4
And
Abijah stood
up upon
mount Zemaraim, which is in
mount Ephraim, and
said,
Hear me, thou
Jeroboam, and all
Israel;
r;h.B r,v]a ~Iy;r'm.c r;h.l l;[em h'Yib]a ~'q'Y;w ? lea'r.fIy -l'k.w ~'[.b'r'y yin.W['m.v r,ma{Y;w ~Iy'r.p,a
5
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?
lea'r.fIy yeh{l/a h'wh.y yiK t;[;d'l ~,k'l a{l]h ? ~'lw{[.l lea'r.fIy -l;[ dyiw'd.l h'k'l.m;m !;t'n ? x;l,m tyir.B wy'n'b.l.W w{l
6
Yet
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, the
servant of
Solomon the
son of
David, is risen
up, and hath
rebelled against his
lord.
dyiw'D -n,b h{m{l.v d,b,[ j'b.n -n,B ~'[.b'r'y ~'q'Y;w ? wy'n{d]a -l;[ d{r.miY;w
7
And there are
gathered unto him
vain men, the
children of
Belial, and have
strengthened themselves against
Rehoboam the
son of
Solomon, when
Rehoboam was
young and
tenderhearted*, and could not
withstand them.
l;[;Yil.b yen.B ~yiqer ~yiv'n]a wy'l'[ .Wc.b'QiY;w ? ~'[.b;x.r.W h{m{l.v -n,B ~'[.b;x.r -l;[ .Wc.M;a.tiY;w ? ~,hyen.pil q;Z;x.tih a{l.w b'bel -.k;r.w r;[;n h'y'h
8
And now ye
think to
withstand the
kingdom of the
LORD in the
hand of the
sons of
David; and ye be a
great multitude, and there are with you
golden calves, which
Jeroboam made you for
gods.
t,k,l.m;m yen.pil qeZ;x.tih.l ~yir.m{a ~,T;a h'T;[.w ? b'r !w{m'h ~,T;a.w dyiw'd yen.B d;y.B h'wh.y ? ~'[.b'r'y ~,k'l h'f'[ r,v]a b'h'z yel.g,[ ~,k'Mi[.w ? ~yih{lael
9
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.
yen.B -t,a h'wh.y yen]h{K -t,a ~,T.x;Dih a{l]h ? yeM;[.K ~yin]h{K ~,k'l .Wf][;T;w ~iYiw.l;h.w !{r]h;a ? r'q'B -n,B r;p.B w{d'y aeL;m.l a'B;h -l'K tw{c'r]a'h ? ~yih{l/a a{l.l !eh{k h'y'h.w h'[.biv ~ilyea.w
10
But as for us, the
LORD is our
God, and we have not
forsaken him; and the
priests, which
minister unto the
LORD, are the
sons of
Aaron, and the
Levites wait upon their
business:
~yin]h{k.w .WhUn.b;z][ a{l.w .Wnyeh{l/a h'wh.y .Wn.x;n]a;w ? t,ka'l.m;B ~iYiw.l;h.w !{r]h;a yen.B h'why;l ~yit.r'v.m
11
And they
burn unto the
LORD every
morning and every
evening burnt
sacrifices and
sweet incense: the
shewbread also set they in order upon the
pure table; and the
candlestick of
gold with the
lamps thereof, to
burn every
evening: for we
keep the
charge of the
LORD our
God; but ye have
forsaken him.
b,r,['B -b,r,['b.W r,q{B;B -r,q{B;B tw{l{[ h'why;l ~yirij.q;m.W ? !'x.lUV;h -l;[ ~,x,l t,k,r][;m.W ~yiM;s -t,r{j.q.W ? b,r,['B re['b.l 'hy,t{ren.w b'h'Z;h t;rw{n.m.W rw{h'J;h ? t,r,m.vim -t,a .Wn.x;n]a ~yir.m{v -yiK b,r,['B ? w{t{a ~,T.b;z][ ~,T;a.w .Wnyeh{l/a h'wh.y
12
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.
tw{r.c{c]x;w wy'n]h{k.w ~yih{l/a'h va{r'b .Wn'Mi[ heNih.w ? .Wm]x'LiT -l;a lea'r.fIy yen.B ~,kyel][ ;[yir'h.l h'[.Wr.T;h ? .Wxyil.c;t a{l -yiK ~,kyet{b]a -yeh{l/a h'wh.y -mi[