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1 Kings 14:21-24

21And Rehoboamוּרְחַבְעָם֙u.re.chav.'AmH7346the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohH8010reignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427in Judahבִּֽיהוּדָ֑הbi.hu.DahH3063.Rehoboamרְחַבְעָ֨םre.chav.'AmH7346wasfortyאַרְבָּעִ֣ים'ar.ba.'ImH705and oneוְאַחַ֣תve.'a.ChatH259yearsשָׁנָה֩sha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121when he began to reignבְּמָלְכ֜וֹbe.ma.le.KhoH4427,and he reignedמָלַ֣ךְma.LakhH4427seventeenוּֽשֲׁבַ֨ע עֶשְׂרֵ֥הu.sha.Va' 'es.RehH6240 H7651yearsשָׁנָ֣ה׀sha.NahH8141in Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֗םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389,the cityהָ֠עִירHa.'irH5892which the Lordיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068did chooseבָּחַ֨רba.CharH977out of all the tribesשִׁבְטֵ֣יshiv.TeiH7626of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,to putלָשׂ֨וּםla.SumH7760his nameשְׁמ֥וֹshe.MoH8034there. And his mother’sאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517nameוְשֵׁ֣םve.ShemH8034wasNaamahנַעֲמָ֖הna.'a.MahH5279an AmmonitessH5985.

22And Judahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063didוַיַּ֧עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213evilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,and they provoked him to jealousyוַיְקַנְא֣וּvay.kan.'UH7065with their sinsבְּחַטֹּאתָ֖םbe.cha.to.TamH2403which they had committedחָטָֽאוּ׃cha.Ta.'uH2398,above all that their fathersאֲבֹתָ֔ם'a.vo.TamH1had doneעָשׂ֣וּ'a.SuH6213.

23For they also builtוַיִּבְנ֨וּvai.yiv.NuH1129them high placesבָּמ֥וֹתba.MotH1116,and imagesוּמַצֵּב֖וֹתu.ma.tze.VotH4676,and grovesוַאֲשֵׁרִ֑יםva.'a.she.RimH842,on every highגְבֹהָ֔הge.vo.HahH1364hillגִּבְעָ֣הgiv.'AhH1389,and under every greenרַעֲנָֽן׃ra.'a.NanH7488treeעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086.

24And there were also sodomitesקָדֵ֖שׁka.DeshH6945in the landבָאָ֑רֶץva.'A.retzH776: andthey didעָשׂ֗וּ'a.SuH6213according to all the abominationsהַתּוֹעֲבֹ֣תha.to.'a.VotH8441of the nationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471which the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068cast outהוֹרִ֣ישׁho.RishH3423beforeמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440the childrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478.

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