21. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 12:21:1 ⧉ויבאוvivauand they came 1 Kings 12:21:2 ⧉וַיָּבֹ֣אvayaboand came 1 Kings 12:21:3 ⧉רְחַבְעָם֮rekhavaamRehoboam 1 Kings 12:21:4 ⧉יְרוּשָׁלִַם֒yerushalaimto Jerusalem 1 Kings 12:21:5 ⧉וַיַּקְהֵל֩vayakheland he assembled 1 Kings 12:21:6 ⧉אֶת־כָּל־בֵּ֨יתetkolbetall of the house of 1 Kings 12:21:7 ⧉יְהוּדָ֜הyehudaJudah 1 Kings 12:21:8 ⧉וְאֶת־שֵׁ֣בֶטveetshevetand {direct object} the tribe of 1 Kings 12:21:9 ⧉בִּנְיָמִ֗ןbinyaminBenjamin 1 Kings 12:21:10 ⧉מֵאָ֨הmeaone hundred 1 Kings 12:21:11 ⧉וּשְׁמֹנִ֥יםushemonimand eighty 1 Kings 12:21:12 ⧉אֶ֛לֶףelefthousand 1 Kings 12:21:13 ⧉בָּח֖וּרbakhurchosen young man 1 Kings 12:21:14 ⧉עֹשֵׂ֣הosedoing, making 1 Kings 12:21:15 ⧉מִלְחָמָ֑הmilkhamawar, battle 1 Kings 12:21:16 ⧉לְהִלָּחֵם֙lehillakhemto fight 1 Kings 12:21:17 ⧉עִם־בֵּ֣יתimbetwith the house of 1 Kings 12:21:18 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsrael 1 Kings 12:21:19 ⧉לְהָשִׁיב֙lehashivto bring back, to restore 1 Kings 12:21:20 ⧉אֶת־הַמְּלוּכָ֔הethamelukha{direct object} the kingdom 1 Kings 12:21:21 ⧉לִרְחַבְעָ֖םlirkhavaamto Rehoboam 1 Kings 12:21:22 ⧉בֶּן־שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃פbenshelomoson of Solomon |
21. Formal Translation And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen warriors to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon. |
21. Dynamic Translation When Rehoboam reached Jerusalem, he summoned all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—one hundred eighty thousand able young men prepared for battle—to fight against Israel and regain the throne for Rehoboam son of Solomon. |