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American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
when Rehoboam was
come
to
Jerusalem, he assembled
the house of Judah and Benjamin, a
hundred
and
fourscore
thousand
chosen men,
that
were
warriors ,
to fight against Israel ,
to
bring
the kingdom again
to Rehoboam.
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.
But the word of Jehovah
came to Shemaiah the man of God ,
saying,
But the word of the
LORD
came to Shemaiah the man of God :
Speak
unto
Rehoboam the
son of Solomon ,
king of Judah ,
and to
all Israel
in Judah and Benjamin ,
saying,
“Tell
Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the
Israelites
in Judah and Benjamin
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Ye
shall
not go up ,
nor
fight against your brethren:
return every
man
to
his
house;
for this thing
is of
me. So they hearkened
unto
the words of Jehovah,
and returned
from going against Jeroboam.
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.
And
Rehoboam dwelt
in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence
in Judah.
Rehoboam continued
to
live
in Jerusalem, and he
built up
cities for defense
in Judah.
He built Beth-lehem
, and
Etam, and
Tekoa,
He built up
Bethlehem
, Etam, Tekoa,
And
Beth-zur, and
Soco, and
Adullam,
Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
and
Gath, and
Mareshah, and
Ziph,
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
and
Adoraim, and
Lachish, and
Azekah,
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
and
Zorah, and
Aijalon, and Hebron, which
are
in Judah and in
Benjamin ,
fortified
cities
.
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the
fortified
cities
in Judah and Benjamin.
And
he fortified
the
strongholds,
and put captains
in them, and
stores
of victuals
, and
oil and wine.
He strengthened
their
fortresses
and put officers
in them, with
supplies
of food
, oil ,
and wine.
And
in
every
city
`
he put '
shields and spears ,
and made
them exceeding
strong
. And
Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
He also
put shields and spears in
all
the
cities
and strengthened
them greatly
. So
Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
And
the priests and the
Levites that
were
in
all
Israel
resorted
to
him
out
of
all their border
.
Moreover,
the priests and Levites from
all their districts
throughout
Israel
stood
with
Rehoboam
.
For the Levites left their suburbs
and their possession,
and came
to Judah and Jerusalem :
for
Jeroboam and his sons cast
them off,
that
they
should
not
execute
the priest's
office
unto
Jehovah;
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.
and he
appointed him
priests for the high places ,
and for the he-goats,
and for
the
calves
which
he had made.
And Jeroboam
appointed his
own
priests for the high places and for the goat
demons
and calf
idols
he had made.
And
after
them,
out
of
all
the
tribes
of Israel ,
such
as
set their hearts to seek Jehovah,
the God of
Israel,
came
to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto
Jehovah
, the God of their fathers.
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.
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah ,
and made
Rehoboam the
son of Solomon strong,
three years ;
for
they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.
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.
And Rehoboam took
him
a
wife,
Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth
the
son of
David,
`
and of '
Abihail the daughter of Eliab
the
son of
Jesse;
And Rehoboam married
Mahalath ,
who
was
the daughter of David’s
son Jerimoth
and of Abihail ,
the daughter of Jesse’s
son Eliab.
and
she bare
him
sons: Jeush, and
Shemariah, and Zaham.
She bore
sons to
him
: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
And
after her he took
Maacah the
daughter of Absalom ;
and she bare
him Abijah, and
Attai, and
Ziza, and Shelomith.
After her ,
he married
Maacah daughter of Absalom ,
and she bore
to
him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
And
Rehoboam loved Maacah the
daughter of Absalom above
all his wives and his
concubines :
(for
he took
eighteen wives ,
and threescore
concubines, and begat
twenty and
eight sons and threescore
daughters. )
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.
And
Rehoboam appointed Abijah the
son of Maacah to
be
chief ,
`even'
the
prince among his brethren;
for
`he
was
minded'
to make him king.
Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as
chief prince among his brothers,
intending
to make him king.
And
he
dealt
wisely ,
and
dispersed
of all
his sons throughout all
the lands
of Judah and Benjamin, unto
every
fortified
city:
and he gave them victuals
in
abundance.
And he
sought `for
them'
many wives.
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
.
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