since he was wiser and more powerful than all his sons, even in all the regions of Judah and Benjamin, and in all the fortified cities. And he provided them with very much food, and he sought many wives.
2 Chronicles 11:5 - Catholic Public Domain Version Then Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built fortified cities in Judah. 更多版本King 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 Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Roboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built walled cities in Juda. English Standard Version 2016 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defense in Judah. |
since he was wiser and more powerful than all his sons, even in all the regions of Judah and Benjamin, and in all the fortified cities. And he provided them with very much food, and he sought many wives.
And he took away, from all the cities of Judah, the altars and the shrines. And he reigned in peace.
Then king Asa took all of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and the wood that Baasha had prepared for the things to be built. And he built up Gibeah and Mizpah with them.
Therefore, Jehoshaphat increased and was magnified, even on high. And in Judah, he built houses in the likeness of towers, and walled cities.
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.
And their father gave to them many gifts of silver, and gold, and valuables, with very fortified cities in Judah. But the kingdom he handed on to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.
Indeed, he went out and fought against the Philistines. And he destroyed the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod. Also, he built towns in Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
Also, he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and fortresses and towers in the forests.
And the army of the king of Babylon fought against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that remained, against Lachish and against Azekah. For only these remained out of the cities of Judah that were fortified cities.