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World English Bible

2 Chronicles 11 (WEBP)

[1] When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
[2] But Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
[3] “Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
[4] ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers! Every man return to his house; for this thing is of me.”’” So they listened to Yahweh’s words, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
[5] Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
[6] He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
[7] Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
[8] Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
[9] Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
[10] Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
[11] He fortified the strongholds and put captains in them with stores of food, oil and wine.
[12] He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
[13] The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him out of all their territory.
[14] For the Levites left their pasture lands and their possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest’s office to Yahweh.
[15] He himself appointed priests for the high places, for the male goat and calf idols which he had made.
[16] After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
[17] So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong for three years, for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.
[18] Rehoboam took a wife for himself, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.
[19] She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
[20] After her, he took Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
[21] Rehoboam loved Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
[22] Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
[23] He dealt wisely, and dispersed some of his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city. He gave them food in abundance; and he sought many wives for them.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Chronicles 11 (KJVS)

[1] And when Rehoboam was come () to Jerusalem, he gathered () of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen () men, which were warriors, () to fight () against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again () to Rehoboam.
[2] But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, ()
[3] Speak () unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, ()
[4] Thus saith () the Lord, Ye shall not go up, () nor fight () against your brethren: return () every man to his house: for this thing is done () of me. And they obeyed () the words of the Lord, and returned () from going () against Jeroboam.
[5] And Rehoboam dwelt () in Jerusalem, and built () cities for defence in Judah.
[6] He built () even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
[7] and Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
[8] and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
[9] and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
[10] and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
[11] And he fortified () the strong holds, and put () captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
[12] And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding () strong, () having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
[13] And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted () to him out of all their coasts.
[14] For the Levites left () their suburbs and their possession, and came () to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off () from executing the priest’s office () unto the Lord:
[15] and he ordained () him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. ()
[16] And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set () their hearts to seek () the Lord God of Israel came () to Jerusalem, to sacrifice () unto the Lord God of their fathers.
[17] So they strengthened () the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, () three years: for three years they walked () in the way of David and Solomon.
[18] And Rehoboam took () him Mahalath the daughter () of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
[19] which bare () him children; Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.
[20] And after her he took () Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare () him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
[21] And Rehoboam loved () Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took () eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat () twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
[22] And Rehoboam made () Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king. ()
[23] And he dealt wisely, () and dispersed () of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave () them victual in abundance. And he desired () many wives.

2 Chronicles 11:13 Heb. presented themselves to him
2 Chronicles 11:23 Heb. a multitude of wives

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Chronicles 11 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () Ροβοαμ () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () ἐξεκκλησίασεν τὸν () Ιουδαν () καὶ () Βενιαμιν, () ἑκατὸν () ὀγδοήκοντα () χιλιάδας () νεανίσκων () ποιούντων () πόλεμον, () καὶ () ἐπολέμει () πρὸς () Ισραηλ () τοῦ () ἐπιστρέψαι () τὴν () βασιλείαν () τῷ () Ροβοαμ. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () λόγος () κυρίου () πρὸς () Σαμαιαν ἄνθρωπον () τοῦ () θεοῦ () λέγων ()
[3] Εἰπὸν πρὸς () Ροβοαμ () τὸν () τοῦ () Σαλωμων καὶ () πρὸς () πάντα () Ιουδαν () καὶ () Βενιαμιν () λέγων ()
[4] Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Οὐκ () ἀναβήσεσθε () καὶ () οὐ () πολεμήσετε () πρὸς () τοὺς () ἀδελφοὺς () ὑμῶν· () ἀποστρέφετε () ἕκαστος () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () παρ’ () ἐμοῦ () ἐγένετο () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο. () Καὶ () ἐπήκουσαν () τοῦ () λόγου () κυρίου () καὶ () ἀπεστράφησαν () τοῦ () μὴ () πορευθῆναι () ἐπὶ () Ιεροβοαμ.
[5] Καὶ () κατῴκησεν () Ροβοαμ () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () πόλεις () τειχήρεις ἐν () τῇ () Ιουδαίᾳ. ()
[6] Καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () τὴν () Βαιθλεεμ καὶ () τὴν () Αιταμ καὶ () τὴν () Θεκωε
[7] καὶ () τὴν () Βαιθσουρα καὶ () τὴν () Σοκχωθ καὶ () τὴν () Οδολλαμ
[8] καὶ () τὴν () Γεθ καὶ () τὴν () Μαρισαν καὶ () τὴν () Ζιφ
[9] καὶ () τὴν () Αδωραιμ καὶ () τὴν () Λαχις καὶ () τὴν () Αζηκα
[10] καὶ () τὴν () Σαραα καὶ () τὴν () Αιαλων καὶ () τὴν () Χεβρων, ἥ () ἐστιν () τοῦ () Ιουδα καὶ () Βενιαμιν, () πόλεις () τειχήρεις.
[11] Καὶ () ὠχύρωσεν αὐτὰς () τείχεσιν () καὶ () ἔδωκεν () ἐν () αὐταῖς () ἡγουμένους () καὶ () παραθέσεις βρωμάτων, () ἔλαιον () καὶ () οἶνον, ()
[12] κατὰ () πόλιν () καὶ () κατὰ () πόλιν () θυρεοὺς () καὶ () δόρατα, καὶ () κατίσχυσεν () αὐτὰς () εἰς () πλῆθος () σφόδρα· () καὶ () ἦσαν () αὐτῷ () Ιουδα καὶ () Βενιαμιν. () —
[13] καὶ () οἱ () ἱερεῖς () καὶ () οἱ () Λευῖται, () οἳ () ἦσαν () ἐν () παντὶ () Ισραηλ, () συνήχθησαν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () ἐκ () πάντων () τῶν () ὁρίων· ()
[14] ὅτι () ἐγκατέλιπον () οἱ () Λευῖται () τὰ () σκηνώματα () τῆς () κατασχέσεως () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἐπορεύθησαν () πρὸς () Ιουδαν () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ, () ὅτι () ἐξέβαλεν () αὐτοὺς () Ιεροβοαμ καὶ () οἱ () υἱοὶ () αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () μὴ () λειτουργεῖν () κυρίῳ ()
[15] καὶ () κατέστησεν () ἑαυτῷ () ἱερεῖς () τῶν () ὑψηλῶν () καὶ () τοῖς () εἰδώλοις () καὶ () τοῖς () ματαίοις () καὶ () τοῖς () μόσχοις, () ἃ () ἐποίησεν () Ιεροβοαμ,
[16] καὶ () ἐξέβαλεν () αὐτοὺς () ἀπὸ () φυλῶν () Ισραηλ, () οἳ () ἔδωκαν () καρδίαν () αὐτῶν () τοῦ () ζητῆσαι () κύριον () θεὸν () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἦλθον () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ () θῦσαι () κυρίῳ () θεῷ () τῶν () πατέρων () αὐτῶν ()
[17] καὶ () κατίσχυσαν () τὴν () βασιλείαν () Ιουδα καὶ () κατίσχυσαν () Ροβοαμ () τὸν () τοῦ () Σαλωμων εἰς () ἔτη () τρία, () ὅτι () ἐπορεύθη () ἐν () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς () Δαυιδ () καὶ () Σαλωμων ἔτη () τρία. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () ἑαυτῷ () Ροβοαμ () γυναῖκα () τὴν () Μολλαθ θυγατέρα () Ιεριμουθ υἱοῦ () Δαυιδ, () Αβαιαν θυγατέρα () Ελιαβ τοῦ () Ιεσσαι, ()
[19] καὶ () ἔτεκεν () αὐτῷ () υἱοὺς () τὸν () Ιαους καὶ () τὸν () Σαμαριαν καὶ () τὸν () Ροολλαμ.
[20] Καὶ () μετὰ () ταῦτα () ἔλαβεν () ἑαυτῷ () τὴν () Μααχα θυγατέρα () Αβεσσαλωμ, καὶ () ἔτεκεν () αὐτῷ () τὸν () Αβια () καὶ () τὸν () Ιεθθι καὶ () τὸν () Ζιζα καὶ () τὸν () Εμμωθ.
[21] Καὶ () ἠγάπησεν () Ροβοαμ () τὴν () Μααχαν θυγατέρα () Αβεσσαλωμ ὑπὲρ () πάσας () τὰς () γυναῖκας () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὰς () παλλακὰς αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () γυναῖκας () δέκα () ὀκτὼ () εἶχεν () καὶ () παλλακὰς τριάκοντα· () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () υἱοὺς () εἴκοσι () ὀκτὼ () καὶ () θυγατέρας () ἑξήκοντα. ()
[22] Καὶ () κατέστησεν () εἰς () ἄρχοντα () Ροβοαμ () τὸν () Αβια () τὸν () τῆς () Μααχα εἰς () ἡγούμενον () ἐν () τοῖς () ἀδελφοῖς () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () βασιλεῦσαι () διενοεῖτο αὐτόν· ()
[23] καὶ () ηὐξήθη () παρὰ () πάντας () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () πᾶσιν () τοῖς () ὁρίοις () Ιουδα καὶ () Βενιαμιν () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () πόλεσιν () ταῖς () ὀχυραῖς καὶ () ἔδωκεν () αὐταῖς () τροφὰς () πλῆθος () πολὺ () καὶ () ᾐτήσατο () πλῆθος () γυναικῶν. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.