2 Chronicles 11:5
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
In Context
6And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
Cross References
2 Chronicles 11:23And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities; and he gave them food in abundance. And he desired [for them] a multitude of wives.
2 Chronicles 14:5And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.
2 Chronicles 16:6And king Asa took all Judah; and they carried away the stones and the timber from Ramah, with which Baasha had been building, and he built with them Geba and Mizpah.
2 Chronicles 26:6And he went forth and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
Isaiah 22:8And he uncovereth the covering of Judah: and thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest;
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 11:2-13
Rehoboam Forbidden to Make War. ( b. c. 975.) 1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. 2 But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 3 Speak unto 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, nor fight against your… Read the whole commentary →