11:1 And
when
Rehoboam
was
come
to
Jerusalem,
he
assembled
the
house
of
Judah
and
Benjamin,
a
hundred
and
fourscore
thousand
chosen
men,
that
were
warriors,
to
fight
against
Israel,
to
bring
the
kingdom
again
to
Rehoboam.
11:2 But
the
word
of
Jehovah
came
to
Shemaiah
the
man
of
God,
saying,
11:3 Speak
unto
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon,
king
of
Judah,
and
to
all
Israel
in
Judah
and
Benjamin,
saying,
11:4 Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Ye
shall
not
go
up,
nor
fight
against
your
brethren:
return
every
man
to
his
house;
for
this
thing
is
of
me.
So
they
hearkened
unto
the
words
of
Jehovah,
and
returned
from
going
against
Jeroboam.
11:5 And
Rehoboam
dwelt
in
Jerusalem,
and
built
cities
for
defence
in
Judah.
11:6 He
built
Beth-lehem,
and
Etam,
and
Tekoa,
11:7 And
Beth-zur,
and
Soco,
and
Adullam,
11:8 and
Gath,
and
Mareshah,
and
Ziph,
11:9 and
Adoraim,
and
Lachish,
and
Azekah,
11:10 and
Zorah,
and
Aijalon,
and
Hebron,
which
are
in
Judah
and
in
Benjamin,
fortified
cities.
11:11 And
he
fortified
the
strongholds,
and
put
captains
in
them,
and
stores
of
victuals,
and
oil
and
wine.
11:12 And
in
every
city
[he
put]
shields
and
spears,
and
made
them
exceeding
strong.
And
Judah
and
Benjamin
belonged
to
him.
11:13 And
the
priests
and
the
Levites
that
were
in
all
Israel
resorted
to
him
out
of
all
their
border.
11:14 For
the
Levites
left
their
suburbs
and
their
possession,
and
came
to
Judah
and
Jerusalem:
for
Jeroboam
and
his
sons
cast
them
off,
that
they
should
not
execute
the
priest's
office
unto
Jehovah;
11:15 and
he
appointed
him
priests
for
the
high
places,
and
for
the
he-goats,
and
for
the
calves
which
he
had
made.
11:16 And
after
them,
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
such
as
set
their
hearts
to
seek
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
came
to
Jerusalem
to
sacrifice
unto
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
11:17 So
they
strengthened
the
kingdom
of
Judah,
and
made
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon
strong,
three
years;
for
they
walked
three
years
in
the
way
of
David
and
Solomon.
11:18 And
Rehoboam
took
him
a
wife,
Mahalath
the
daughter
of
Jerimoth
the
son
of
David,
[and
of]
Abihail
the
daughter
of
Eliab
the
son
of
Jesse;
11:19 and
she
bare
him
sons:
Jeush,
and
Shemariah,
and
Zaham.
11:20 And
after
her
he
took
Maacah
the
daughter
of
Absalom;
and
she
bare
him
Abijah,
and
Attai,
and
Ziza,
and
Shelomith.
11:21 And
Rehoboam
loved
Maacah
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.)
11:22 And
Rehoboam
appointed
Abijah
the
son
of
Maacah
to
be
chief,
[even]
the
prince
among
his
brethren;
for
[he
was
minded]
to
make
him
king.
11:23 And
he
dealt
wisely,
and
dispersed
of
all
his
sons
throughout
all
the
lands
of
Judah
and
Benjamin,
unto
every
fortified
city:
and
he
gave
them
victuals
in
abundance.
And
he
sought
[for
them]
many
wives.
