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 when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again 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, saying,

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

Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah 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, All of you shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words 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 Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

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

He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

7 And Beth Zur and Socoh and Adullam.

And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,

8 And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph.

And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

9 And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah.

And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

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

And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.

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

And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of 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.

And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

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 that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their 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 their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto 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 ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which 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.

And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto 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.

So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked 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 took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

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

Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, 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.

And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and 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.

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and brings forth twenty and eight sons, and threescore 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 Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought 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 dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.