And Rehoboam came into Jerusalem, and he held an assembly of Judah and Benjamin a hundred eighty thousand young men for making war, to wage war against Israel, to return the kingdom Rehoboam.
And came to pass of the lord to Shemaiah of God, saying,
Say to Rehoboam the Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel, the one with Judah and Benjamin, saying!
Thus says You shall not ascend, and you shall not wage war against your brethren. Let return to his house! for from And they heeded the word of the lord, and they turned to not go against Jeroboam.
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and he built cities in Judea.
And he rebuilt Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa,
and Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which of Judah
And he fortified them with walls, and he appointed in them leaders, and provisions of foods, and olive oil and wine;
accordingly city by city and spears. And he strengthened them in magnitude exceedingly, and were
And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel, came together to him from out of all the borders.
For left behind their tents, the ones of their possession, and they went to Judah unto Jerusalem, for cast them out to not officiate
And he placed for himself priests of the high places, and for the idols, and for the vain things, and for the calves which Jeroboam made.
And he cast them out from of Israel, gave their heart to seek God of Israel. And they came into Jerusalem to sacrifice to the God of their fathers.
And they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and they strengthened Rehoboam son of Solomon for years for he went by way of David and Solomon for years
And took for a wife Mahalath daughter of Jerimoth son of David, and Abihail daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.
And she bore to him sons Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
And after these he took Maachah to himself, the daughter of Absalom; and she bore to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
And Rehoboam loved Maacha daughter of Absalom above all his wives and the concubines; for wives and concubines And he engendered twenty and eight sons, and daughters
And Rehoboam ordained Abijah the Maacha as ruler, and for leader among his brethren, for he considered to give him reign.
And he grew above all his sons, in all the borders of Judah and Benjamin, and in the cities and he gave to them of provisions and he asked for a multitude of wives.