So king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
Rehoboam
Rchab`am (rekh-ab-awm')
a people has enlarged; Rechabam, an Israelite king -- Rehoboam.
strengthened
chazaq (khaw-zak')
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
himself in Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im)
founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine -- Jerusalem.
and reigned
malak (maw-lak')
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
for Rehoboam
Rchab`am (rekh-ab-awm')
a people has enlarged; Rechabam, an Israelite king -- Rehoboam.
was one
'echad (ekh-awd')
united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
and forty
'arba`iym (ar-baw-eem')
forty -- forty.
years
shaneh (shaw-neh')
a year (as a revolution of time) -- + whole age, long, + old, year(-ly).
old
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
when he began to reign
malak (maw-lak')
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
and he reigned
malak (maw-lak')
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
seventeen
sheba` (sheh'-bah)
a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
`asar (aw-sawr')
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth -- (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
years
shaneh (shaw-neh')
a year (as a revolution of time) -- + whole age, long, + old, year(-ly).
in Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im)
founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine -- Jerusalem.
the city
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
which the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
had chosen
bachar (baw-khar')
to try, i.e. (by implication) select -- acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
out of all the tribes
shebet (shay'-bet)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan -- correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
to put
suwm (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
his name
shem (shame)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character -- + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
there And his mother's
'em (ame)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively) -- dam, mother, parting.
name
shem (shame)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character -- + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
was Naamah
Na`amah (nah-am-aw')
pleasantness; Naamah, the name of an antediluvian woman, of an Ammonitess, and of a place in Palestine -- Naamah.
an Ammonitess
'Ammowniyth (am-mo-neeth')
an Ammonitess -- Ammonite(-ss).
