2 Chronicles 11:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Rehoboam ruled from Jerusalem, and he had several cities in Judah turned into fortresses so he could use them to defend his country. These cities included

Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:23

Rehoboam was wise enough to put one of his sons in charge of each fortified city in his kingdom. He gave them all the supplies they needed and found wives for every one of them.

2 Chronicles 11:6

Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

2 Chronicles 12:4

He captured every one of the fortified cities in Judah and then marched to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 14:5

He destroyed every local shrine and incense altar in Judah.

2 Chronicles 16:6

Asa ordered everyone in Judah to carry away the stones and wood Baasha had used to fortify Ramah. Then he fortified the towns of Geba and Mizpah with these same stones and wood.

2 Chronicles 17:12

As Jehoshaphat became more powerful, he built fortresses and cities

2 Chronicles 17:2

He assigned troops to the fortified cities in Judah, as well as to other towns in Judah and to those towns in Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

2 Chronicles 21:3

Jehoshaphat gave each of them silver and gold, as well as other valuable gifts. He also put them in charge of the fortified cities in Judah, but he had chosen his eldest son Jehoram to succeed him as king.

2 Chronicles 26:6

While Uzziah was king, he started a war against the Philistines. He smashed the walls of the cities of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod, then rebuilt towns around Ashdod and in other parts of Philistia.

2 Chronicles 27:4

He built towns in the mountains of Judah and built fortresses and defence towers in the forests.

Jeremiah 34:7

Meanwhile, the king of Babylonia was trying to break through the walls of Lachish, Azekah, and Jerusalem, the only three towns of Judah that had not been captured.