Ii Paralipomenon 11
1 Venit autem Roboam in Ierusalem, et convocavit universam domum Iuda et Beniamin, centum octoginta millia electorum atque bellantium, ut dimicaret contra Israel, et converteret ad se regnum suum.
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 Factusque est sermo Domini ad Semeiam hominem Dei, dicens:
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:
3 Loquere ad Roboam filium Salomonis regem Iuda, et ad universum Israel, qui est in Iuda et Beniamin:
“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
4 Haec dicit Dominus: Non ascendetis, neque pugnabitis contra fratres vestros: revertatur unusquisque in domum suam, quia mea hoc gestum est voluntate. Qui cum audissent sermonem Domini reversi sunt, nec perrexerunt contra Ieroboam.
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 Habitavit autem Roboam in Ierusalem, et aedificavit civitates muratas in Iuda.
Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
6 Extruxitque Bethlehem, et Etam, et Thecue,
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Bethsur quoque, et Socho, et Odollam,
Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 necnon et Geth, et Maresa, et Ziph,
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 sed et Aduram, et Lachis, et Azeca,
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Saraa quoque, et Aialon, et Hebron, quae erant in Iuda et Beniamin, civitates munitissimas.
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
11 Cumque clausisset eas muris, posuit in eis principes, ciborumque horrea, hoc est, olei, et vini.
He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.
12 Sed et in singulis urbibus fecit armamentarium scutorum et hastarum, firmavitque eas summa diligentia, et imperavit super Iudam, et Beniamin.
He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
13 Sacerdotes autem et Levitae, qui erant in universo Israel, venerunt ad eum de cunctis sedibus suis,
Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.
14 relinquentes suburbana, et possessiones suas, et transeuntes ad Iudam, et Ierusalem: eo quod abiecisset eos Ieroboam, et posteri eius, ne sacerdotio Domini fungerentur.
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 Qui constituit sibi sacerdotes excelsorum, et daemoniorum, vitulorumque quos fecerat.
And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.
16 Sed et de cunctis tribubus Israel, quicumque dederant cor suum ut quaererent Dominum Deum Israel, venerunt in Ierusalem ad immolandum victimas suas coram Domino Deo patrum suorum.
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 Et roboraverunt regnum Iuda, et confirmaverunt Roboam filium Salomonis per tres annos: ambulaverunt enim in viis David et Salomonis, annis tantum tribus.
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 Duxit autem Roboam uxorem Mahalath, filiam Ierimoth, filii David: Abihail quoque filiam Eliab filii Isai,
And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
19 quae peperit ei filios Iehus, et Somoriam, et Zoom.
She bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Post hanc quoque accepit Maacha filiam Absalom, quae peperit ei Abia, et Ethai, et Ziza, et Salomith.
After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Amavit autem Roboam Maacha filiam Absalom super omnes uxores suas, et concubinas: nam uxores decem et octo duxerat, concubinas autem sexaginta: et genuit viginti octo filios, et sexaginta filias.
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 Constituit vero in capite, Abiam filium Maacha ducem super omnes fratres suos: ipsum enim regem facere cogitabat,
Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
23 quia sapientior fuit, et potentior super omnes filios eius, et in cunctis finibus Iuda, et Beniamin, et in universis civitatibus muratis: praebuitque eis escas plurimas, et multas petivit uxores.
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.
