2 Chronicles 11

1 And he came Rehoboam Jerusalem and he called together [the] house of Judah and Benjamin one hundred and eighty thousand chosen [man] maker[s] of war to do battle with Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

2 And it came [the] word of Yahweh to Shemaiah [the] man of God saying.

But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:

3 Say to Rehoboam [the] son of Solomon [the] king of Judah and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin saying.

“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin

4 Thus he says Yahweh not you must go up and not you must do battle with countrymen your return everyone to own house his for from with me it has occurred the thing this and they obeyed [the] words of Yahweh and they turned back from going against Jeroboam.

that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

5 And he dwelt Rehoboam in Jerusalem and he built cities to fortification in Judah.

Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.

6 And he built Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa.

He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

7 And Beth Zur and Socoh and Adullam.

Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,

8 And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph.

Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

9 And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah.

Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

10 And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron which [were] in Judah and in Benjamin cities of fortifications.

Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

11 And he strengthened the fortifications and he put in them commanders and supplies of food and oil and wine.

He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.

12 And [were] in every city and a city body shields and spears and he made strong them to abundance exceedingly and it belonged to him Judah and Benjamin.

He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

13 And the priests and the Levites who [were] in all Israel they took their stand at him from all territory their.

Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.

14 For they forsook the Levites pasture lands their and property their and they went to Judah and to Jerusalem for he had rejected them Jeroboam and sons his from serving as priests to Yahweh.

For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.

15 And he appointed for himself priests for the high places and for the goats and for the calves which he had made.

And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.

16 And after them from all [the] tribes of Israel those [who] set heart their to seek Yahweh [the] God of Israel they came Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh [the] God of ancestors their.

Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

17 And they strengthened [the] kingdom of Judah and they strengthened Rehoboam [the] son of Solomon for years three for they walked in [the] way of David and Solomon for years three.

So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.

18 And he took for himself Rehoboam a wife Mahalath ([the] daughter of *Q(K)*) Jerimoth [the] son of David Abihail [the] daughter of Eliab [the] son of Jesse.

And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.

19 And she bore to him sons Jeush and Shemariah and Zaham.

She bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

20 And after her he took Maacah [the] daughter of Absalom and she bore to him Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith.

After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

21 And he loved Rehoboam Maacah [the] daughter of Absalom more than all wives his and concubines his for wives eight-teen he had taken and concubines sixty and he fathered twenty and eight sons and sixty daughters.

Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

22 And he appointed to the chief Rehoboam Abijah [the] son of Maacah to leader among brothers his for to make king him.

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.

23 And he acted wisely and he distributed some of all sons his to all [the] lands of Judah and Benjamin to all [the] cities of fortifications and he gave to them food to abundance and he sought a multitude of wives.

Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.