1 Rehoboam went to Jerusalem and called together the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand selected warriors, to fight the northern tribes of Israel and win back the kingdom of Rehoboam.
2 But the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Shemaiah,
3 "Say this to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin, 'Yahweh says this:
4 Do not attack your fellow Israelites; let everyone go home, for what has happened is my doing."
5 They obeyed Yahweh's command and went back, instead of fighting against Jeroboam. Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built fortified towns in Judah.
6 He rebuilt Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Bethzur, Soco, Adullam,
8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Zorah, Aijalon, Hebron; these were fortified towns in Judah and Benjamin.
11 He fortified them with walls and put commanders in them with stores of food, oil and wine.
12 In each of these towns were shields and spears. He made them very strong to keep Judah and Benjamin under control.
13 From all the territory of Israel, priests and Levites came south to Judah.
14 The Levites, indeed, abandoned their pasture lands and their holdings, and came to Judah and Jerusalem, since Jeroboam and his sons did not recognize them as the only priests of Yahweh
15 and had appointed priests of his own to serve at the High places to worship the goats and the bullcalves he had made.
16 Members of all the tribes of Israel, people who sincerely wanted to worship Yahweh the God of Israel, followed them and came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.
17 These Israelites added strength to the kingdom of Judah, and gave their support to Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because during three years he followed the example of David and Solomon.
18 Rehoboam took as wife Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth, son of David and of Abihail, daughter of Eliab, son of Jesse.
19 She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah and Zaham.
20 After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith.
21 Rehoboam loved Maacah, daughter of Absalom, more than all his other wives and concubines. He had in fact a total of eighteen wives and sixty concubines, twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
22 Rehoboam favored Abijah, Maacah's son over all his other children, choosing him as the one to succeed him as king.
23 Rehoboam ruled prudently by scattering his sons throughout Judah and Benjamin in the fortified towns, where he provided them with generous provisions and many wives.
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2 Chronicles 11 describes the division of the kingdom of Israel after the death of King Solomon, with ten northern tribes rebeling against Roboam, son of Solomon, who ruled the two southern tribes. The chapter also talks about the fortifications built by Robano in Judah to prepare for the war.
1 Kings 12:16: "See, therefore, all Israel that the king did not hear him, the people answered the king, saying, What part we have with David? We have no inheritance with the son of Jesse; Your tents, O Israel! Now, look at your house, O David. And Israel is gone to your tents. " This verse talks about the rebellion of the ten northern tribes, which separated from the kingdom of Judah.
2 Chronicles 12:1: "And it happened that, eventually royal to consolidate the kingdom, and strengthening, left the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him." This verse shows that Roban, after strengthening his kingdom, abandoned the law of God and led the people with him.
Deuteronomy 20:1: "When you go out to the battle against your enemies, and you will see horses, and cars, and people more numerous than you, you will not fear them; for the Lord your God, who took you out of the earth of Egypt, is with you . " This verse talks about the importance of trust in God in times of war, which was a concern for Robano in building fortifications.
Proverbs 18:10: "Strong tower is the name of the Lord; the righteous will run to it, and be in high refuge." This verse reinforces the theme of the construction of fortifications, but recalls that true security and protection comes from the name of the Lord.
Jeremiah 17:5: "Thus saith the Lord, the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and separates his heart of the Lord." This verse recalls that despite the fortifications and preparations for war, trust in God is the true key to victory and protection.
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