2 Chronicles · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
2 Chronicles 11 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem; and he assembled Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand young men fit for war, and he waged war with Israel to recover the kingdom to Rehoboam.
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 And the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
2 But Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
3 Speak to Rehoboam the [son] of Solomon, and to all Judah and Benjamin, saying,
3 “Speak to 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, and ye shall not war against your brethren: return every one to his home; for this thing is of me. And they hearkened to the word of the Lord, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
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 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and he built walled cities in Judea.
5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
6 And he built Bethlehem, and Etam and Tekoa,
6 He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 and Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
7 Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which belongs to Judah and Benjamin, walled cities.
10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
11 And he fortified them with walls, and placed in them captains, and stores of provisions, oil and wine,
11 He fortified the strongholds and put captains in them with stores of food, oil and wine.
12 shields and spears in every several city, and he fortified them very strongly, and he had on his side Judah and Benjamin.
12 He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
13 And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel were gathered to him out of all the coasts.
13 The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him out of all their territory.
14 For the Levites left the tents of their possession, and went to Judah to Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had ejected them so that they should not minister to the Lord.
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 And he made for himself priests of the high places, and for the idols, and for the vanities, and for the calves which Jeroboam made.
15 He himself appointed priests for the high places, for the male goat and calf idols which he had made.
16 And he cast out from the tribes of Israel those who set their heart to seek the Lord God of Israel: and they came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the Lord God of their fathers.
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 And they strengthened the kingdom of Judah; and [Judah] strengthened Rehoboam the [son] of Solomon for three years, for he walked three years in the ways of David and Solomon.
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 And Rehoboam took to himself for a wife Mahalath daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and Abigail daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.
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 And she bore him sons; Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.
19 She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 And afterward he took to himself Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
20 After her, he took Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and all his concubines: for he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and he begot twenty-eight sons, and sixty daughters.
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 And he made Abijah the son of Maacah chief, [even] a leader among his brethren, for he intended to make him king.
22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
23 And he was exalted beyond all his [other] sons in all the coasts of Judah and Benjamin, and in the strong cities; and he gave them provisions in great abundance: and he desired many wives.
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.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Attai
Jerimoth
Named as a son of David and father of Rehoboam's wife Mahalath.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 11:18
Jeush
Mahalath
First wife of Rehoboam named in Chronicles; daughter of David's son Jerimoth and of Abihail, and mother of Jeush, Shemariah and Zaham.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 11:18
Rehoboam
His harsh answer to the people split the kingdom of Israel in two.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 12; 14:21-31; 2 Chron. 10-12; Matt. 1:7
Shelomith
Child of Rehoboam by Maacah; the text lists the name among Maacah's children without saying whether Shelomith was a son or a daughter.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 11:20
Shemaiah
Man of God who told Rehoboam not to fight Israel, later declared that Judah was forsaken into Shishak's hand and then brought word of deliverance when they humbled themselves; his…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2; 2 Chronicles 12:5
Shemariah
Zaham
Ziza
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 12:21–24; Proverbs 21:30–31; Psalm 33:16; Psalm 33:10
- 2 2 Chronicles 12:15; 2 Chronicles 12:5–7; 1 Samuel 2:27; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Chronicles 8:14
- 3 Philippians 3:5; Revelation 7:4–8; 2 Kings 17:34; Genesis 49:28; Exodus 24:4
- 4 Genesis 50:20; 2 Chronicles 28:8–15; 2 Chronicles 10:15–16; 2 Chronicles 25:7–10; 1 Kings 11:29–38
- 5 2 Chronicles 8:2–6; 2 Chronicles 11:23; 2 Chronicles 14:6–7; Isaiah 22:8–11; 2 Chronicles 27:4
- 6 Jeremiah 6:1; 2 Chronicles 20:20; 1 Chronicles 4:32; Matthew 2:5–6; Judges 15:8
- 7 Joshua 15:35; 1 Samuel 22:1; Joshua 12:15; Micah 1:15; 2 Samuel 23:13
- 8 1 Samuel 23:19; Psalm 54:1; 1 Chronicles 18:1; Joshua 15:44; Joshua 15:24
- 9 Joshua 15:39; 2 Chronicles 32:9; Joshua 10:5; Joshua 10:11; Joshua 15:35
- 10 Joshua 15:33; Genesis 23:2; Joshua 20:7; 2 Samuel 2:11; Joshua 19:41–42
- 11 2 Chronicles 17:19; 2 Chronicles 11:23; Isaiah 22:10–11
- 12 2 Chronicles 32:5; 2 Chronicles 26:14–15; 2 Samuel 13:22; 2 Samuel 13:19
- 14 2 Chronicles 13:9; Numbers 35:2–5; 1 Kings 12:28–33; Numbers 18:21–28; Joshua 21:20–42
- 15 1 Kings 12:28; 1 Kings 13:33; Deuteronomy 32:17; 1 Kings 12:31; Exodus 32:4–8
- 16 2 Chronicles 15:9; Hosea 4:8; Deuteronomy 12:5–6; Deuteronomy 12:13–14; 1 Chronicles 22:1
- 17 2 Chronicles 12:1; 2 Chronicles 1:1–12; 2 Chronicles 8:13–16; 2 Chronicles 7:17–19; Matthew 13:20–21
- 18 1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 17:13; 1 Chronicles 27:18; 1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Chronicles 2:13
- 20 2 Chronicles 13:2; 1 Kings 15:1–2; 2 Chronicles 11:21; 2 Chronicles 12:16; Matthew 1:7
- 21 Judges 8:30; Deuteronomy 17:17; 1 Kings 11:3; 2 Samuel 5:13; 2 Samuel 3:2–5
- 22 Deuteronomy 21:15–17; 1 Chronicles 29:1; 1 Chronicles 5:1–2
- 23 2 Chronicles 10:8–15; Genesis 25:6; 1 Kings 1:5–6; Luke 16:8; 2 Chronicles 21:3
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