Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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.
And
Rehoboam cometh
in to
Jerusalem, and
assembleth
the house of Judah and Benjamin, a
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
chosen warriors ,
to fight with
Israel ,
to
bring
back
the kingdom to Rehoboam.
But
the
word of the
LORD
came
to
Shemaiah the
man of God :
And
a
word of Jehovah
is
unto
Shemaiah ,
a
man of God ,
saying,
“Tell
Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the
Israelites
in Judah and Benjamin
`Speak
unto
Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah ,
and unto
all Israel
in Judah and Benjamin ,
saying,
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.
Thus
said
Jehovah,
Ye
do
not go up nor
fight with
your brethren,
turn
back
each to
his
house
, for from Me hath
this
thing
been;'
and
they hear
the words of Jehovah,
and turn
back from going against Jeroboam.
Rehoboam continued
to
live
in Jerusalem, and he
built
up
cities for defense
in Judah .
And
Rehoboam dwelleth
in Jerusalem, and buildeth
cities for a
bulwark
in Judah ,
He
built
up
Bethlehem
, Etam, Tekoa,
yea
, he
buildeth
Beth-Lehem
and
Etam, and
Tekoa,
Beth-zur, Soco
, Adullam,
and
Beth-Zur, and
Shocho
, and
Adullam,
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
and
Gath, and
Mareshah, and
Ziph,
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
and
Adoraim, and
Lachish, and
Azekah,
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the
fortified
cities
in Judah and Benjamin.
and
Zorah, and
Aijalon, and Hebron, that
`are'
in Judah and in
Benjamin ,
cities
of
bulwarks
.
He strengthened
their
fortresses
and put
officers
in them, with
supplies
of food, oil, and wine .
And
he strengtheneth
the
bulwarks,
and putteth
in them leaders
, and
treasures
of food, and
oil, and wine ,
He
also
put
shields
and spears
in all
the
cities
and strengthened
them greatly .
So
Judah and Benjamin belonged
to
him
.
and in every
city
and city
targets
and
spears,
and
strengtheneth
them very
greatly ;
and
he
hath
Judah and Benjamin.
Moreover,
the priests and Levites from
all their
districts
throughout
Israel stood
with
Rehoboam.
And
the priests ,
and the
Levites ,
that
`are'
in
all Israel ,
have
stationed
themselves
by
him,
out
of
all
their
border,
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.
for the Levites have
left their suburbs
and their possession,
and they
come
to Judah and to
Jerusalem, for
Jeroboam and his sons have
cast
them off
from
acting
as priests to
Jehovah,
And Jeroboam
appointed
his
own
priests for the
high places and for the
goat
demons
and calf
idols
he had
made .
and he
establisheth
to
him
priests for high places ,
and for goats,
and for
calves,
that
he made --
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
.
and
after
them,
out
of all
the
tribes
of
Israel ,
those
giving
their heart
to seek Jehovah,
God of
Israel,
have
come
in
to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Jehovah
, God of their father
.
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
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
.
And Rehoboam married
Mahalath, who
was
the
daughter
of David’s
son
Jerimoth and
of Abihail
, the
daughter of Jesse’s
son
Eliab.
And Rehoboam taketh
to
him
a
wife,
Mahalath, child
of Jerimoth son
of David
, `and'
Abigail
daughter of Eliab ,
son
of
Jesse
.
She bore
sons
to him :
Jeush, Shemariah
, and Zaham.
And
she beareth
to him sons,
Jeush, and
Shamaria
, and Zaham.
After her ,
he married
Maacah
daughter of Absalom, and she bore
to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
And
after her he hath
taken
Maachah
daughter of Absalom, and she beareth
to him Abijah, and
Attai, and
Ziza, and Shelomith.
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 loveth
Maachah
daughter of Absalom above
all his wives and his
concubines --
for
eighteen wives he
hath
taken,
and sixty concubines --
and he begetteth
twenty and
eight sons ,
and sixty daughters.
Rehoboam appointed
Abijah son of Maacah
as
chief
prince
among his brothers
, intending
to make
him king
.
And
Rehoboam appointeth
for
head
Abijah son of Maachah,
for
leader
among his brethren
, for
to cause
him to
reign
.
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
.
And
he
hath
understanding,
and
spreadeth
out
of all
his sons to
all
lands
of Judah and Benjamin, to all cities of
the
bulwarks,
and
giveth
to
them provision
in
abundance;
and he
asketh
a
multitude
of
wives.
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible and Young's Literal Translation. Public domain; source text distributed by BSB Publishing, LLC.; Public domain..