2 Chronicles 11

1 and to come (in): come Rehoboam Jerusalem and to gather [obj] house: household Judah and Benjamin hundred and eighty thousand to choose to make: do battle to/for to fight with Israel to/for to return: rescue [obj] [the] kingdom to/for Rehoboam

And Rehoboam comes to Jerusalem, and assembles the house of Judah and Benjamin—one hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors—to fight with Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam.

2 and to be word LORD to(wards) Shemaiah man [the] God to/for to say

And a word of YHWH is to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,

3 to say to(wards) Rehoboam son: child Solomon king Judah and to(wards) all Israel in/on/with Judah and Benjamin to/for to say

“Speak to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

4 thus to say LORD not to ascend: rise and not to fight with brother: male-relative your to return: return man: anyone to/for house: home his for from with me to be [the] word: thing [the] this and to hear: hear [obj] word LORD and to return: repent from to go: went to(wards) Jeroboam

Thus said YHWH: You do not go up nor fight with your brothers! Let each return to his house, for this thing has been from Me”; and they hear the words of YHWH, and turn back from going against Jeroboam.

5 and to dwell Rehoboam in/on/with Jerusalem and to build city to/for siege in/on/with Judah

And Rehoboam dwells in Jerusalem, and builds cities for a bulwark in Judah,

6 and to build [obj] Bethlehem Bethlehem and [obj] Etam and [obj] Tekoa

indeed, he builds Beth-Lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

7 and [obj] Beth-zur Beth-zur and [obj] Soco and [obj] Adullam

and Beth-Zur, and Shocho, and Adullam,

8 and [obj] Gath and [obj] Mareshah and [obj] Ziph

and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

9 and [obj] Adoraim and [obj] Lachish and [obj] Azekah

and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

10 and [obj] Zorah and [obj] Aijalon and [obj] Hebron which in/on/with Judah and in/on/with Benjamin city fortress

and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, that [are] in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of bulwarks.

11 and to strengthen: strengthen [obj] [the] fortress and to give: put in/on/with them leader and treasure food and oil and wine

And he strengthens the bulwarks, and puts leaders in them, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,

12 and in/on/with all city and city shield and spear and to strengthen: strengthen them to/for to multiply much and to be to/for him Judah and Benjamin

and in each and every city [he puts] bucklers and spears, and strengthens them very greatly; and he has Judah and Benjamin.

13 and [the] priest and [the] Levi which in/on/with all Israel to stand upon him from all border: boundary their

And the priests and the Levites that [are] in all Israel have stationed themselves by him, out of all their border,

14 for to leave: forsake [the] Levi [obj] pasture their and possession their and to go: come to/for Judah and to/for Jerusalem for to reject them Jeroboam and son: child his from to minister to/for LORD

for the Levites have left their outskirts and their possession, and they come to Judah and to Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons have cast them off from acting as priests for YHWH,

15 and to stand: appoint to/for him priest to/for high place and to/for satyr and to/for calf which to make

and he establishes for himself priests for high places, and for goat [idols] and for calf [idols] that he made.

16 and after them from all tribe Israel [the] to give: put [obj] heart their to/for to seek [obj] LORD God Israel to come (in): come Jerusalem to/for to sacrifice to/for LORD God father their

And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those giving their heart to seek YHWH, God of Israel, have come to Jerusalem to sacrifice to YHWH, God of their father.

17 and to strengthen: strengthen [obj] royalty Judah and to strengthen [obj] Rehoboam son: child Solomon to/for year three for to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct David and Solomon to/for year three

And they strengthen the kingdom of Judah, and strengthen Rehoboam son of Solomon, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.

18 and to take: marry to/for him Rehoboam woman: wife [obj] Mahalath (daughter *Q(K)*) Jerimoth son: child David Abihail daughter Eliab son: child Jesse

And Rehoboam takes a wife for himself, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, [and of] Abigail daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.

19 and to beget to/for him son: child [obj] Jeush and [obj] Shemariah and [obj] Zaham

And she bears sons to him: Jeush, and Shamaria, and Zaham.

20 and after her to take: marry [obj] Maacah daughter Absalom and to beget to/for him [obj] Abijah and [obj] Attai and [obj] Ziza and [obj] Shelomith

And after her he has taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she bears to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

21 and to love: lover Rehoboam [obj] Maacah daughter Absalom from all woman: wife his and concubine his for woman: wife eight ten to lift: marry and concubine sixty and to beget twenty and eight son: child and sixty daughter

And Rehoboam loves Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines—for he has taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines—and he begets twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

22 and to stand: appoint to/for head: leader Rehoboam [obj] Abijah son: child Maacah to/for leader in/on/with brother: male-sibling his for to/for to reign him

And Rehoboam appoints Abijah son of Maachah for head, for leader among his brothers, for to cause him to reign.

23 and to understand and to break through from all son: child his to/for all land: country/planet Judah and Benjamin to/for all city [the] fortress and to give: give to/for them [the] food to/for abundance and to ask crowd woman: wife

And he has understanding, and disperses from all his sons to all lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all cities of the bulwarks, and gives provision in abundance to them; and he asks for a multitude of wives [for them].