Verse 2
2 Chronicles 11:2
Bible in Basic English
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But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God (Elohim), saying,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִי֙ דְּבַר יְהוָ֔ה אֶל שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הוּ אִישׁ הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים לֵ/אמֹֽר
English Translation
And the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying.
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Chapter 11 Context
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And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty...
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But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God (Elohim), saying,
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Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
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The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his hous...
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Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.
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He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa
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And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam
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And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph
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And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah
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And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.
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And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.
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And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and...
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And the priests and Levites who were in all Israel came together to him from every part of their cou...
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For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for...
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And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he ha...
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And after them, from all the tribes of Israel, all those whose hearts were fixed and true to the Lor...
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So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon,...
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And Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David and of Abihail, t...
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And she had sons by him, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
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And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and She...
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Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (f...
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Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose...
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And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and...
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