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2 Chronicles 11:5 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 11 · verse 5
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.2 Chronicles 11:5 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 11:5 in context
3Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
4Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
6He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
7And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- RehoboamRᵉchabʻâmRechabam, an Israelite kingH7346 →
- defencemâtsôwrsomething hemming inH4692 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- dweltyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- builtbânâhto buildH1129 →
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How the ten tribes deserted the house of David we read in the foregoing chapter. They had formerly sat loose to that family (Sa2 20:1, Sa2 20:2), and now they quite threw it off, not considering how much it would weaken the common interest and take Israel down from that pitch of glory at which it had arrived in the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12