1When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

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1 Kings 12:21, 1 Kings 12:24, 1 Kings 12:21, 1 Kings 12:24, Psalms 33:16

2But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

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2 Chronicles 12:15, 2 Chronicles 12:15, 2 Chronicles 8:14, Deuteronomy 33:1, 1 Timothy 6:11

3"Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

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2 Kings 17:34, Philippians 3:5, Genesis 49:28, Exodus 24:4, Revelation 7:4

4'Thus says the Lord, "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 the Lord, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

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Genesis 50:20, Genesis 50:20, 2 Chronicles 28:8, 2 Chronicles 28:15, 2 Chronicles 10:15

5Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.

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2 Chronicles 8:2, 2 Chronicles 8:6, 2 Chronicles 8:2, 2 Chronicles 8:6, 2 Chronicles 27:4

6He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:6, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Genesis 35:19, Judges 15:8

7Beth Zur, and Soco, and Adullam,

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Joshua 15:35, Joshua 15:35, Micah 1:15, 1 Samuel 22:1, Joshua 12:15

8and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

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1 Samuel 23:14, Joshua 15:44, Joshua 15:24, 1 Samuel 23:19, 1 Chronicles 18:1

9and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

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2 Chronicles 32:9, Joshua 10:5, Joshua 15:39, Joshua 10:11, Joshua 15:35

10and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

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Genesis 23:2, 2 Samuel 2:11, Joshua 20:7, Joshua 14:14, Joshua 19:41

11He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine.

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2 Chronicles 11:23, Isaiah 22:10, Isaiah 22:11, 2 Chronicles 17:19, 2 Chronicles 11:23

12He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceeding strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

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2 Samuel 13:22, 2 Samuel 13:19, 2 Chronicles 32:5, 2 Chronicles 26:14, 2 Chronicles 26:15

13The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border.

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14For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office to the Lord;

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2 Chronicles 13:9, 2 Chronicles 13:9, Numbers 35:2, Numbers 35:5, Numbers 35:2

15and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the male goats, and for the calves which he had made.

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1 Kings 12:28, 1 Kings 12:28, Deuteronomy 32:17, 1 Kings 12:31, 1 Kings 13:33

16After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek the Lord, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

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2 Chronicles 15:9, 2 Chronicles 15:9, 1 Samuel 7:3, 1 Samuel 7:4, 2 Chronicles 30:11

17So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.

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2 Chronicles 12:1, 2 Chronicles 12:1, 2 Chronicles 8:13, 2 Chronicles 8:16, 2 Chronicles 1:1

18Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

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1 Samuel 16:6, 1 Samuel 16:6, 1 Samuel 17:13, 1 Samuel 17:28, 1 Chronicles 27:18

19and she bore him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

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20After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

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2 Chronicles 13:2, 2 Chronicles 13:2, 1 Kings 15:1, 1 Kings 15:2, 2 Chronicles 11:21

21Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

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Deuteronomy 17:17, Deuteronomy 17:17, 1 Kings 11:3, Judges 8:30, 2 Samuel 5:13

22Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers; for he intended to make him king.

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Deuteronomy 21:15, Deuteronomy 21:17, Deuteronomy 21:15, Deuteronomy 21:17, 1 Chronicles 5:1

23He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in abundance. He sought for them many wives.

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2 Chronicles 10:8, 2 Chronicles 10:15, 1 Kings 1:5, 1 Kings 1:6, Genesis 25:6