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Verse 1

Rehabeam kom til Jerusalem og samlet mennene fra Juda og Benjamin, en hundre og åtti tusen av hans beste krigere, for å føre krig mot Israel og vinne kongeriket tilbake for Rehabeam.

And 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.

Verse 2

Men Herrens ord kom til Semaja, Guds mann, og sa:

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

Verse 3

Si til Rehabeam, sønn av Salomo, kongen av Juda, og til hele Israel i Juda og Benjamin:

Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

Verse 4

Så sier Herren: Dere skal ikke gå til krig mot deres brødre. La hver mann vende tilbake til sitt hus, for dette er min hensikt. Så de lyttet til Herrens ord og vendte tilbake fra å kjempe mot Jeroboam.

The 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.

Verse 5

Rehabeam ble så i Jerusalem og bygde byer med murer i Juda.

Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.

Verse 6

Han bygde Betlehem, Etam og Tekoa

He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa

Verse 7

samt Bet-Sur, Soko og Adullam,

And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam

Verse 8

Gat, Maresja og Zif,

And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph

Verse 9

Adoraim, Lakisj, og Aseka,

And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah

Verse 10

Zora, Ajalon og Hebron, byer med murer i Juda og Benjamin.

And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.

Verse 11

Han gjorde de befestede byene sterke. Han satte ledere i dem og fylte dem med mat, olje og vin.

And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.

Verse 12

I hver by lagret han skjold og spyd og gjorde dem svært sterke. Både Juda og Benjamin var hans.

And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.

Verse 13

Prestene og levittene som var i hele Israel, kom til ham fra alle deler av sitt land.

And the priests and Levites who were in all Israel came together to him from every part of their country.

Verse 14

For levittene forlot sine hjem og sin eiendom, og kom til Juda og Jerusalem. Jeroboam og hans sønner hadde sendt dem bort, slik at de ikke kunne være prester for Herren.

For 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;

Verse 15

Han gjorde seg prester for offerhaugene og for billedstøtter av bukker og kalver som han hadde laget.

And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made.

Verse 16

Og etter dem kom alle fra Israels stammer, alle som hadde hjertet fast og tro mot Herren, Israels Gud, til Jerusalem for å ofre til Herren, deres fedres Gud.

And 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.

Verse 17

Dermed styrket de Judas rike og gjorde Rehabeam, sønn av Salomo, sterk i tre år; for i tre år fulgte de Davids og Salomos vei.

So 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.

Verse 18

Rehabeam tok som kone Mahalath, datter av Jerimot, sønn av David, og Abihail, datter av Eliab, sønn av Isai.

And 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;

Verse 19

Hun fødte ham sønnene Jeusj, Sjemarja og Saham.

And she had sons by him, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

Verse 20

Etter henne tok han Maaka, datter av Absalom; hun fødte ham Abia, Attai, Sisa og Selomit.

And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.

Verse 21

Maaka, datter av Absalom, var mer kjær for Rehabeam enn alle hans koner og medhustruer; for han hadde atten koner og seksti medhustruer, og ble far til tjueåtte sønner og seksti døtre.

Maacah, 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.)

Verse 22

Rehabeam gjorde Abia, sønn av Maaka, til leder og høvding blant sine brødre, for han ville gjøre ham til konge.

Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.

Verse 23

Med sin visdom plasserte han sine sønner i hver befestede by i hele Juda og Benjamin, og ga dem rikelig med mat, og fant koner til dem.

And 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.

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