ASV_Strong : 2 Chronicles 11
1. And when Rehoboam[H7346] was come[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389], he assembled[H6950] the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] and Benjamin[H1144], a hundred[H3967] and fourscore[H8084] thousand[H505] chosen[H977] men[H6213], that were warriors, to fight[H3898] against Israel[H3478], to bring[H7725] the kingdom[H4467] again[H7725] to Rehoboam[H7346].
2. But the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came to Shemaiah[H8098] the man[H376] of God[H430], saying[H559],
3. Speak[H559] unto Rehoboam[H7346] the son[H1121] of Solomon[H8010], king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and to all Israel[H3478] in Judah[H3063] and Benjamin[H1144], saying[H559],
4. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Ye shall not go up[H5927], nor fight[H3898] against your brethren[H251]: return[H7725] every man[H376] to his house[H1004]; for this thing[H1697] is of[H1961] me[H8085]. So they hearkened unto the words[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], and returned[H7725] from going[H3212] against Jeroboam[H3379].
5. And Rehoboam[H7346] dwelt[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389], and built[H1129] cities[H5892] for defence[H4692] in Judah[H3063].
6. He built[H1129] Beth-lehem[H1035], and Etam[H5862], and Tekoa[H8620],
7. And Beth-zur[H1049], and Soco[H7755], and Adullam[H5725],
8. and Gath[H1661], and Mareshah[H4762], and Ziph[H2128],
9. and Adoraim[H115], and Lachish[H3923], and Azekah[H5825],
10. and Zorah[H6881], and Aijalon[H357], and Hebron[H2275], which are in Judah[H3063] and in Benjamin[H1144], fortified[H4694] cities[H5892].
11. And he fortified[H2388] the strongholds[H4694], and put[H5414] captains[H5057] in them[H214], and stores of victuals[H3978], and oil[H8081] and wine[H3196].
12. And in every city[H5892] he put shields[H6793] and spears[H7420], and made them exceeding[H7235] strong[H2388]. And Judah[H3063] and Benjamin belonged to him[H1144].
13. And the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881] that were in all Israel[H3478] resorted[H3320] to him out of all their border[H1366].
14. For the Levites[H3881] left[H5800] their suburbs[H4054] and their possession[H272], and came[H3212] to Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389]: for Jeroboam[H3379] and his sons[H1121] cast them off[H2186], that they should not execute the priest[H3547]'s office unto Jehovah[H3068];
15. and he appointed[H5975] him priests[H3548] for the high places[H1116], and for the he-goats[H8163], and for the calves[H5695] which he had made[H6213].
16. And after[H310] them[H7626], out of all the tribes of Israel[H3478], such as set[H5414] their hearts[H3824] to seek[H1245] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389] to sacrifice[H2076] unto Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of their fathers[H1].
17. So they strengthened[H2388] the kingdom[H4438] of Judah[H3063], and made Rehoboam[H7346] the son[H1121] of Solomon[H8010] strong[H553], three[H7969] years[H8141]; for they walked[H1980] three[H7969] years[H8141] in the way[H1870] of David[H1732] and Solomon[H8010].
18. And Rehoboam[H7346] took[H3947] him a wife[H802], Mahalath[H4258] the daughter[H1323] of Jerimoth[H3406] the son[H1121] of David[H1732], and of Abihail[H32] the daughter[H1323] of Eliab[H446] the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448];
19. and she bare[H3205] him sons[H1121]: Jeush[H3266], and Shemariah[H8114], and Zaham[H2093].
20. And after[H310] her he took[H3947] Maacah[H4601] the daughter[H1323] of Absalom[H53]; and she bare[H3205] him Abijah[H29], and Attai[H6262], and Ziza[H2124], and Shelomith[H8019].
21. And Rehoboam[H7346] loved[H157] Maacah[H4601] the daughter[H1323] of Absalom[H53] above all his wives[H802] and his concubines[H6370]: (for he took[H5375] eighteen[H8083] wives[H802], and threescore[H8346] concubines[H6370], and begat[H3205] twenty[H6242] and eight[H8083] sons[H1121] and threescore[H8346] daughters[H1323].)
22. And Rehoboam[H7346] appointed[H5975] Abijah[H29] the son[H1121] of Maacah[H4601] to be chief[H7218], even the prince[H7218] among his brethren[H251]; for he was minded to make him king[H4427].
23. And he dealt wisely[H995], and dispersed[H6555] of all his sons[H1121] throughout all the lands[H776] of Judah[H3063] and Benjamin[H1144], unto every fortified[H4694] city[H5892]: and he gave[H5414] them victuals[H4202] in abundance[H7230]. And he sought[H7592] for them many[H1995] wives[H802].
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