2 Chronicles 11
1 And Roboam came to Jerusalem; and he
assembled Juda and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand young men fit for
war, and he waged war with Israel to recover the kingdom to Roboam.
2 And the word of the Lord came to
Samaias the man of God, saying,
3 Speak to Roboam the
son of Solomon, and to all Juda and Benjamin, saying,
4 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go
up, and ye shall not war against your brethren: return every one to his home;
for this thing is of me. And they hearkened to the word of the Lord, and
returned from going against Jeroboam.
5 And Roboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and
he built walled cities in Judæa. 6 And
he built Bethleem, and Ætan and Thecoe,
7 and Bæthsura, and Sochoth, and
Odollam, 8 and Geth, and Marisa, and
Ziph, 9 and Adorai, and Lachis, and
Azeca, 10 and Saraa, and Ælom, and
Chebron, which belongs to Juda and Benjamin, walled cities.
11 And he fortified them with walls,
and placed in them captains, and stores of provisions, oil and wine,
12 shields and spears in every
several city, and he fortified them very strongly, and he had on his side Juda
and Benjamin.
13 And the priests and the Levites
who were in all Israel were gathered to him out of all the coasts.
14 For the Levites left the tents of
their possession, and went to Juda to Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons
had ejected them so that they should not minister to the Lord.
15 And he made for himself priests of
the high places, and for the idols, and for the vanities, and for the calves
which Jeroboam made. 16 And he cast
out from the tribes of Israel those who set their heart to seek the Lord God
of Israel: and they came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the Lord God of their
fathers. 17 And they strengthened the
kingdom of Juda; and Juda strengthened Roboam the
son of Solomon for three years, for he walked three
years in the ways of David and Solomon.
18 And Roboam took to himself for a
wife Moolath daughter of Jerimuth the son of David, and Abigaia daughter of
Heliab the son of Jessæ. 19 And she
bore him sons; Jeus, and Samoria, and Zaam.
20 And afterwards he took to himself
Maacha the daughter of Abessalom; and she bore him Abia, and Jetthi, and Zeza,
and Salemoth. 21 And Roboam loved
Maacha the daughter of Abessalom more than all his wives and all his
concubines: for he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and he begot
twenty-eight sons, and sixty daughters.
22 And he made Abia the son of Maacha
chief, even a leader among his brethren, for he
intended to make him king. 23 And he
was exalted beyond all his other sons in all the
coasts of Juda and Benjamin, and in the strong cities; and he gave them
provisions in great abundance: and he desired many wives.