1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 11:1:1 ⧉וַיָּבֹ֣אvayavoand he came 2 Chronicles 11:1:2 ⧉רְחַבְעָם֮rekhavaamRehoboam 2 Chronicles 11:1:3 ⧉יְרוּשָׁלִַם֒yerushalaimto Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 11:1:4 ⧉וַיַּקְהֵל֩vayakheland he assembled 2 Chronicles 11:1:5 ⧉אֶת־בֵּ֨יתetbetthe house of 2 Chronicles 11:1:6 ⧉יְהוּדָ֜הyehudaJudah 2 Chronicles 11:1:7 ⧉וּבִנְיָמִ֗ןuvinyaminand Benjamin 2 Chronicles 11:1:8 ⧉מֵאָ֨הmeaa hundred 2 Chronicles 11:1:9 ⧉וּשְׁמוֹנִ֥יםushemonimand eighty 2 Chronicles 11:1:10 ⧉אֶ֛לֶףelefthousand 2 Chronicles 11:1:11 ⧉בָּח֖וּרbakhurchosen man or young man 2 Chronicles 11:1:12 ⧉עֹשֵׂ֣הosedoing or making 2 Chronicles 11:1:13 ⧉מִלְחָמָ֑הmilkhamawar 2 Chronicles 11:1:14 ⧉לְהִלָּחֵם֙lehillakhemto fight 2 Chronicles 11:1:15 ⧉עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לimyisraelwith Israel 2 Chronicles 11:1:16 ⧉לְהָשִׁ֥יבlehashivto bring back or to restore 2 Chronicles 11:1:17 ⧉אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָ֖הethamamlakhathe kingdom 2 Chronicles 11:1:18 ⧉לִרְחַבְעָֽם׃פlirkhavaamto Rehoboam |
1. Formal Translation And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin—one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men ready for battle—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam. |
1. Dynamic Translation Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem and mustered the people of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 of the finest young warriors ready for battle—to go to war against Israel and reclaim his kingdom. |