Anden Krønikebog 11
1 Da Rehabeam var kommet til Jerusalem, samlede han hele Judas og Benjamins Hus, 180.000 udsøgte Folk, øvede Krigere, til at føre Krig med Israel og vinde Kongedømmet tilbage til Rehabeam.
And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.
2 Men da kom HERRENs Ord til den Guds Mand Sjemaja således:
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
3 "Sig til Judas Konge Rehabeam, Salomos Søn, og til hele Israel i Juda og Benjamin:
Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
4 Så siger HERREN: I må ikke drage op og kæmpe med eders Brødre; vend hjem hver til sit, thi hvad her er sket, har jeg tilskikket!" Da adlød de HERRENs Ord og vendte tilbage og drog ikke mod Jeroboam.
The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.
5 Rehabeam boede så i Jerusalem, og han befæstede flere Byer i Juda.
Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.
6 Således befæstede han Betlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa
7 Bet-Zur, Soko, Adullam,
And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam
8 Gat, Maresj a, Zif,
And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph
9 Adorajim, Lakisj, Azeka,
And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah
10 Zor'a, Ajjalon og Hebron, alle i Juda og Benjamin;
And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.
11 og han gjorde Fæstningerne stærke, indsatte Befalingsmænd i dem og forsynede dem med Forråd af Levnedsmidler, Olie og Vin
And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.
12 og hver enkelt By med Skjolde og Spyd og gjorde dem således meget stærke. Ham tilhørte Juda og Benjamin.
And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.
13 Præsterne og Leviterne i hele Israel kom alle Vegne fra, hvor de boede, og stillede sig til hans Tjeneste;
And the priests and Levites who were in all Israel came together to him from every part of their country.
14 thi Leviterne forlod deres Græsmarker og Ejendom og begav sig til Juda og Jerusalem, fordi Jeroboam og hans Sønner afsatte dem fra Stillingen som HERRENs Præster,
For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;
15 idet han indsatte sig Præster for Offerhøjene og Bukketroldene og Tyrekalvene, som han, havde ladet lave.
And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made.
16 Og i Følge med Leviterne kom fra alle Israels Stammer de, hvis Hjerte var vendt til at søge HERREN, Israels Gud, til Jerusalem for at ofre til HERREN, deres Fædres Gud;
And after them, from all the tribes of Israel, all those whose hearts were fixed and true to the Lord, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to make offerings to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
17 og de styrkede Juda Rige og hævdede Rehabeams, Salomos Søns, Magt i et Tidsrum af tre År. Thi i tre År fulgte han Davids og Salomos Veje.
So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, strong for three years; and for three years they went in the ways of David and Solomon.
18 Rehabeam ægtede Mahalat; en Datter af Davids Søn Jerimot og Abihajil, en Datter af Eliab, Isajs Søn.
And Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse;
19 Hun fødte ham Sønnerne Je'usj, Sjemarja og Zaham.
And she had sons by him, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Senere ægtede han Absaloms Datter Ma'aka, som fødte ham Abija, Attaj, Ziza og Sjelomit.
And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.
21 Rehabeam elskede Absaloms Datter Ma'aka højere end sine andre Hustruer og Medhustruer; han havde nemlig atten Hustruer og tresindstyve Medhustruer og avlede otte og tyve Sønner og tresindstyve Døtre.
Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
22 Og Rehabeam satte Ma'akas Søn Abija til Overhoved, til Fyrste blandt hans Brødre; thi han havde i Sinde at gøre, ham til Konge;
Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.
23 og han fordelte klogelig alle sine Sønner rundt i alle Judas og Benjamins Landsdele og i alle de befæstede Byer og gav dem rigeligt Underhold og skaffede dem Hustruer.
And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.
