalam HC/R/Np כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki-2 for for/because for/because HC הִזְנִיחָ֤/ם 𐤄𐤆𐤍𐤉𐤇/𐤌 hizenicham had rejected them He cast them aside He cast them aside HVhp3ms/Sp3mp יָֽרָבְעָם֙ 𐤉𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤌 yaraveam Jeroboam People-Contends Yarveam HNp וּ/בָנָ֔י/ו 𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤉/𐤅 uvanayv Bene (Bemba) and his sons his sons his sons HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms מִ/כַּהֵ֖ן 𐤌/𐤊𐤄𐤍 mikahen from serving as priests from serving as priest from serving as priest HR/Vpc לַ/יהוָֽה 𐤋/𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 layhvah Nyambe (Lozi) to the LORD to Yahweh to Yahweh HR/Np
Verse 16
וְ/אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֗ם 𐤅/𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉/𐤄𐤌 veachareyhem and after them and behind them and after them HC/R/Sp3mp מִ/כֹּל֙ 𐤌/𐤊𐤋 mikol kila (Swahili) from all from the whole of from all HR/Ncmsc שִׁבְטֵ֣י 𐤔𐤁𐤈𐤉 shivetey tribes rods-of / tribal-branches-of tribes of HNcmpc יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp הַ/נֹּֽתְנִים֙ 𐤄/𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤌 hanotenim the giving the ones giving the ones giving HTd/Vqrmpa אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et direct object marker object-marker [·] HTo לְבָבָ֔/ם 𐤋𐤁𐤁/𐤌 levavam their heart their inner core their heart HNcmsc/Sp3mp לְ/בַקֵּ֕שׁ 𐤋/𐤁𐤒𐤔 levaqesh to seek to earnestly seek to earnestly seek HR/Vpc אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 direct object marker object-marker [·] HTo יְהוָ֖ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp אֱלֹהֵ֣י 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 elohey Mulimu (Lozi) God mighty ones of Elohim of HNcmpc יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael-2 Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp בָּ֚אוּ 𐤁𐤀𐤅 bau came they came they came HVqp3cp יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 yerushalaim to Jerusalem Foundation of Wholeness Yerushalam HNp לִ/זְבּ֕וֹחַ 𐤋/𐤆𐤁𐤅𐤇 lizebocha to sacrifice to slaughter for sacrifice to sacrifice HR/Vqc לַ/יהוָ֖ה 𐤋/𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 layhvah Nyambe (Lozi) to the LORD to Yahweh to Yahweh HR/Np אֱלֹהֵ֥י 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 elohey-2 Mulimu (Lozi) God mighty ones of Elohim of HNcmpc אֲבוֹתֵי/הֶֽם 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉/𐤄𐤌 avoteyhem of their fathers their fathers their fathers HNcmpc/Sp3mp
Verse 17
וַֽ/יְחַזְּקוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤇𐤆𐤒𐤅 vayechazequ kosa (Bemba (Zambia)) and they strengthened and they strongly strengthened and they strongly strengthened HC/Vpw3mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et the object-marker [·] HTo מַלְכ֣וּת 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤅𐤕 malekhut kingdom kingship of kingdom of HNcfsc יְהוּדָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah of Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah HNp וַֽ/יְאַמְּצ֛וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤑𐤅 vayeametsu amaka (Bemba) and they supported and they strengthened and they supported HC/Vpw3mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 [the] object-marker [·] HTo רְחַבְעָ֥ם 𐤓𐤇𐤁𐤏𐤌 rechaveam Rehoboam People-Has-Expanded Rechaveam HNp בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben Bene (Bemba) son son son HNcmsc שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה 𐤔𐤋𐤌𐤄 shelomoh of Solomon Peaceful-one Shelomoh HNp לְ/שָׁנִ֣ים 𐤋/𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 leshanim for years for years for years HR/Ncfpa שָׁל֑וֹשׁ 𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤔 shalosh three three three HAcfsa כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC הָֽלְכ֗וּ 𐤄𐤋𐤊𐤅 halekhu they walked they walked they walked HVqp3cp בְּ/דֶ֧רֶךְ 𐤁/𐤃𐤓𐤊 bederekhe in the way in a path in a way HR/Ncbsc דָּוִ֛יד 𐤃𐤅𐤉𐤃 david of David David David HNp וּ/שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה 𐤅/𐤔𐤋𐤌𐤄 ushelomoh and Solomon and Shlomo (Peaceful-One) and Shelomoh HC/Np לְ/שָׁנִ֥ים 𐤋/𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 leshanim-2 for years for years for years HR/Ncfpa שָׁלֽוֹשׁ 𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤔 shalosh-2 three three three HAcfsa
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Verse 21
וַ/יֶּאֱהַ֨ב 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤄𐤁 vayeehav hɔ̃ (Ewe (Gbe)) and loved and he loved and he loved HC/Vqw3ms רְחַבְעָ֜ם 𐤓𐤇𐤁𐤏𐤌 rechaveam Rehoboam People-Has-Expanded Rechaveam HNp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et direct object marker object-marker [·] HTo מַעֲכָ֣ה 𐤌𐤏𐤊𐤄 maakhah Maacah Maakah (Pressed-Place) Maakhah HNp בַת 𐤁𐤕 vat daughter-of daughter daughter HNcfsc אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם 𐤀𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 aveshalom Absalom Father is Peace Avishalom HNp מִ/כָּל 𐤌/𐤊𐤋 mikal kila (Swahili) above all from the entirety of from all HR/Ncmsc נָשָׁי/ו֙ 𐤍𐤔𐤉/𐤅 nashayv his wives his women his women HNcfpc/Sp3ms וּ/פִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔י/ו 𐤅/𐤐𐤉𐤋𐤂𐤔𐤉/𐤅 ufilageshayv and his concubines and his concubines and his concubines HC/Ncfpc/Sp3ms כִּ֠י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC נָשִׁ֤ים 𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 nashim wives women women HNcfpa שְׁמוֹנֶֽה 𐤔𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤄 shemoneh eighteen eight eight HAcfsa עֶשְׂרֵה֙ 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤄 esereh ten -esreh teen-suffix -esreh teen-suffix HAcfsa נָשָׂ֔א 𐤍𐤔𐤀 nasa he took he lifted he lifted HVqp3ms וּ/פִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים 𐤅/𐤐𐤉𐤋𐤂𐤔𐤉𐤌 ufilageshim and concubines and concubines and concubines HC/Ncfpa שִׁשִּׁ֑ים 𐤔𐤔𐤉𐤌 shishim sixty sixty sixty HAcbpa וַ/יּ֗וֹלֶד 𐤅/𐤉𐤅𐤋𐤃 vayoled fyala (Bemba) and fathered and he begot and he fathered HC/Vhw3ms עֶשְׂרִ֧ים 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 eserim twenty twenty twenty HAcbpa וּ/שְׁמוֹנָ֛ה 𐤅/𐤔𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤄 ushemonah and eight and eight and eight HC/Acmsa בָּנִ֖ים 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 banim Bene (Bemba) sons sons sons HNcmpa וְ/שִׁשִּׁ֥ים 𐤅/𐤔𐤔𐤉𐤌 veshishim and sixty and sixty and sixty HC/Acbpa בָּנֽוֹת 𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕 banot daughters daughters daughters HNcfpa
Verse 23
וַ/יָּבֶן֩ 𐤅/𐤉𐤁𐤍 vayaven dealt wisely he discerned he dealt wisely HC/Vqw3ms וַ/יִּפְרֹ֨ץ 𐤅/𐤉𐤐𐤓𐤑 vayiferots and dispersed and he burst forth and he spread out HC/Vqw3ms מִ/כָּל 𐤌/𐤊𐤋 mikal kila (Swahili) from all from the entirety of from all HR/Ncmsc בָּנָ֜י/ו 𐤁𐤍𐤉/𐤅 banayv Bene (Bemba) his sons his sons his sons HNcmpc/Sp3ms לְֽ/כָל 𐤋/𐤊𐤋 lekhal kila (Swahili) throughout all to the whole of to all HR/Ncmsc אַרְצ֧וֹת 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤅𐤕 aretsot Ayé (Yoruba) the lands lands of lands of HNcbpc יְהוּדָ֣ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah of Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah HNp וּ/בִנְיָמִ֗ן 𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌𐤍 uvineyamin and Benjamin and Son-of-the-Right-Hand and Bineyamin HC/Np לְ/כֹל֙ 𐤋/𐤊𐤋 lekhol kila (Swahili) to every to the entirety of to all HR/Ncmsc עָרֵ֣י 𐤏𐤓𐤉 arey cities settlements of the cities of HNcfpc הַ/מְּצֻר֔וֹת 𐤄/𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤅𐤕 hametsurot the fortified the fortified places the fortified places HTd/Ncfpa וַ/יִּתֵּ֥ן 𐤅/𐤉𐤕𐤍 vayiten and he gave and he gave and he gave HC/Vqw3ms לָ/הֶ֛ם 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem to them to them HR/Sp3mp הַ/מָּז֖וֹן 𐤄/𐤌𐤆𐤅𐤍 hamazon the provision the sustenance the provision HTd/Ncmsa לָ/רֹ֑ב 𐤋/𐤓𐤁 larov in abundance to abundance in abundance HR/Ncbsa וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֖ל 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤀𐤋 vayisheal and he sought and he asked and he sought HC/Vqw3ms הֲמ֥וֹן 𐤄𐤌𐤅𐤍 hamon a multitude roaring throng of a multitude of HNcmsc נָשִֽׁים 𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 nashim of wives women women HNcfpa