Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built fortified cities for defense in Judah.
2 Chronicles 17:2 - Tree of Life Version He stationed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah and set garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had taken. American Standard Version (1901) And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. Common English Bible by stationing troops in the fortified cities of Judah and placing soldiers throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured. Catholic Public Domain Version And he appointed numbers of soldiers in all the cities of Judah that had been fortified with walls. And he placed garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he placed numbers of soldiers in all the fortified cities of Juda. And he put garrisons in the land of Juda, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. |
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built fortified cities for defense in Judah.
Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured towns from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages.
When Asa heard these words as well as the prophecy of the prophet Oded, he took courage and removed the abominations from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns that he had seized in the hill country of Ephraim. He also repaired Adonai’s altar that was in front of Adonai’s entryway.
These were the men who served the king besides those whom the king stationed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
Adonai was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the first ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baalim