Also, Rehoboam put shields and spears in every city and made the cities very strong. Rehoboam kept the peoples and cities of Judah and Benjamin under his control.
2 Chronicles 17:19 - Easy To Read Version All those soldiers served King Jehoshaphat. The king also had other men in the fortresses {\cf2\super [211]} in all the country of 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. |
Also, Rehoboam put shields and spears in every city and made the cities very strong. Rehoboam kept the peoples and cities of Judah and Benjamin under his control.
Rehoboam acted wisely and spread all his sons through all the areas of Judah and Benjamin to every strong city. And Rehoboam gave plenty of supplies to his sons. He also looked for wives for his sons.
Jehoshaphat became more and more powerful. He built fortresses {\cf2\super [210]} and storage towns in the country of Judah.
He put groups of soldiers in all the towns of Judah that were made into fortresses. {\cf2\super [204]} Jehoshaphat built fortresses in Judah and in the towns of Ephraim that his father Asa captured.
After that happened, Manasseh built an outer wall for the City of David. {\cf2\super [410]} This wall went to the west of Gihon Spring in \{Kidron\} Valley, to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and around the hill of Ophel. {\cf2\super [411]} He made the wall very tall. Then he put officers in all the fortresses {\cf2\super [412]} in Judah.