2 Chronicles 11:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֣א רְחַבְעָם֮ יְרוּשָׁלִַם֒ וַיַּקְהֵל֩ אֶת־בֵּ֨ית יְהוּדָ֜ה וּבִנְיָמִ֗ן מֵאָ֨ה וּשְׁמוֹנִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף בָּח֖וּר עֹשֵׂ֣ה מִלְחָמָ֑ה לְהִלָּחֵם֙ עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה לִרְחַבְעָֽם׃ פ

Transliteration

And wāḇōʾ rəḥāḇə'ām to yərūshālayim and wayyaqhēl ʾēt-house of yəhūdāh and ḇinyāmîn one hundred and eighty thousand bāḥūr 'ōśēh milḥāmāh to ləhillāḥēm with-yiśrāʾēl to ləhāshîḇ ʾēt-the mamlāḵāh to rəḥāḇə'ām

Grammar Details

*wāḇōʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he came
*rəḥāḇə'ām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Rehoboam
*yərūshālayim*: proper noun, feminine singular - Jerusalem
*wayyaqhēl*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he assembled
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*yəhūdāh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Judah
*ḇinyāmîn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Benjamin
*bāḥūr*: noun, masculine singular - chosen man, choice warrior
*'ōśēh*: qal participle, masculine singular - doer, maker
*milḥāmāh*: noun, feminine singular - war, battle
*ləhillāḥēm*: preposition + niphal infinitive construct - to fight
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Israel
*ləhāshîḇ*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to return, restore
*mamlāḵāh*: noun, feminine singular - kingdom

Word Meanings

*bāḥūr*: chosen one, young man, elite soldier
*'ōśēh milḥāmāh*: war-maker, warrior, soldier
*ləhillāḥēm*: to wage war, to battle, to engage in combat
*ləhāshîḇ*: to restore, to return, to bring back

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 12:21-24 : 21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 23 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying, 24 Thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the word of Jehovah, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Jehovah.
Ps 33:10 : 10 Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
Ps 33:16 : 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
Prov 21:30-31 : 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah. 31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle; But victory is of Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Kgs 12:20-24
5 verses
96%
20And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
21And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
22But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
23Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,
24Thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the word of Jehovah, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Jehovah.
2 Chr 13:3
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3And Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valor.
2 Chr 11:2-5
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79%
2But the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
3Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
4Thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the words of Jehovah, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
1 Kgs 12:1
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1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
1 Chr 21:5
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5And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
2 Chr 14:8
75%
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.
2 Chr 17:18
75%
18and next to him Jehozabad and with him a hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for war.
2 Chr 10:1
75%
1And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
2 Sam 6:1
74%
1And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
1 Kgs 12:3
74%
3and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
1 Chr 12:37
74%
37And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half - tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.
Judg 20:17
73%
17And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
1 Sam 11:8
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8And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
2 Chr 25:5
73%
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.
2 Sam 24:9
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9And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
2 Chr 10:3
73%
3And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spake to Rehoboam, saying,
2 Chr 13:7
72%
7And there were gathered unto him worthless men, base fellows, that strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.
1 Chr 12:23-24
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72%
23And these are the numbers of the heads of them that were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.
24The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
1 Chr 5:18
72%
18The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe {H7626} of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were forty and four thousand seven hundred and threescore, that were able to go forth to war.
Judg 20:2
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2And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
2 Chr 10:17
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17But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
2 Chr 13:17
71%
17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
2 Chr 12:4
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4And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
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.
1 Kgs 12:17
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17But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
2 Chr 15:9
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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.
Judg 20:14-15
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71%
14And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
15And the children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
2 Chr 13:15
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15Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
1 Sam 15:4
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4And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
2 Chr 12:1
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1And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.
1 Kgs 14:30
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30And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
2 Chr 26:13
70%
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.
2 Chr 17:14-15
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14And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand;
15and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand;
1 Kgs 12:12
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12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
2 Chr 12:11
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11And it was so, that, as oft as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard - chamber.
2 Chr 2:17
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17And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
1 Kgs 14:25
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25And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
1 Chr 7:11
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11All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' [houses], mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war.
1 Kgs 12:27
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27if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.
1 Chr 12:31
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31And of the half-tribe {H4294} of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.