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2 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 11:1

Shemaiah’s Prophecy · 2 Chronicles 11:1–4
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Translations

Modern
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
Traditional
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
Literal
And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and he assembled from the house of Judah and Benjamin a hundred and eighty thousand chosen to make war, to fight against Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
Latin
Venit autem Roboam in Jerusalem, et convocavit universam domum Juda et Benjamin, centum octoginta millia electorum atque bellantium, ut dimicaret contra Israël, et converteret ad se regnum suum.

Original

Hebrew
English
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

Notes

2 Chronicles 11:1–4

Shemaiah's prophecy stopped an immediate civil war among Israel's tribes. However, Rehoboam's reign is described as one of constant conflict with Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 12:15). Civil war marked the first fifty years of the divided kingdom, lasting until Omri's time.

Parallels

1 Kings 12:20–24

People

Benjamin: Youngest son of Jacob and Rachel Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province Rehoboam: Son of Solomon, first king of Judah

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Hebron (Place)

Topics

Jeroboam: First King of Israel After the Revolt: His Wars with Rehoboam Prophecies Concerning Israel: Other Circumstances of his Reign Rehoboam: Ten Tribes, Under the Leadership of Jeroboam, Successfully Revolt From Tribe of Benjamin: Census of Loyal to Rehoboam