1 Kings 14:8
I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.
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ASV
and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee; and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes,
KJV
And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וָאֶקְרַ֤ע | va.'ek.Ra' | and I tore away | H7167 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ | ha.mam.la.Khah | the kingdom | H4467 → |
| מִבֵּ֣ית | mi.Beit | from [the] house of | H1004 → |
| דָּוִ֔ד | da.Vid | David | H1732 → |
| וָאֶתְּנֶ֖הָ | va.'e.te.Ne.ha | and I gave it | H5414 → |
| לָ֑ךְ | Lakh | to you | |
| וְלֹֽא־ | ve.lo'- | and not | H3808 → |
| הָיִ֜יתָ | ha.Yi.ta | you have been | H1961 → |
| כְּעַבְדִּ֣י | ke.'av.Di | like servant my | H5650 → |
| דָוִ֗ד | da.Vid | David | H1732 → |
| אֲשֶׁר֩ | 'a.Sher | who | H834 → |
| שָׁמַ֨ר | sha.Mar | he kept | H8104 → |
| מִצְוֹתַ֜י | mitz.vo.Tai | commandments my | H4687 → |
| וַאֲשֶׁר־ | va.'a.Sher- | and who | H834 → |
| הָלַ֤ךְ | ha.Lakh | he walked | H1980 → |
| אַחֲרַי֙ | 'a.cha.Rai | after me | H310 → |
| בְּכָל־ | be.khol | with all | H3605 → |
| לְבָב֔וֹ | le.va.Vo | heart his | H3824 → |
| לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת | la.'a.Sot | to do | H6213 → |
| רַ֖ק | rak | only | H7535 → |
| הַיָּשָׁ֥ר | hai.ya.Shar | the right | H3477 → |
| בְּעֵינָֽי׃ | be.'ei.Nai | in view my | H5869 → |
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