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.

2 And it came [the] word of Yahweh 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.

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.

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

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

7 And Beth Zur and Socoh and Adullam.

8 And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph.

9 And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah.

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

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

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

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.

15 And he appointed for himself priests for the high places and for the goats 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.

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.

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.

19 And she bore to him sons Jeush and 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.

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.

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

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.