2 Chronicles 11:5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built up towns for defense in Judah:

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built up towns for defense in Judah:

English Standard Version
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defense in Judah.

New American Standard Bible
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built cities for defense in Judah.

King James Bible
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Rehoboam stayed in Jerusalem, and he fortified cities in Judah.

International Standard Version
Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem and built defensive fortification cities throughout Judah,

American Standard Version
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Roboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built walled cities in Juda.

Darby Bible Translation
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

Young's Literal Translation
And Rehoboam dwelleth in Jerusalem, and buildeth cities for a bulwark in Judah,

Cross References

2 Chronicles 8:2
That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

2 Chronicles 11:6
He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

2 Chronicles 11:23
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, to every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

2 Chronicles 12:4
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 14:6
And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

2 Chronicles 17:2
And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

2 Chronicles 21:3
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.

2 Chronicles 27:4
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

Jeremiah 34:7
When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defended cities remained of the cities of Judah.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

11:1-12 A few good words might have prevented the rebellion of Rehoboam's subjects; but all the force of his kingdom cannot bring them back. And it is in vain to contend with the purpose of God, when it is made known to us. Even those who are destitute of true faith, will at times pay some regard to the word of God, and be kept by it from wrong actions, to which they are prone by nature.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

5-11. built cities for defence in Judah—This is evidently used as the name of the southern kingdom. Rehoboam, having now a bitter enemy in Israel, deemed it prudent to lose no time in fortifying several cities that lay along the frontier of his kingdom. Jeroboam, on his side, took a similar precaution (1Ki 12:25). Of the fifteen cities named, Aijalon, now Yalo, and Zorah, now Surah, between Jerusalem and Jabneh [Robinson], lay within the province of Benjamin. Gath, though a Philistine city, had been subject to Solomon. And Etham, which was on the border of Simeon, now incorporated with the kingdom of Israel, was fortified to repel danger from that quarter. These fortresses Rehoboam placed under able commanders and stocked them with provisions and military stores, sufficient, if necessary, to stand a siege. In the crippled state of his kingdom, he seems to have been afraid lest it might be made the prey of some powerful neighbors.