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1 Kings 12:25-30

25ThenJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֧םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379builtH1129Shechemשְׁכֶ֛םshe.KhemH7927inthehill-countryofEphraimאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,anddweltוַיֵּ֣שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427therein;andhewentH3318outfromthence,andbuiltH1129Penuelפְּנוּאֵֽל׃pe.nu.'ElH6439.

26AndJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֖םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379saidH559inhisheartבְּלִבּ֑וֹbe.li.BoH3820,Nowעַתָּ֛ה'a.TahH6258willthekingdomהַמַּמְלָכָ֖הha.mam.la.KhahH4467returnתָּשׁ֥וּבta.ShuvH7725tothehouseלְבֵ֥יתle.VeitH1004ofDavidדָּוִֽד׃da.VidH1732:

27ifthispeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971goיַעֲלֶ֣ה׀ya.'a.LehH5927uptoofferH5927sacrificesH2077inthehouseבְּבֵית־be.veit-H1004ofJehovahatJerusalemבִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.Ru.sha.LimH3389,thenwilltheheartלֵ֣בlevH3820ofthispeopleהָעָ֤םha.'AmH5971turnH7725againuntotheirlord,evenuntoRehoboamרְחַבְעָ֖םre.chav.'AmH7346kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063;andtheywillkillוַהֲרָגֻ֕נִיva.ha.ra.Gu.niH2026me,andreturnH7725toRehoboamרְחַבְעָ֥םre.chav.'AmH7346kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

28Whereuponthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428tookcounselוַיִּוָּעַ֣ץvai.yi.va.'AtzH3289,andmadeH6213twoשְׁנֵ֖יshe.NeiH8147calvesH5695ofgoldזָהָ֑בza.HavH2091;andhesaidH559untothem,Itistooרַב־rav-H7227muchH7227foryoutogoH5927uptoJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םye.ru.sha.LimH3389:beholdthygodsאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whichbroughtH5927theeupoutofthelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

29Andhesetוַיָּ֥שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760theoneH259inBeth-el,andtheotherputנָתַ֥ןna.TanH5414heinDanבְּדָֽן׃be.DanH1835.

30Andthisthingהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697becameH1961asinלְחַטָּ֑אתle.cha.TatH2403;forthepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971wenttoworshipbeforetheoneהָאֶחָ֖דha.'e.ChadH259,evenuntoDanדָּֽן׃DanH1835.

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