The Second Book of Chronicles
capítulo 11
verso 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.
verso 2
But Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
verso 3
“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
verso 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.
verso 5
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
verso 6
He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
verso 10
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
verso 11
He fortified the strongholds and put captains in them with stores of food, oil and wine.
verso 12
He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
verso 13
The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him out of all their territory.
verso 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.
verso 15
He himself appointed priests for the high places, for the male goat and calf idols which he had made.
verso 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.
verso 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.
verso 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.
verso 19
She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
verso 20
After her, he took Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
verso 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.
verso 22
Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
verso 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.
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