Rehoboam also showed discernment by dispersing some of his sons to all the regions of Judah and Benjamin and to all the fortified cities. He gave them plenty of provisions and sought many wives for them.
2 Chronicles 11:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Rehoboam stayed in Jerusalem, and he fortified cities , in Judah. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem and built cities for defense in Judah. American Standard Version (1901) And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. Common English Bible Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, but he built cities for Judah’s defense Catholic Public Domain Version Then Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built fortified cities in Judah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Roboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built walled cities in Juda. |
Rehoboam also showed discernment by dispersing some of his sons to all the regions of Judah and Benjamin and to all the fortified cities. He gave them plenty of provisions and sought many wives for them.
He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
He also removed the high places and the shrines from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom experienced peace under him.
Then King Asa brought all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had built it with. Then he built Geba and Mizpah with them.
Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger. He built fortresses and storage cities in Judah
He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
Their father had given them many gifts of silver, gold, and valuable things, along with fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod. Then he built cities in the vicinity of Ashdod and among the Philistines.
He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
while the king of Babylon’s army was attacking Jerusalem and all of Judah’s remaining cities #– #that is, Lachish and Azekah, for they were the only ones left of Judah’s fortified cities.