٢ أخبار 11

١ 1 وَلَمَّا جَاءَ رَحُبْعَامُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، جَمَعَ مِنْ بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ مِئَةً وَثَمَانِينَ أَلْفَ مُخْتَارٍ مُحَارِبٍ لِيُحَارِبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِيَرُدَّ ٱلْمُلْكَ إِلَى رَحُبْعَامَ.

And he came Rehoboam Jerusalem and he called together [the] house of Judah and Benjamin one hundred and eighty thousand chosen [man] maker[s] of war to do battle with Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

٢ 2 وَكَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى شَمْعِيَا رَجُلِ ٱللهِ قَائِلًا:

And it came [the] word of Yahweh to Shemaiah [the] man of God saying.

٣ 3 «كَلِّمْ رَحُبْعَامَ بْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا وَكُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ قَائِلًا:

Say to Rehoboam [the] son of Solomon [the] king of Judah and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin saying.

٤ 4 هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: لَا تَصْعَدُوا وَلَا تُحَارِبُوا إِخْوَتَكُمْ. ٱرْجِعُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ مِنْ قِبَلِي صَارَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ». فَسَمِعُوا لِكَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَرَجَعُوا عَنِ ٱلذَّهَابِ ضِدَّ يَرُبْعَامَ.

Thus he says Yahweh not you must go up and not you must do battle with countrymen your return everyone to own house his for from with me it has occurred the thing this and they obeyed [the] words of Yahweh and they turned back from going against Jeroboam.

٥ 5 وَأَقَامَ رَحُبْعَامُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَبَنَى مُدُنًا لِلْحِصَارِ فِي يَهُوذَا.

And he dwelt Rehoboam in Jerusalem and he built cities to fortification in Judah.

٦ 6 فَبَنَى بَيْتَ لَحْمٍ وَعِيطَامَ وَتَقُوعَ

And he built Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa.

٧ 7 وَبَيْتَ صُورَ وَسُوكُوَ وَعَدُلَّامَ

And Beth Zur and Socoh and Adullam.

٨ 8 وَجَتَّ وَمَرِيشَةَ وَزِيفَ

And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph.

٩ 9 وَأَدُورَايِمَ وَلَخِيشَ وَعَزِيقَةَ

And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah.

١٠ 10 وَصَرْعَةَ وَأَيَّلُونَ وَحَبْرُونَ ٱلَّتِي فِي يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ، مُدُنًا حَصِينَةً.

And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron which [were] in Judah and in Benjamin cities of fortifications.

١١ 11 وَشَدَّدَ ٱلْحُصُونَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا قُوَّادًا وَخَزَائِنَ مَأْكَلٍ وَزَيْتٍ وَخَمْرٍ

And he strengthened the fortifications and he put in them commanders and supplies of food and oil and wine.

١٢ 12 وَأَتْرَاسًا فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ وَرِمَاحًا، وَشَدَّدَهَا كَثِيرًا جِدًّا، وَكَانَ لَهُ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينُ.

And [were] in every city and a city body shields and spears and he made strong them to abundance exceedingly and it belonged to him Judah and Benjamin.

١٣ 13 وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱللَّاوِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَثَلُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ تُخُومِهِمْ،

And the priests and the Levites who [were] in all Israel they took their stand at him from all territory their.

١٤ 14 لِأَنَّ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ تَرَكُوا مَسَارِحَهُمْ وَأَمْلَاكَهُمْ وَٱنْطَلَقُوا إِلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، لِأَنَّ يَرُبْعَامَ وَبَنِيهِ رَفَضُوهُمْ مِنْ أَنْ يَكْهَنُوا لِلرَّبِّ

For they forsook the Levites pasture lands their and property their and they went to Judah and to Jerusalem for he had rejected them Jeroboam and sons his from serving as priests to Yahweh.

١٥ 15 وَأَقَامَ لِنَفْسِهِ كَهَنَةً لِلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ وَلِلتُّيُوسِ وَلِلْعُجُولِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَ.

And he appointed for himself priests for the high places and for the goats and for the calves which he had made.

١٦ 16 وَبَعْدَهُمْ جَاءَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ وَجَّهُوا قُلُوبَهُمْ إِلَى طَلَبِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَذْبَحُوا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِمْ.

And after them from all [the] tribes of Israel those [who] set heart their to seek Yahweh [the] God of Israel they came Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh [the] God of ancestors their.

١٧ 17 وَشَدَّدُوا مَمْلَكَةَ يَهُوذَا وَقَوَّوْا رَحُبْعَامَ بْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ، لِأَنَّهُمْ سَارُوا فِي طَرِيقِ دَاوُدَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ.

And they strengthened [the] kingdom of Judah and they strengthened Rehoboam [the] son of Solomon for years three for they walked in [the] way of David and Solomon for years three.

١٨ 18 وَٱتَّخَذَ رَحُبْعَامُ لِنَفْسِهِ ٱمْرَأَةً: مَحْلَةَ بِنْتَ يَرِيمُوثَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ، وَأَبِيحَايِلَ بِنْتَ أَلِيآبَ بْنِ يَسَّى.

And he took for himself Rehoboam a wife Mahalath ([the] daughter of *Q(K)*) Jerimoth [the] son of David Abihail [the] daughter of Eliab [the] son of Jesse.

١٩ 19 فَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ بَنِينَ: يَعُوشَ وَشَمَرْيَا وَزَاهَمَ.

And she bore to him sons Jeush and Shemariah and Zaham.

٢٠ 20 ثُمَّ بَعْدَهَا أَخَذَ مَعْكَةَ بِنْتَ أَبْشَالُومَ، فَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ: أَبِيَّا وَعَتَّايَ وَزِيزَا وَشَلُومِيثَ.

And after her he took Maacah [the] daughter of Absalom and she bore to him Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith.

٢١ 21 وَأَحَبَّ رَحُبْعَامُ مَعْكَةَ بِنْتَ أَبْشَالُومَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ نِسَائِهِ وَسَرَارِيهِ، لِأَنَّهُ ٱتَّخَذَ ثَمَانِيَ عَشَرَةَ ٱمْرَأَةً وَسِتِّينَ سُرِّيَّةً، وَوَلَدَ ثَمَانِيَةً وَعِشْرِينَ ٱبْنًا وَسِتِّينَ ٱبْنَةً.

And he loved Rehoboam Maacah [the] daughter of Absalom more than all wives his and concubines his for wives eight-teen he had taken and concubines sixty and he fathered twenty and eight sons and sixty daughters.

٢٢ 22 وَأَقَامَ رَحُبْعَامُ أَبِيَّا ٱبْنَ مَعْكَةَ رَأْسًا وَقَائِدًا بَيْنَ إِخْوَتِهِ لِكَيْ يُمَلِّكَهُ.

And he appointed to the chief Rehoboam Abijah [the] son of Maacah to leader among brothers his for to make king him.

٢٣ 23 وَكَانَ فَهِيمًا، وَفَرَّقَ مِنْ كُلِّ بَنِيهِ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرَاضِي يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْمُدُنِ ٱلْحَصِينَةِ وَأَعْطَاهُمْ زَادًا بِكَثْرَةٍ. وَطَلَبَ نِسَاءً كَثِيرَةً.

And he acted wisely and he distributed some of all sons his to all [the] lands of Judah and Benjamin to all [the] cities of fortifications and he gave to them food to abundance and he sought a multitude of wives.