2 Chronicles 11:10

2 Chronicles 11:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
• New International Version (NIV)Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron. These were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities that are in Judah and in Benjamin.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and Benjamin, fortified cities.

Context of 2 Chronicles 11:10

8Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, 9Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin. 11He strengthened their fortifications and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine. 12He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

2 Chronicles 11:10 word by word

וְאֶת־צָרְעָה֙ וְאֶת־אַיָּל֔וֹן וְאֶת־חֶבְר֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּיהוּדָ֖ה וּבְבִנְיָמִ֑ן עָרֵ֖י מְצֻרֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• Zorahצׇרְעָהtsor‛âh · ZorahH6881
• Aijalonאַיָּלוֹן'ayâlôn · AijalonH357
• and Hebronחֶבְרוֹןchebrôn · HebronH2275
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• the fortifiedמְצוּרָהmetsûrâh metsûrâh · siege-worksH4694
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• in Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• and Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 11:10

• Joshua 15:33These were in the foothills:
• Genesis 23:2She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
• Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
• Joshua 14:14Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
• Joshua 20:7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
• 2 Samuel 2:11And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 11:10

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-12Rehoboam fortified several towns to defend Judah from the east, south, and west. This protected the valleys leading into the Judean hill country and important crossroads. Rehoboam's first task was to strengthen a small but defensible position. The defensive lines were strategically sensible against an Egyptian attack and likely started before Pharaoh Shishak's invasion in 926 or 925 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-115-11. built cities for defence in Judah--This is evidently used as the name of the southern kingdom. Rehoboam, having now a bitter enemy in Israel, deemed it prudent to lose no time in fortifying several cities that lay along the frontier of his kingdom. Jeroboam, on his side, took a similar precaution (1Ki 12:25). Of the fifteen cities named, Aijalon, now Yalo, and Zorah, now Surah, between Jerusalem and Jabneh [Robinson], lay within the province of…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 11:10

• Ajalon
• Cities
• Hebron
• Rehoboam
• Zorah

In the dictionaries

• Benjamin
• Hebron
• Judah
• Benjamin, Benjaminite
• Hebron, Kiriath Arba
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Fenced cities
• Ajalon
• Devil

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings