rsv 2Chronicles:11:5-17
rsv@2Chronicles:11:5 @ Rehobo'am dwelt in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defense in Judah.
rsv@2Chronicles:11:6 @ He built Bethlehem, Etam, Teko'a,
rsv@2Chronicles:11:7 @ Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
rsv@2Chronicles:11:8 @ Gath, Mare'shah, Ziph,
rsv@2Chronicles:11:9 @ Adora'im, Lachish, Aze'kah,
rsv@2Chronicles:11:10 @ Zorah, Ai'jalon, and Hebron, fortified cities which are in Judah and in Benjamin.
rsv@2Chronicles:11:11 @ He made the fortresses strong, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine.
rsv@2Chronicles:11:12 @ And he put shields and spears in all the cities, and made them very strong. So he held Judah and Benjamin.
rsv@2Chronicles:11:13 @ And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him from all places where they lived.
rsv@2Chronicles:11:14 @ For the Levites left their common lands and their holdings and came to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jerobo'am and his sons cast them out from serving as priests of the LORD,
rsv@2Chronicles:11:15 @ and he appointed his own priests for the high places, and for the satyrs, and for the calves which he had made.
rsv@2Chronicles:11:16 @ And those who had set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
rsv@2Chronicles:11:17 @ They strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they made Rehobo'am the son of Solomon secure, for they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
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