TBESH · H9006
/מ · m · from
Prefix mem: from
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/מ (m) means “from” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: m STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/מ · m · from
Prefix mem: from
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Page 54 of 101. 5033 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
Read word by wordSo King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
Read word by wordSolomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all the lands.
Read word by wordWhen Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
Read word by word“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
Read word by wordThe young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
Read word by wordSo the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
Read word by wordthat this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
Read word by wordMoreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.
Read word by wordFor the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
Read word by wordThose from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Read word by wordRehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
Read word by wordRehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.
Read word by wordwith 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
Read word by wordThen Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”
Read word by wordAnd whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
Read word by wordThus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
Read word by wordThen Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
Read word by wordNow Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.
Read word by wordSo the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
Read word by wordThen Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
Read word by wordHe also removed the high places and incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.4
So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.6
Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.7
Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.12
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
Read word by wordAnd he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
Read word by wordAnd whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
Read word by wordAnd all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
Read word by wordKing Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
Read word by wordThe high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
Read word by wordSo Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
Read word by word“Let there be a treaty between me and you as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
Read word by wordWhen Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned his work.
Read word by wordAt that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
Read word by wordFor the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
Read word by wordAnd his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
Read word by wordThese were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
Read word by wordBut Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”
Read word by wordThe king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
Read word by wordThen the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
Read word by wordThen Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
Read word by wordAnd when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
Read word by wordJehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
Read word by wordJehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Read word by wordMoreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.
Read word by wordFor every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.
Read word by wordAfter this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
Read word by wordThen some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
Read word by wordSo the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.
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