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And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
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He built even
Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
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And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
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And Gath, and
Mareshah, and Ziph,
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And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
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And Zorah, and Aijalon, and
Hebron, which
are
in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
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And he fortified the strong holds,
and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
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And in every several city
he
put
shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
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And the priests and the Levites that
were
in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.
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For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for
Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the L
ORD
:
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And
he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had
made.
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And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the L
ORD
God
of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the L
ORD
God of their fathers.
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So they strengthened
the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years
they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
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And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife,
and
Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
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Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah,
and Zaham.
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And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah,
and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
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And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom
above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines;
and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
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And Rehoboam made Abijah the
son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for
he thought
to make him king.
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And
he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin,
unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
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And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself,
he forsook the law of the L
ORD
, and all Israel with him.
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And it came to pass,
that
in the fifth year
of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed
against the L
ORD
,
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With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people
were
without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubim, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
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And he took the fenced cities which
pertained
to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
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Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and
to
the princes of Judah, that were gathered
together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the L
ORD
, Ye have forsaken
me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
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Whereupon the princes of Israel
and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The L
ORD
is
righteous.
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And when the L
ORD
saw
that they humbled themselves, the word of the L
ORD
came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled
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