For the Jews there was radiant happiness and joyous honor.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">Judah became his sanctuary,p> <p class="poetry">Israel his kingdom.p>

<p class="poetry">The stone which the builders discarded<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">has become the cornerstone.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">This<n id="1" /> has been my practice,p> <p class="poetry">for I observe your precepts.p>

<p class="poetry">She is like<n id="1" /> the merchant ships;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">she brings her food from afar.p>

<t /><p class="lamhebrew"><b>&#1488;b> (<i>Alefi>)<n id="1" />p><n id="2" /><p class="poetry">Alas!<n id="3" /> The city once full of people<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">now sits all alone!<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">The prominent<n id="6" /> lady among the nationsp> <p class="poetry">has become a widow!<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">The princess<n id="8" /> who once ruled the provinces<n id="9" />p> <p class="poetry">has become<n id="10" /> a forced laborer!<n id="11" />p>

Now the materials were more than enough<n id="1" /> for them to do all the work.<n id="2" />p>

Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.

<p class="bodytext">God&#8217;s Spirit came upon Azariah son of Oded.

<p class="poetry">This is the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s work.p> <p class="poetry">We consider it amazing!<n id="1" />p>

In your days of majesty,<n id="1" /> was not Sodom your sister a byword in your mouth,

<p class="bodytext">The man<n id="1" /> named his wife Eve,<n id="2" /> because<n id="3" /> she was the mother of all the living.<n id="4" />

So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking,<n id="1" /> &#8220;After I am worn out will I have pleasure,<n id="2" /> especially when my husband is old too?&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

Leah&#8217;s eyes were tender,<n id="1" /> but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.)<n id="2" />

and his virgin sister who is near to him,<n id="1" /> who has no husband; he may defile himself for her.

Indeed, it was the very hand of the <sc>Lordsc> that eliminated them from within<n id="1" /> the camp until they were all gone.p>

(The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.)

<p class="bodytext">Ben-Abinadab was in charge of Naphath Dor. (He was married to Solomon&#8217;s daughter Taphath.)p>

Rehoboam<n id="1" /> and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah&#8217;s<n id="2" /> lifetime.

<p class="bodytext">Now Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other.<n id="1" />