Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class">1121 [e] וּבְנֵ֣י ū-ḇə-nê But the sons Conj-w | N-mpc 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile">3478 [e] יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל yiś-rā-’êl, of Israel N-proper-ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sit, sit down 1a2) to be set 1a3) to remain, stay 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited 1c) (Piel) to set, place 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to sit 1d2) to cause to abide, set 1d3) to cause to dwell 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be inhabited 1e2) to make to dwell">3427 [e] הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים hay-yō-šə-ḇîm who dwelt Art | V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp 1a) of terror 2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 2a) city, town">5892 [e] בְּעָרֵ֣י bə-‘ā-rê in the cities Prep-b | N-fpc 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah">3063 [e] יְהוּדָ֑ה yə-hū-ḏāh; of Judah N-proper-ms 1a) (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign 1b) (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign 1c) (Hophal) to be made king or queen 2) to counsel, advise 2a) (Niphal) to consider">4427 [e] וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ way-yim-lōḵ and reigned Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although">5921 [e] עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם ‘ă-lê-hem over Prep | 3mp 1) son of Solomon and the 1st king of Judah after the split up of the kingdom of Israel">7346 [e] רְחַבְעָֽם׃ rə-ḥaḇ-‘ām. Rehoboam N-proper-ms   פ p̄ - Punc

New American Standard Bible
But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

King James Bible
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
but Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.

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