2 Chronicles 11
1 And when Rehobo'am was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring back the kingdom again to Rehobo'am.
venit autem Roboam in Hierusalem et convocavit universam domum Iuda et Beniamin in centum octoginta milibus electorum atque bellantium ut dimicaret contra Israhel et converteret ad se regnum suum
2 But the word of the Lord came unto Shema'yahu the man of God, saying,
factusque est sermo Domini ad Semeiam hominem Dei dicens
3 Say unto Rehobo'am the son of Solomon, the king of Judah and Benjamin, saying,
loquere ad Roboam filium Salomonis regem Iuda et ad universum Israhel qui est in Iuda et Beniamin
4 Thus hath said the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight with your brethren: return every man to his house; for from me hath this thing been brought about. And they hearkened to the words of the Lord, and returned from going against Jerobo'am.
haec dicit Dominus non ascendetis neque pugnabitis contra fratres vestros revertatur unusquisque in domum suam quia mea hoc gestum est voluntate qui cum audissent sermonem Domini reversi sunt nec perrexerunt contra Hieroboam
5 And Rehobo'am dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities as fortresses in Judah.
habitavit autem Roboam in Hierusalem et aedificavit civitates muratas in Iuda
6 He built, namely, Beth-lechem, and 'Etam, and Thekoa'.
extruxitque Bethleem et Aetham et Thecue
7 And Beth-zur, and Socho, and 'Adullam,
Bethsur quoque et Soccho et Odollam
8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
necnon Geth et Maresa et Ziph
9 And Adorayim and Lachish, and 'Azekah,
sed et Aduram et Lachis et Azecha
10 And Zor'ah, and Ayalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
Saraa quoque et Ahilon et Hebron quae erant in Iuda et Beniamin civitates munitissimas
11 And he strengthened the strong-holds, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine;
cumque clausisset eas muris posuit in eis principes ciborumque horrea hoc est olei et vini
12 And in each and every city [he placed] shields and spears, and made them exceedingly strong: and thus remained with him Judah and Benjamin.
sed et in singulis urbibus fecit armamentaria scutorum et hastarum firmavitque eas multa diligentia et imperavit super Iudam et Beniamin
13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel presented themselves to him out of all their territory.
sacerdotes autem et Levitae qui erant in universo Israhel venerunt ad eum de cunctis sedibus suis
14 For the Levites left their open districts and their possession, and went to Judah and Jerusalem; because Jerobo'am and his sons cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the Lord,
relinquentes suburbana et possessiones suas et transeuntes ad Iudam et Hierusalem eo quod abiecisset eos Hieroboam et posteri eius ne sacerdotio Domini fungerentur
15 And [because] he ordained for himself priests for the high-places, and for the evil spirits, and for the calves which he had made.
qui constituit sibi sacerdotes excelsorum et daemonum vitulorumque quos fecerat
16 And after them [came] out of all the tribes of Israel such as directed their heart to seek the Lord the God of Israel: these came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord, the God of their fathers.
sed et de cunctis tribubus Israhel quicumque dederant cor suum ut quaererent Dominum Deum Israhel venerunt Hierusalem ad immolandas victimas Domino Deo patrum suorum
17 And they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and brought power to Rehobo'am, the son of Solomon, during three years; for they walked in the way of David and Solomon during three years.
et roboraverunt regnum Iuda et confirmaverunt Roboam filium Salomonis per tres annos ambulaverunt enim in viis David et Salomonis annis tantum tribus
18 And Rehobo'am took himself as wife Machalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [and] Abichayil the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
duxit autem Roboam uxorem Maalath filiam Hierimuth filii David Abiail quoque filiam Heliab filii Isai
19 And she bore to him sons: Je'ush, and Shamaryah, and Zaham.
quae peperit ei filios Ieus et Somoriam et Zoom
20 And after her did he take Ma'achah the daughter of Abshalom; and she bore to him Abiyah, and 'Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
post hanc quoque accepit Maacha filiam Absalom quae peperit ei Abia et Ethai et Ziza et Salumith
21 And Rehobo'am loved Ma'achah the daughter of Abshalom more than all his wives and his concubines; for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and he begat twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.
amavit autem Roboam Maacha filiam Absalom super omnes uxores suas et concubinas nam uxores decem et octo duxerat concubinasque sexaginta et genuit viginti octo filios et sexaginta filias
22 And Rehobo'am appointed Abiyah the son of Ma'achah to be the chief, to be ruler among his brethren; because [he desired] to make him king.
constituit vero in capite Abiam filium Maacha ducem super fratres suos ipsum enim regem facere cogitabat
23 And he dealt understandingly, and dispersed all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto all the fortified cities; and he gave them food in abundance and he required [for them] a multitude of wives.
qui sapientior fuit et potentior super omnes filios eius et in cunctis finibus Iuda et Beniamin et in universis civitatibus muratis praebuitque eis escas plurimas et multas petivit uxores
