2 Chronicles 11
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
1And Roboam came to Jerusalem, and called together all the house of Juda and of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men and warriors, to fight against Israel, and to bring back his kingdom to him.
2But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:
2And the word of the Lord came to Semeias the man of God, saying:
3“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
3Speak to Roboam the son of Solomon the king of Juda, and to all Israel, in Juda and Benjamin:
4that 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 word is from Me.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
4Thus saith the Lord: You shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: let every man return to his own house, for by my will this thing has been done. And when they heard the word of the Lord, they returned, and did not go against Jeroboam,
5Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
5And Roboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built walled cities in Juda.
6He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
6And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Thecue,
7Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
7And Bethsur, and Socho, and Odollam,
8Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
8And Geth, and Maresa, and Ziph,
9Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
9And Aduram, and Lachis, and Azecha,
10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
10Saraa also, and Aialon, and Hebron, which are in Juda and Benjamin, well fenced cities.
11He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.
11And when he had enclosed them with walls, he put in them governors and storehouses of provisions, that is, of oil and of wine.
12He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
12Moreover in every city he made an armoury of shields and spears, and he fortified them with great diligence, and he reigned over Juda, and Benjamin,
13Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.
13And the priests and Levites, that were in all Israel, came to him out of all their seats,
14For 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.
14Leaving their suburbs, and their possessions, and passing over to Juda, and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off, from executing the priestly office to the Lord.
15And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.
15And he made to himself priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
16Those 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.
16Moreover out of all the tribes of Israel, whosoever gave their heart to seek the Lord the God of Israel, came into Jerusalem to sacrifice their victims before the Lord the God of their fathers.
17So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
17And they strengthened the kingdom of Juda, and established Roboam the son of Solomon for three years: for they walked in the ways of David and of Solomon, only three years.
18And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
18And Roboam took to wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David: and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Isai.
19She bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
19And they bore him sons Jehus, and Somorias, and Zoom.
20After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
20And after her he married Maacha the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abia and Ethai, and Ziza, and Salomith.
21Rehoboam 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.
21And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Absalom above all his wives, and concubines: for he had married eighteen wives, and threescore concubines: and he beget eight and twenty sons, and threescore daughters.
22Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
22But he put at the head of them Abia the son of Maacha to be the chief ruler over all his brethren: for he meant to make him king,
23Rehoboam 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.
23Because he was wiser and mightier than all his sons, and in all the countries of Juda, and of Benjamin, and in all the walled cities: and he gave them provisions in abundance, and he sought many wives.
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