Ii Paralipomenon 11
1 venit autem Roboam in Hierusalem et convocavit universam domum Iuda et Beniamin in centum octoginta milibus electorum atque bellantium ut dimicaret contra Israhel 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 Israhel 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 Hieroboam
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 Hierusalem et aedificavit civitates muratas in Iuda
Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
6 extruxitque Bethleem et Aetham et Thecue
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Bethsur quoque et Soccho et Odollam
Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 necnon Geth et Maresa et Ziph
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 sed et Aduram et Lachis et Azecha
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Saraa quoque et Ahilon 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 armamentaria scutorum et hastarum firmavitque eas multa 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 Israhel 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 Hierusalem eo quod abiecisset eos Hieroboam 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 daemonum 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 Israhel quicumque dederant cor suum ut quaererent Dominum Deum Israhel venerunt Hierusalem ad immolandas victimas 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 Maalath filiam Hierimuth filii David Abiail quoque filiam Heliab 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 Ieus 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 Salumith
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 concubinasque 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 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 qui 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.
