God’s Word Translation
2 Chronicles 11:10
10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
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. These were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin. 11He strengthened them and put army officers with reserves of food, olive oil, and wine in them. 12In each city he stored shields and spears. He made the cities very secure. So Rehoboam held on to Judah and Benjamin.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 112 Chronicles 11:10 word by word
וְאֶת־צָרְעָה֙ וְאֶת־אַיָּל֔וֹן וְאֶת־חֶבְר֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּיהוּדָ֖ה וּבְבִנְיָמִ֑ן עָרֵ֖י מְצֻרֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 11:10
- Joshua 15:33In the foothills they gave Judah 14 cities with their villages: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
- Genesis 23:2She died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to cry about her death.
- Numbers 13:22They went through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai lived. They are descendants of Anak. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Joshua 14:14Hebron is still the inheritance of Caleb, son of Jephunneh and grandson of Kenaz, because Caleb was completely loyal to the Lord God of Israel.
- Joshua 20:7Kedesh in Galilee in the mountains of Naphtali, Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (now called Hebron) in the mountains of Judah were chosen as cities of refuge.
- 2 Samuel 2:11In Hebron David was king over the tribe of Judah for 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
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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
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