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2 Chronicles 11
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1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.IP1 Kings 12:21-24C2 Chronicles 11:1-4TOSK2 Chronicles 11:1
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2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:IP1 Kings 12:21-24C2 Chronicles 11:1-4TOSK2 Chronicles 11:2
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3 "Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and BenjaminIP1 Kings 12:21-24C2 Chronicles 11:1-4TOSK2 Chronicles 11:3
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4 that this is what the LORD says: 'You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.'" So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.IP1 Kings 12:21-24C2 Chronicles 11:1-4TOSK2 Chronicles 11:4
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5 Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.TOSK2 Chronicles 11:5
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6 He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,TOSK2 Chronicles 11:6
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7 Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,TOSK2 Chronicles 11:7
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8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,TOSK2 Chronicles 11:8
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9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,TOSK2 Chronicles 11:9
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10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.TOSK2 Chronicles 11:10
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11 He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.C2 Chronicles 11:11-17TOSK2 Chronicles 11:11
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12 He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.C2 Chronicles 11:11-17TOSK2 Chronicles 11:12
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13 Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.C2 Chronicles 11:11-17TOSK2 Chronicles 11:13
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14 For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.IP1 Kings 12:25-32C2 Chronicles 11:11-17TOSK2 Chronicles 11:14
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15 And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.IP1 Kings 12:25-32 1 Kings 12:28-33 Leviticus 17:7C2 Chronicles 11:11-17TOSK2 Chronicles 11:15
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16 Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.C2 Chronicles 11:11-17TOSK2 Chronicles 11:16
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17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.C2 Chronicles 11:11-17TOSK2 Chronicles 11:17
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18 And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.TOSK2 Chronicles 11:18
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19 She bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.TOSK2 Chronicles 11:19
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20 After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.TOSK2 Chronicles 11:20
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21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.TOSK2 Chronicles 11:21
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22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.TOSK2 Chronicles 11:22
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23 Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.TOSK2 Chronicles 11:23