nsb - 2Chronicles:11:5-17

nsb@2Chronicles:11:5 @ Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem. He built fortified cities in Judah.

nsb@2Chronicles:11:6 @ He rebuilt Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

nsb@2Chronicles:11:7 @ Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,

nsb@2Chronicles:11:8 @ Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

nsb@2Chronicles:11:9 @ Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

nsb@2Chronicles:11:10 @ Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

nsb@2Chronicles:11:11 @ He strengthened the cities and put army officers with reserves of food, olive oil, and wine in them.

nsb@2Chronicles:11:12 @ He stored shields and spears in each city. He made the cities very secure. Rehoboam held on to Judah and Benjamin.

nsb@2Chronicles:11:13 @ The priests and Levites in every region of Israel aligned with Rehoboam.

nsb@2Chronicles:11:14 @ The priests abandoned their land and property and went to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his descendants rejected them as Jehovahs priests.

nsb@2Chronicles:11:15 @ As an alternative, Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the illegal worship sites and the goat and calf statues he had made as idols.

nsb@2Chronicles:11:16 @ People from every tribe of Israel who were determined to seek Jehovah the true God of Israel followed the Levitical priests to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Jehovah God of their ancestors.

nsb@2Chronicles:11:17 @ So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah by supporting Rehoboam, son of Solomon, for three years. During those three years they lived the way David and Solomon had lived.