World English Bible
2 Chronicles 11:5
“Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.”
Verse in context — 2 Chronicles 11
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Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
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Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers! Return every man to his house; for this thing is of me."'" So they listened to the words of Yahweh, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
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Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
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He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
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Beth Zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
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Solomon’s reign and Judah’s history until the Babylonian exile.
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