2 Chronicles 11 (NET)

2 Chronicles 11:1¹When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 12:21-24Prov 21:30-31Ps 33:10Ps 33:16

2 Chronicles 11:2²But the Lord’ s message came to the prophet Shemaiah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 12:151 Kgs 12:22-241 Sam 2:271 Tim 6:112 Chr 12:5-72 Chr 8:14Deut 33:1

2 Chronicles 11:3³“Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 17:34Exod 24:4Gen 49:28Phil 3:5Rev 7:4-8

2 Chronicles 11:4⁴‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” They obeyed the Lord and called off the attack against Jeroboam.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 50:201 Kgs 11:29-382 Chr 10:15-162 Chr 25:7-102 Chr 28:8-151 Cor 6:5-81 John 3:11-131 Kgs 22:361 Pet 3:82 Sam 2:26

2 Chronicles 11:5⁵Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem; he built up these fortified cities throughout Judah:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 8:2-62 Chr 11:232 Chr 14:6-72 Chr 16:62 Chr 17:122 Chr 26:62 Chr 27:4Isa 22:8-11

2 Chronicles 11:6⁶Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 4:321 Sam 17:122 Chr 20:202 Sam 14:2Amos 1:1Gen 35:19Jer 6:1Judg 15:8Matt 2:5-6Neh 3:27

2 Chronicles 11:7⁷Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 15:351 Sam 22:12 Sam 23:13Josh 12:15Josh 15:58Mic 1:15

2 Chronicles 11:8⁸Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 18:11 Sam 23:141 Sam 23:19Josh 15:24Josh 15:44Ps 54:1

2 Chronicles 11:9⁹Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 32:9Josh 10:11Josh 10:5Josh 15:35Josh 15:39

2 Chronicles 11:10¹⁰Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 2:11Gen 23:2Josh 14:14Josh 15:33Josh 19:41-42Josh 20:7Num 13:22

2 Chronicles 11:11¹¹He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 11:232 Chr 17:19Isa 22:10-11

2 Chronicles 11:12¹²In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 26:14-152 Chr 32:52 Sam 13:192 Sam 13:22

2 Chronicles 11:13¹³The priests and Levites who lived throughout Israel supported him, no matter where they resided.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Chronicles 11:14¹⁴The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the Lord ’s priests.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 13:9Num 35:2-51 Kgs 12:28-331 Chr 6:66-811 Kgs 13:33Josh 21:20-42Lev 27:30-34Num 18:21-28

2 Chronicles 11:15¹⁵Jeroboam appointed his own priests to serve at the worship centers and to lead in the worship of the goat idols and calf idols he had made.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 12:281 Kgs 12:311 Kgs 13:33Deut 32:171 Kgs 14:91 Tim 4:1Exod 32:31Exod 32:4-8Hos 13:2Hos 8:5-6

2 Chronicles 11:16¹⁶Those among all the Israelite tribes who were determined to worship the Lord God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord God of their ancestors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 15:91 Chr 16:291 Chr 22:11 Sam 7:3-42 Chr 30:112 Chr 30:18-19Acts 11:23Dan 6:14Deut 12:11Deut 12:13-14

2 Chronicles 11:17¹⁷They supported the kingdom of Judah and were loyal to Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years; they followed the edicts of David and Solomon for three years.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 12:12 Chr 1:1-122 Chr 7:17-192 Chr 8:13-16Hos 6:4Matt 13:20-21

2 Chronicles 11:18¹⁸Rehoboam married Mahalath the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:61 Chr 27:181 Sam 17:131 Sam 17:281 Chr 2:13

2 Chronicles 11:19¹⁹She bore him sons named Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Chronicles 11:20²⁰He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 13:21 Kgs 15:1-22 Chr 11:212 Chr 12:16Matt 1:7

2 Chronicles 11:21²¹Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 11:3Deut 17:17Judg 8:302 Sam 3:2-52 Sam 5:132 Chr 11:23Song 6:8-91 Chr 3:1-9

2 Chronicles 11:22²²Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as the leader over his brothers, for he intended to name him his successor.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 21:15-171 Chr 29:11 Chr 5:1-2

2 Chronicles 11:23²³He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities. He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 1:5-62 Chr 10:8-152 Chr 21:3Gen 25:6Luke 16:8