He also put large shields and spears in each and every city to make them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin were his.
2 Chronicles 17:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised These were the ones who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These were in the king's service, besides those [he] had placed in fortified cities throughout all Judah. American Standard Version (1901) These were they that waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah. Common English Bible These were the individuals who served the king in addition to those the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah. Catholic Public Domain Version All these were at the hand of the king, aside from the others, whom he had positioned in the walled cities, in all of Judah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All these were at the hand of the king, beside others, whom he had put in the walled cities, in all Juda. |
He also put large shields and spears in each and every city to make them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin were his.
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.
Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger. He built fortresses and storage cities in Judah
next to him, Jehozabad and one hundred and eighty thousand with him equipped for war.
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.
After this, he built the outer wall of the city of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate; he brought it round Ophel, and he heightened it considerably. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.