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.

And Roboam came to Jerusalem; and he assembled Juda and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand young men fit for war, and he waged war with Israel to recover the kingdom to Roboam.

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

And the Word of the Lord came to Samaias the man of God, saying,

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

Speak to Roboam the [son] of Solomon, and to all Juda and Benjamin, saying,

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.

Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up, and you shall not war against your brethren: return every one to his home; for this thing is of me. And they listened to the word of the Lord, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

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

And Roboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built walled cities in Judea.

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

And he built Bethleem, and Aetan and Thecoe,

7 And Beth Zur and Socoh and Adullam.

and Baethsura, and Sochoth, and Odollam,

8 And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph.

and Geth, and Marisa, and Ziph,

9 And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah.

and Adorai, and Lachis, and Azeca,

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

and Saraa, and Aelom, and Chebron, which belong to Juda and Benjamin, walled cities.

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

And he fortified them with walls, and placed in them captains, and stores of provisions, 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.

shields and spears in every several city, and he fortified them very strongly, and he had on his side Juda and Benjamin.

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

And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel were gathered to him out of all the coasts.

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 the tents of their possession, and went to Juda to Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had ejected them so that they should not minister to 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 he made for himself priests of the high places, and for the idols, and for the vanities, and for the calves which Jeroboam 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.

And he cast out from the tribes of Israel those who set their heart to seek the Lord God of Israel: and they came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the Lord 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.

And they strengthened the kingdom of Juda; and [Juda] strengthened Roboam the [son] of Solomon for three years, for he walked three years in the ways 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 Roboam took to himself for a wife, Moolath daughter of Jerimuth the son of David, and Abigaia daughter of Heliab the son of Jessae.

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

And she bore him sons; Jeus, and Samoria, and Zaam.

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

And afterwards he took to himself Maacha the daughter of Abessalom; and she bore him Abia, and Jetthi, and Zeza, and Salemoth.

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.

And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Abessalom more than all his wives and all his concubines: for he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and he begot 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.

And he made Abia the son of Maacha chief, [even] a leader amongst his brethren, for he intended 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.

And he was exalted beyond all his [other] sons in all the coasts of Juda and Benjamin, and in the strong cities; and he gave them provisions in great abundance: and he desired many wives.