2 Chronicles 11
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Now a when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled from the house of Judah and Benjamin one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
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But the word of the LORD came b to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
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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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'Thus says the LORD: "You shall not go up or fight against your brethren! Let every man return to his house, for this thing is from Me." ' " Therefore they obeyed the words of the LORD, and turned back from attacking Jeroboam.
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So Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
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And he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
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Beth Zur, Sochoh, Adullam,
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Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
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Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
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Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and Benjamin, fortified cities.
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And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine.
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Also in every city he put shields and spears, and made them very strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
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And from all their territories the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel took their stand with him.
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For the Levites left c their common-lands and their possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for d Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests to the LORD.
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e Then he appointed for himself priests for the high places, for f the demons, and g the calf idols which he had made.
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h And after the Levites left, those from all the tribes of Israel, such as set their heart to seek the LORD God of Israel, i came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD God of their fathers.
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So they j strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.
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Then Rehoboam took for himself as wife Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of k Eliah the son of Jesse.
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And she bore him children: Jeush, Shamariah, and Zaham.
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After her he took l Maachah the granddaughter of m Absalom; and she bore him n Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
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Now Rehoboam loved Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom more than all his o wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
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And Rehoboam p appointed q Abijah the son of Maachah as chief, to be leader among his brothers; for he intended to make him king.
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He dealt wisely, and dispersed some of his sons throughout all the territories of Judah and Benjamin, to every r fortified city; and he gave them provisions in abundance. He also sought many wives for them.
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Cross References
1 Kings 12:21 - 24
And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:5
Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite.
2 Chronicles 12:15
The acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
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Cross References
Numbers 35:2 - 5
Command the children of Israel that they give the Levites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession, and you shall also give the Levites common-land around the cities.
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Cross References
1 Kings 12:28 - 33
Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!
2 Chronicles 13:9
Have you not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests, like the peoples of other lands, so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may be a priest of things that are not gods?
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Cross References
1 Kings 12:31
He made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
1 Kings 13:33
After this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but again he made priests from every class of people for the high places; whoever wished, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
1 Kings 14:9
But you have done more evil than all who were before you, for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molded images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back -
Hosea 13:2
Now they sin more and more, And have made for themselves molded images, Idols of their silver, according to their skill; All of it is the work of craftsmen. They say of them, "Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!
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Cross References
Leviticus 17:7
"They shall no more offer their sacrifices to demons, after whom they have played the harlot. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations."'
1 Corinthians 10:20
Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
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Cross References
1 Kings 12:28
Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 14:7
Therefore he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side." So they built and prospered.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 15:9
Then he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who dwelt with them from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they came over to him in great numbers from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
2 Chronicles 15:10
So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
2 Chronicles 30:11
Nevertheless some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 18:1
Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and by marriage he allied himself with Ahab.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 12:1
Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel along with him.
2 Chronicles 12:13
Thus King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Now Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king; and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. His mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 16:6
So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, "Surely the LORD's anointed is before Him!
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 13:2
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
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Cross References
1 Kings 15:2
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom.
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Cross References
1 Kings 14:31
So Rehoboam rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. His mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. Then Abijam his son reigned in his place.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:17
Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:15 - 17
If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the unloved, and if the firstborn son is of her who is unloved.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 13:1
In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 11:5
So Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
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