2 Chronicles 11:12

American Standard Version (1901)

And in every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

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  • 2 Sam 13:19 : 19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
  • 2 Sam 13:22 : 22 And Absalom spake unto Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
  • 2 Chr 26:14-15 : 14 And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
  • 2 Chr 32:5 : 5 And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

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  • 2 Chr 11:10-11
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    85%

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

    11And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine.

  • 2 Chr 32:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

    6And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,

  • 2 Chr 17:1-2
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    1And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

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

  • 2 Chr 27:4
    74%

    4Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

  • 2 Chr 17:12-13
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    12And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.

    13And he had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 14:6-8
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    73%

    6And he built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Jehovah had given him rest.

    7For he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

    8And Asa had an army that bare bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.

  • Neh 4:16
    72%

    16And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 33:14
    72%

    14Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about [with it], and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 11:13
    72%

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

  • 2 Chr 12:4
    72%

    4And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 17:17-19
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    72%

    17And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;

    18and next to him Jehozabad and with him a hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for war.

    19These were they that waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

  • 2 Chr 15:9
    72%

    9And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

  • 2 Chr 26:6
    71%

    6And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in [the country of] Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

  • 2 Chr 26:13-15
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    71%

    13And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

    14And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.

    15And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

  • 2 Kgs 11:10
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    10And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of Jehovah.

  • 2 Chr 11:5
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    5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

  • 1 Chr 12:16
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    16And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David.

  • 2 Chr 19:5
    70%

    5And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

  • 1 Chr 12:24
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    24The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.

  • Neh 11:36
    70%

    36And of the Levites, certain courses in Judah [were joined] to Benjamin.

  • 2 Chr 11:23
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    23And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought [for them] many wives.

  • 2 Chr 23:9-10
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    70%

    9And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.

    10And he set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.

  • Neh 4:13
    69%

    13Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

  • 1 Chr 11:10
    69%

    10Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 14:27
    69%

    27And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.

  • 2 Chr 8:5
    69%

    5Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

  • 2 Chr 34:6
    69%

    6And [so did he] in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their ruins round about.

  • Neh 11:3
    69%

    3Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, [to wit], Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.

  • 2 Sam 24:7
    69%

    7and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beer-sheba.

  • 2 Sam 2:9
    69%

    9and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

  • 2 Chr 12:10
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    10And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king's house.

  • 2 Sam 17:11
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    11But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

  • Jer 1:18
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    18For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

  • Ezra 1:6
    68%

    6And all they that were round about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.

  • 2 Chr 25:5
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    5Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

  • 1 Chr 18:7
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    7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
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    1And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

  • 2 Sam 8:7
    68%

    7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.