2 Chronicles 11:1

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.

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In The King James Version

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

In Context

2But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:

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Cross References

1 Kings 12:1Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 11:1

We are here going on with the history of Rehoboam. I. His attempt to recover the ten tribes he has lost, and the letting fall of that attempt in obedience to the divine command, ver. 1-4 . II. His successful endeavours to preserve the two tribes that remained, ver. 5-12 . III. The resort of the priests and Levites to him, ver. 13-17 . IV. An account of his wives and children, ver. 18-23 . Read the whole commentary →

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