1 And|strong="H3967" when|strong="H7725" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" was|strong="H3478" come|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", he|strong="H6213" assembled|strong="H6950" the|strong="H6213" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3967" Benjamin|strong="H1144", a|strong="H3068" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" fourscore|strong="H8084" thousand chosen men|strong="H6213", that|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" warriors|strong="H4421", to|strong="H7725" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H7725" bring|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6213" kingdom|strong="H4467" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Rehoboam|strong="H7346".
2 But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" the|strong="H3068" man of|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H1697",
3 Speak unto|strong="H3478" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", saying,
4 Thus|strong="H3541" saith Jehovah|strong="H3068", Ye|strong="H8085" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" up|strong="H5927", nor|strong="H3808" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3068" brethren: return|strong="H7725" every|strong="H3212" man|strong="H2088" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004"; for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1004" me|strong="H7725". So|strong="H3541" they|strong="H3588" hearkened|strong="H8085" unto|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8085" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1004" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" going|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5973" Jeroboam|strong="H3379".
5 And|strong="H3063" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3063" built|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" for|strong="H3427" defense|strong="H4692" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063".
6 He|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" Beth-lehem|strong="H1035", and|strong="H1129" Etam|strong="H5862", and|strong="H1129" Tekoa|strong="H8620",
7 And|strong="H7755" Beth-zur|strong="H1049", and|strong="H7755" Soco|strong="H7755", and|strong="H7755" Adullam|strong="H5725",
8 and|strong="H2128" Gath|strong="H1661", and|strong="H2128" Mareshah|strong="H4762", and|strong="H2128" Ziph|strong="H2128",
9 and|strong="H3923" Adoraim, and|strong="H3923" Lachish|strong="H3923", and|strong="H3923" Azekah|strong="H5825",
10 and|strong="H3063" Zorah|strong="H6881", and|strong="H3063" Aijalon, and|strong="H3063" Hebron|strong="H2275", which|strong="H5892" are|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H5892" Benjamin|strong="H1144", fortified|strong="H4694" cities|strong="H5892".
11 And|strong="H2388" he|strong="H5414" fortified|strong="H4694" the|strong="H5414" strongholds, and|strong="H2388" put|strong="H5414" captains|strong="H5057" in|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H2388" stores of|strong="H3196" victuals, and|strong="H2388" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H2388" wine|strong="H3196".
12 And|strong="H3063" in|strong="H5892" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" he put shields|strong="H6793" and|strong="H3063" spears|strong="H7420", and|strong="H3063" made|strong="H2388" them|strong="H1961" exceeding|strong="H3966" strong|strong="H2388". And|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Benjamin|strong="H1144" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3605".
13 And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" resorted|strong="H3320" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1366" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366".
14 For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Levites|strong="H3881" left|strong="H5800" their|strong="H3068" suburbs|strong="H4054" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" possession, and|strong="H1121" came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389": for|strong="H3588" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" cast|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1121" off|strong="H2186", that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" execute the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3547"’s office unto|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068";
15 and|strong="H3548" he|strong="H6213" appointed|strong="H5975" him|strong="H6213" priests|strong="H3548" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116", and|strong="H3548" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" he-goats, and|strong="H3548" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" calves|strong="H5695" which|strong="H1116" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3548" made|strong="H6213".
16 And|strong="H3478" after|strong="H1245" them|strong="H5414", out|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", such|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3824" set|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" hearts|strong="H3824" to|strong="H3478" seek|strong="H1245" Jehovah|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3478" sacrifice|strong="H2076" unto|strong="H5414" Jehovah|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" fathers.
17 So|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3588" strengthened|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3588" kingdom|strong="H4438" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H2388" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" strong|strong="H2388", three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" walked|strong="H1980" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010".
18 And|strong="H1121" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3068" wife, Mahalath|strong="H4258" the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Jerimoth the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", and of Abihail the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Eliab the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448";
19 and|strong="H1121" she bare|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121": Jeush|strong="H3266", and|strong="H1121" Shemariah|strong="H8114", and|strong="H1121" Zaham|strong="H2093".
20 And|strong="H1323" after her|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" Maacah|strong="H4601" the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Absalom; and|strong="H1323" she bare|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" Abijah, and|strong="H1323" Attai|strong="H6262", and|strong="H1323" Ziza|strong="H2124", and|strong="H1323" Shelomith|strong="H8019".
21 And|strong="H1121" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" loved Maacah|strong="H4601" the|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Absalom above all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" wives and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" concubines|strong="H6370" (for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H5375" eighteen|strong="H8083" wives, and|strong="H1121" threescore|strong="H8346" concubines|strong="H6370", and|strong="H1121" begat|strong="H3205" twenty|strong="H6242" and|strong="H1121" eight|strong="H8083" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" threescore|strong="H8346" daughters|strong="H1323").
22 And|strong="H1121" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" appointed|strong="H5975" Abijah the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maacah|strong="H4601" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" chief|strong="H7218", even the|strong="H3588" prince|strong="H5057" among|strong="H7218" his|strong="H3588" brethren; for|strong="H3588" he was minded to|strong="H1121" make|strong="H4427" him|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427".
23 And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" dealt wisely, and|strong="H1121" dispersed|strong="H6555" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" lands of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", unto|strong="H5414" every|strong="H3605" fortified|strong="H4694" city|strong="H5892": and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" victuals in|strong="H5892" abundance|strong="H7230". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" sought|strong="H7592" for them many|strong="H7230" wives.