2 Chronicles 11

1And when RehoboamH7346 was comeH935 to JerusalemH3389, he assembledH6950 the houseH1004 of JudahH3063 and BenjaminH1144, a hundredH3967 and fourscore thousandH505 chosen menH970, that were warriors, to fightH3898 against IsraelH3478, to bringH935 the kingdomH4467 again to RehoboamH7346. 2But the wordH1697 of Jehovah came to ShemaiahH8098 the manH376 of GodH430, sayingH559, 3Speak unto RehoboamH7346 the sonH1121 of SolomonH8010, kingH4428 of JudahH3063, and to all IsraelH3478 in JudahH3063 and BenjaminH1144, sayingH559, 4ThusH3541 saith Jehovah, Ye shall not goH5927 up, nor fightH3898 against your brethren: returnH7725 every manH376 to his houseH1004; for this thingH1697 is of me. So they hearkened unto the wordsH1697 of Jehovah, and returnedH7725 from goingH5927 against JeroboamH3379.

5And RehoboamH7346 dweltH3427 in JerusalemH3389, and builtH1129 citiesH5892 for defence in JudahH3063. 6He builtH1129 Beth-lehem, and EtamH5862, and TekoaH8620, 7And Beth-zurH1049, and Soco, and AdullamH5725, 8and GathH1661, and MareshahH4762, and ZiphH2128, 9and Adoraim, and LachishH3923, and AzekahH5825, 10and ZorahH6881, and AijalonH357, and HebronH2275, which are in JudahH3063 and in BenjaminH1144, fortified citiesH5892. 11And he fortified the strongholds, and putH5414 captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oilH8081 and wineH3196. 12And in every cityH5892 he put shieldsH6793 and spearsH7420, and madeH2388 them exceeding strongH2388. And JudahH3063 and BenjaminH1144 belongedH1961 to him.

13And the priestsH3548 and the LevitesH3881 that were in all IsraelH3478 resorted to him out of all their borderH1366. 14For the LevitesH3881 leftH5800 their suburbs and their possessionH272, and came to JudahH3063 and JerusalemH3389: for JeroboamH3379 and his sonsH1121 cast them off, that they should not execute the priest’s office unto Jehovah; 15and he appointedH5975 him priestsH3548 for the highH1116 placesH1116, and for the he-goats, and for the calvesH5695 which he had madeH6213. 16And after them, out of all the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478, such as setH5414 their heartsH3824 to seekH1245 Jehovah, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, cameH935 to JerusalemH3389 to sacrificeH2076 unto Jehovah, the GodH430 of their fathersH1. 17So they strengthenedH2388 the kingdomH4438 of JudahH3063, and madeH2388 RehoboamH7346 the sonH1121 of SolomonH8010 strongH2388, threeH7969 yearsH8141; for they walkedH1980 threeH7969 yearsH8141 in the wayH1870 of DavidH1732 and SolomonH8010.

18And RehoboamH7346 tookH3947 him a wifeH802, MahalathH4258 the daughterH1323 of Jerimoth the sonH1121 of DavidH1732, and of AbihailH32 the daughterH1323 of EliabH446 the sonH1121 of JesseH3448; 19and she bare him sonsH1121: JeushH3266, and ShemariahH8114, and Zaham. 20And after her he tookH3947 MaacahH4601 the daughterH1323 of AbsalomH53; and she bare him AbijahH29, and AttaiH6262, and ZizaH2124, and ShelomithH8019. 21And RehoboamH7346 lovedH157 MaacahH4601 the daughterH1323 of AbsalomH53 above all his wivesH802 and his concubinesH6370 (for he tookH5375 eighteen wivesH802, and threescore concubinesH6370, and begat twentyH6242 and eightH8083 sonsH1121 and threescore daughtersH1323). 22And RehoboamH7346 appointedH5975 AbijahH29 the sonH1121 of MaacahH4601 to be chiefH7218, even the princeH5057 among his brethren; for he was minded to make him kingH4427. 23And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sonsH1121 throughout all the landsH776 of JudahH3063 and BenjaminH1144, unto every fortified cityH5892: and he gaveH5414 them victuals in abundanceH7230. And he sought for them many wivesH802.