English Bible Presentation Sharing - 2-Chronicles Book, chapter 11, verse 42 in Litv Version

2 Chronicles 11 : 1 (LITV)

And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and called up the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight with Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam.

2 Chronicles 11 : 2 (LITV)

And the Word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,

2 Chronicles 11 : 3 (LITV)

Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon the king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

2 Chronicles 11 : 4 (LITV)

So says Jehovah, You shall not go up, nor fight with your brothers. Each return to his house, for this thing has come from Me. And they heard the Words of Jehovah, and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

2 Chronicles 11 : 5 (LITV)

And Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.

2 Chronicles 11 : 6 (LITV)

And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

2 Chronicles 11 : 7 (LITV)

and Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,

2 Chronicles 11 : 8 (LITV)

and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

2 Chronicles 11 : 9 (LITV)

and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

2 Chronicles 11 : 10 (LITV)

and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron. These were in Judah and in Benjamin as cities of defense.

2 Chronicles 11 : 11 (LITV)

And he made the strongholds stronger, and put commanders in them, and treasures of food and oil and wine.

2 Chronicles 11 : 12 (LITV)

And he put in every city bucklers and spears, and made them exceedingly strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.

2 Chronicles 11 : 13 (LITV)

And the priests and the Levites in all Israel stationed themselves by him, out of all their territory.

2 Chronicles 11 : 14 (LITV)

For the Levites had abandoned their pasture land and their property. And they came to Judah and to Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them out from acting as priests to Jehovah.

2 Chronicles 11 : 15 (LITV)

And he made stand priests for himself for the high places, and for goats, and for the calves that he made.

2 Chronicles 11 : 16 (LITV)

And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who gave their heart to seek Jehovah the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 11 : 17 (LITV)

And they made the kingdom of Judah stronger, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon stronger, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.

2 Chronicles 11 : 18 (LITV)

And Rehoboam took a wife for himself, Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse.

2 Chronicles 11 : 19 (LITV)

And she bore to him sons: Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.

2 Chronicles 11 : 20 (LITV)

And after her, he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

2 Chronicles 11 : 21 (LITV)

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines (for he had taken eighteen wives, and sixty concubines; and he fathered twenty eight sons and sixty daughters).

2 Chronicles 11 : 22 (LITV)

And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maachah the head, as ruler among his brothers, in order to cause him to reign.

2 Chronicles 11 : 23 (LITV)

And he had understanding, and spread out all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the cities of defense, and gave them provision in abundance. And he demanded a multitude of wives.