2 Chronicles 11:5

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.

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,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
KJV: And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
WEB: Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
ASV: And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
DARBY: And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
BLB: And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and he built cities for fortification in Judah.

ÅB: Rehabeam ble boende i Jerusalem, og han bygget flere byer i Juda om til festninger.
OTB: Rehabeam bodde i Jerusalem og bygde byer for forsvar i Juda.
B1930: Rehabeam blev boende i Jerusalem, og han bygget flere byer i Juda om til festninger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Chronicles 8:2–6
That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
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2 Chronicles 11:23
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.
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2 Chronicles 14:6–7
And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
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Isaiah 22:8–11
And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
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2 Chronicles 27:4
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
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2 Chronicles 26:6
And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
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2 Chronicles 16:6
Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
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2 Chronicles 17:12
And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
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