2 Chronicles 11:23

וַיָּבֶן וַיִּפְרֹץ מִכָּל ־ בָּנָיו לְֽכָל ־ אַרְצוֹת יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן לְכֹל עָרֵי הַמְּצֻרוֹת וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם הַמָּזוֹן לָרֹב וַיִּשְׁאַל הֲמוֹן נָשִֽׁים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

In Context

22וַיַּֽעֲמֵד לָרֹאשׁ רְחַבְעָם אֶת ־ אֲבִיָּה בֶֽן ־ מַעֲכָה לְנָגִיד בְּאֶחָיו כִּי לְהַמְלִיכֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

1 Kings 1:5וַאֲדֹנִיָּה בֶן ־ חַגִּית מִתְנַשֵּׂא לֵאמֹר אֲנִי אֶמְלֹךְ וַיַּעַשׂ לוֹ רֶכֶב וּפָרָשִׁים וַחֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ רָצִים לְפָנָֽיו ׃

2 Chronicles 21:3וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם ׀ אֲבִיהֶם מַתָּנוֹת רַבּוֹת לְכֶסֶף וּלְזָהָב וּלְמִגְדָּנוֹת עִם ־ עָרֵי מְצֻרוֹת בִּֽיהוּדָה וְאֶת ־ הַמַּמְלָכָה נָתַן לִֽיהוֹרָם כִּי ־ הוּא הַבְּכֽוֹר ׃ פ

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 11:14-23

The Priests Adhere to Rehoboam. ( b. c. 974.) 13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the Lord : 15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. 16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts… Read the whole commentary →

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