1And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.stylus1 Kings 12:21, 1 Kings 12:24, 1 Kings 12:21, 1 Kings 12:24, Psalms 33:162But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,stylus2 Chronicles 12:15, 2 Chronicles 12:15, 2 Chronicles 8:14, Deuteronomy 33:1, 1 Timothy 6:113Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,stylus2 Kings 17:34, Philippians 3:5, Genesis 49:28, Exodus 24:4, Revelation 7:44The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.stylusGenesis 50:20, Genesis 50:20, 2 Chronicles 28:8, 2 Chronicles 28:15, 2 Chronicles 10:155Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.stylus2 Chronicles 8:2, 2 Chronicles 8:6, 2 Chronicles 8:2, 2 Chronicles 8:6, 2 Chronicles 27:46He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and TekoastylusMatthew 2:5, Matthew 2:6, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Genesis 35:19, Judges 15:87And Beth-zur and Soco and AdullamstylusJoshua 15:35, Joshua 15:35, Micah 1:15, 1 Samuel 22:1, Joshua 12:158And Gath and Mareshah and Ziphstylus1 Samuel 23:14, Joshua 15:44, Joshua 15:24, 1 Samuel 23:19, 1 Chronicles 18:19And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekahstylus2 Chronicles 32:9, Joshua 10:5, Joshua 15:39, Joshua 10:11, Joshua 15:3510And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.stylusGenesis 23:2, 2 Samuel 2:11, Joshua 20:7, Joshua 14:14, Joshua 19:4111And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.stylus2 Chronicles 11:23, Isaiah 22:10, Isaiah 22:11, 2 Chronicles 17:19, 2 Chronicles 11:2312And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.stylus2 Samuel 13:22, 2 Samuel 13:19, 2 Chronicles 32:5, 2 Chronicles 26:14, 2 Chronicles 26:1513And the priests and Levites who were in all Israel came together to him from every part of their country.stylus14For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;stylus2 Chronicles 13:9, 2 Chronicles 13:9, Numbers 35:2, Numbers 35:5, Numbers 35:215And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made.stylus1 Kings 12:28, 1 Kings 12:28, Deuteronomy 32:17, 1 Kings 12:31, 1 Kings 13:3316And after them, from all the tribes of Israel, all those whose hearts were fixed and true to the Lord, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to make offerings to the Lord, the God of their fathers.stylus2 Chronicles 15:9, 2 Chronicles 15:9, 1 Samuel 7:3, 1 Samuel 7:4, 2 Chronicles 30:1117So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, strong for three years; and for three years they went in the ways of David and Solomon.stylus2 Chronicles 12:1, 2 Chronicles 12:1, 2 Chronicles 8:13, 2 Chronicles 8:16, 2 Chronicles 1:118And Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse;stylus1 Samuel 16:6, 1 Samuel 16:6, 1 Samuel 17:13, 1 Samuel 17:28, 1 Chronicles 27:1819And she had sons by him, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.stylus20And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.stylus2 Chronicles 13:2, 2 Chronicles 13:2, 1 Kings 15:1, 1 Kings 15:2, 2 Chronicles 11:2121Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)stylusDeuteronomy 17:17, Deuteronomy 17:17, 1 Kings 11:3, Judges 8:30, 2 Samuel 5:1322Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.stylusDeuteronomy 21:15, Deuteronomy 21:17, Deuteronomy 21:15, Deuteronomy 21:17, 1 Chronicles 5:123And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.stylus2 Chronicles 10:8, 2 Chronicles 10:15, 1 Kings 1:5, 1 Kings 1:6, Genesis 25:6