Study it in the app“Empty men, worthless fellows, gathered around him and made themselves strong against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender of heart, and he did not hold firm before them.”
Emptyרֵקִיםmen,אֲנָשִׁיםworthless fellows,בְּנֵי בְלִיַּעַלgatheredוַיִּקָּבְצוּaround himעָלָיוand made themselves strongוַיִּתְאַמְּצוּagainstעַלRehoboamרְחַבְעָםsonבֶּןof Solomon,שְׁלֹמֹהwhen Rehoboamוּרְחַבְעָםwasהָיָהyoungנַעַרand tenderוְרַךְof heart,לֵבָבand he did notוְלֹאhold firmהִתְחַזַּקbefore them.לִפְנֵיהֶם
empty
Empty; figuratively, worthless, idle.
Where else “rekim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsworthlessness, wickedness
Worthlessness, a thing of no value: "sons of belial" are worthless people who do evil. Later it was used as a name for the evil one (2 Corinthians 6:15).
Where else “veliyaal” appearsgather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “yikavtsu” appearsbe bold
To be bold and steady: "take heart and be brave".
Where else “yitamtsu” appearsRehoboam
Rehoboam: son of Solomon and king after him; in his reign the kingdom was divided and he was left with only Judah and Benjamin (1 Kings 12–14).
Where else “rechavam” appearsSolomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsboy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appearsfainthearted
Fainthearted, weak in spirit.
Where else “rach” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appearsbe strong
To stand firm and brave, not giving in to fear.
Where else “hitchazak” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The reign of Abijah
An account told more fully or more briefly in one of the books.
2 Chronicles 13:1-22
1In year eighteen of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah. 2Three years he reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3Abijah joined battle with a force of mighty men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam drew up battle against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty men of valor. 4Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel! 5Is it not for you to know that YHWH Elohim of Israel gave the kingship over Israel to David forever, to him and to his sons, by a covenant of salt? 6But Jeroboam son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord. 7Empty men, worthless fellows, gathered around him and made themselves strong against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender of heart, and he did not hold firm before them. 8And now you propose to hold firm before the kingdom of YHWH in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are the calves of gold that Jeroboam made for you as gods. 9Have you not driven out the priests of YHWH, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests like the peoples of the lands? Whoever comes to be ordained with a young bull and seven rams becomes a priest of what is not Elohim. 10But as for us, YHWH is our Elohim, and we have not abandoned him; the priests ministering to YHWH are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites are at the work. 11They offer up in smoke to YHWH burnt offerings every morning and every evening, and fragrant incense; they set the row of bread on the pure table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps to burn every evening; for we keep the charge of YHWH our Elohim, but you have abandoned him. 12And look, with us at the head is Elohim, and his priests with the trumpets of acclamation, to sound an acclamation against you. Sons of Israel, do not fight against YHWH, Elohim of your fathers, for you will not succeed.” 13But Jeroboam had sent around the ambush to come from behind them; so they were in front of Judah, and the ambush behind them. 14Judah turned, and look, they had the battle in front and behind; and they cried out to YHWH, and the priests were blowing the trumpets. 15The men of Judah raised the acclamation; and it happened, when the men of Judah raised the acclamation, that Elohim struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16The sons of Israel fled before Judah, and Elohim gave them into their hand. 17Abijah and his people struck them with a great blow, and there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 18The sons of Israel were subdued at that time, and the sons of Judah grew firm, because they relied on YHWH, Elohim of their fathers. 19Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured cities from him: Bethel and its villages, and Jeshanah and its villages, and Ephrain and its villages. 20Jeroboam did not retain strength again in the days of Abijah; and YHWH struck him, and he died. 21But Abijah grew strong; he took for himself fourteen wives, and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. 22The rest of the deeds of Abijah, and his ways and his words, are written in the treatise of the prophet Iddo.
1In year eighteen of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah. 2Three years he reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom. 3He walked in all the sins of his father that he had done before him; and his heart was not whole with YHWH his Elohim, like the heart of David his father. 4But for the sake of David YHWH his Elohim gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, raising up his son after him and establishing Jerusalem; 5because David had done what was right in the eyes of YHWH, and had not turned aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7The rest of the deeds of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8Abijam lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place.
6But Jeroboam son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord.
7 · This verse (above)
8And now you propose to hold firm before the kingdom of YHWH in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are the calves of gold that Jeroboam made for you as gods.
