And it came to pass when Rehoboam
Rchab`am (rekh-ab-awm')
a people has enlarged; Rechabam, an Israelite king -- Rehoboam.
had established
kuwn (koon)
to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications
the kingdom
malkuwth (mal-kooth')
a rule; concretely, a dominion -- empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.
and had strengthened
chezqah (khez-kaw')
prevailing power -- strength(-en self), (was) strong.
himself he forsook
`azab (aw-zab')
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc. -- commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, surely.
the law
towrah (to-raw')
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch -- law.
of the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
and all Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
with him
