2 Chronicles · Majority Standard Bible
2 Chronicles 11 Majority Standard Bible
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1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
1 Y COMO vino Roboam á Jerusalem, juntó la casa de Judá y de Benjamín, ciento y ochenta mil hombres escogidos de guerra, para pelear contra Israel y volver el reino á Roboam.
2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:
2 Mas fué palabra de Jehová á Semeías varón de Dios, diciendo:
3 “Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
3 Habla á Roboam hijo de Salomón, rey de Judá, y á todos los Israelitas en Judá y Benjamín, diciéndoles:
4 that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
4 Así ha dicho Jehová: No subáis ni peleéis contra vuestros hermanos; vuélvase cada uno á su casa, porque yo he hecho este negocio. Y ellos oyeron la palabra de Jehová, y tornáronse, y no fueron contra Jeroboam.
5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
5 Y habitó Roboam en Jerusalem, y edificó ciudades para fortificar á Judá.
6 He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
6 Y edificó á Beth-lehem, y á Etham, y á Tecoa,
7 Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
7 Y á Beth-sur, y á Sochô, y á Adullam,
8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
8 Y á Gath, y á Maresa, y á Ziph,
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
9 Y á Adoraim, y á Lachîs, y á Acechâ,
10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
10 Y á Sora, y á Ajalón, y á Hebrón, que eran en Judá y en Benjamín, ciudades fuertes.
11 He strengthened their fortifications and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.
11 Fortificó también las fortalezas, y puso en ellas capitanes, y vituallas, y vino, y aceite;
12 He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
12 Y en todas las ciudades, escudos y lanzas. Fortificólas pues en gran manera, y Judá y Benjamín le estaban sujetos.
13 Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.
13 Y los sacerdotes y Levitas que estaban en todo Israel, se juntaron á él de todos sus términos.
14 For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
14 Porque los Levitas dejaban sus ejidos y sus posesiones, y se venían á Judá y á Jerusalem: pues Jeroboam y sus hijos los echaban del ministerio de Jehová.
15 And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.
15 Y él se hizo sacerdotes para los altos, y para los demonios, y para los becerros que él había hecho.
16 Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
16 Tras aquéllos acudieron también de todas las tribus de Israel los que habían puesto su corazón en buscar á Jehová Dios de Israel; y viniéronse á Jerusalem para sacrificar á Jehová, el Dios de sus padres.
17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
17 Así fortificaron el reino de Judá, y confirmaron á Roboam hijo de Salomón, por tres años; porque tres años anduvieron en el camino de David y de Salomón.
18 And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
18 Y tomóse Roboam por mujer á Mahalath, hija de Jerimoth hijo de David, y á Abihail, hija de Eliab hijo de Esaí.
19 She bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
19 La cual le parió hijos: á Jeus, y á Samaria, y á Zaham.
20 After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
20 Después de ella tomó á Maachâ hija de Absalom, la cual le parió á Abías, á Athai, Ziza, y Selomith.
21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
21 Mas Roboam amó á Maachâ hija de Absalom sobre todas sus mujeres y concubinas; porque tomó diez y ocho mujeres y sesenta concubinas, y engendró veintiocho hijos y sesenta hijas.
22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
22 Y puso Roboam á Abías hijo de Maachâ por cabeza y príncipe de sus hermanos, porque [quería] hacerle rey.
23 Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.
23 E hízole instruir, y esparció todos sus hijos por todas las tierras de Judá y de Benjamín, y por todas las ciudades fuertes, y dióles vituallas en abundancia, y pidió muchas mujeres.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abihail
Daughter of Eliab, Jesse's son, and mother of Rehoboam's wife Mahalath.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 11:18
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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