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Rehoboam
Reigns over Judah and Builds Cities |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:1 |
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Now when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he
assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men who were warriors,
to fight against Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam. |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:2 |
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But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the
man of God, saying, |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:3 |
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"Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king
of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:4 |
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'Thus says the LORD, "You shall not go up or
fight against your relatives; return every man to his house, for this thing is
from Me."'" So they listened to the words of the LORD and returned from going
against Jeroboam. |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:5 |
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Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built cities
for defense in Judah. |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:6 |
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Thus he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:7 |
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Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam, |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:8 |
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Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:9 |
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Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:10 |
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Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron, which are fortified
cities in Judah and in Benjamin. |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:11 |
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He also strengthened the fortresses and put
officers in them and stores of food, oil and wine. |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:12 |
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He put shields and spears in every city and
strengthened them greatly. So he held Judah and Benjamin. |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:13 |
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Moreover, the priests and the Levites who were
in all Israel stood with him from all their districts. |
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Jeroboam
Appoints False Priests |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:14 |
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For the Levites left their pasture lands and
their property and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had
excluded them from serving as priests to the LORD. |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:15 |
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He set up priests of his own for the high places,
for the satyrs and for the calves which he had made. |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:16 |
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Those from all the tribes of Israel who set
their hearts on seeking the LORD God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem, to
sacrifice to the LORD God of their fathers. |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:17 |
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They strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported
Rehoboam the son of Solomon for three years, for they walked in the way of David
and Solomon for three years. |
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Rehoboam's
Family |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:18 |
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Then Rehoboam took as a wife Mahalath the daughter
of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse, |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:19 |
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and she bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah and
Zaham. |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:20 |
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After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom,
and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith. |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:21 |
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Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom
more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives
and sixty concubines and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:22 |
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Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah
as head and leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king. |
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| 2 Chronicles 11:23 |
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He acted wisely and distributed some of his
sons through all the territories of Judah and Benjamin to all the fortified cities,
and he gave them food in abundance. And he sought many wives for them. |
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