2 Chronicles 11:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 2 Chr 8:2-6 : 2 He took in hand the building up of the towns which Huram had given him, causing the children of Israel to make living-places for themselves there. 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and overcame it. 4 And he put up the buildings of Tadmor in the waste land, and of all the store-towns in Hamath; 5 And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks; 6 And of Baalath, and all the store-towns which Solomon had, and the towns where he kept his war-carriages and his horse men, and everything which it was his pleasure to put up in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land under his rule.
  • 2 Chr 11:23 : 23 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.
  • 2 Chr 14:6-7 : 6 He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest. 7 He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.
  • 2 Chr 16:6 : 6 Then King Asa, with all Judah, took away the stones and wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and he made use of them for building Geba and Mizpah.
  • 2 Chr 17:12 : 12 Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.
  • 2 Chr 26:6 : 6 He went out and made war against the Philistines, pulling down the walls of Gath and Jabneh and Ashdod, and building towns in the country round Ashdod and among the Philistines.
  • 2 Chr 27:4 : 4 In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.
  • Isa 22:8-9 : 8 He took away the cover of Judah; and in that day you were looking with care at the store of arms in the house of the woods. 9 And you saw all the broken places in the wall of the town of David: and you got together the waters of the lower pool. 10 And you had the houses of Jerusalem numbered, pulling down the houses to make the wall stronger. 11 And you made a place between the two walls for storing the waters of the old pool: but you gave no thought to him who had done this, and were not looking to him by whom it had been purposed long before.

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  • 2 Chr 10:17
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    17But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 12:17
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    17(But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.)

  • 2 Chr 11:6
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    6He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa

  • 2 Chr 27:4
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    4In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.

  • 2 Chr 12:4-5
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    4And he took the walled towns of Judah, and came as far as Jerusalem.

    5Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the chiefs of Judah, who had come together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, The Lord has said, Because you have given me up, I have given you up into the hands of Shishak.

  • 2 Chr 11:1-4
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    1And 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.

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

    3Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

    4The 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.

  • 2 Chr 11:10-12
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    72%

    10And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.

    11And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.

    12And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.

  • 2 Chr 11:17
    71%

    17So 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.

  • 2 Chr 17:12
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    12Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.

  • 2 Chr 14:6-7
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    6He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.

    7He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.

  • 2 Chr 11:23
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    23And 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.

  • 2 Chr 12:16
    71%

    16And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David; and Abijah his son became king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
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    1And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,

  • 2 Chr 8:5
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    5And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;

  • 2 Chr 17:2
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    2He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

  • 2 Chr 12:1
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    1Now when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

  • 1 Kgs 14:29-30
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    29Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

    30And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
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    21When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he got together all the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 15:6
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    6...

  • 2 Chr 19:5
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    5And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah,

  • 1 Kgs 12:25
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    25Then Jeroboam made the town of Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim a strong place, and was living there; and from there he went out and did the same to Penuel.

  • 2 Chr 10:1
    69%

    1And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king.

  • 2 Chr 26:6
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    6He went out and made war against the Philistines, pulling down the walls of Gath and Jabneh and Ashdod, and building towns in the country round Ashdod and among the Philistines.

  • 2 Chr 12:13
    68%

    13So King Rehoboam made himself strong in Jerusalem and was ruling there. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he was ruling for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the town which the Lord had made his out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there; and his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.

  • 1 Chr 11:7-8
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    68%

    7And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

    8And he took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo; and Joab put the rest of the town in order.

  • 1 Kgs 14:21
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    21And Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, was king in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he was king for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the town which the Lord had made his out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there; his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.

  • 1 Kgs 12:27
    68%

    27If the people go up to make offerings in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, their heart will be turned again to their lord, to Rehoboam, king of Judah; and they will put me to death and go back to Rehoboam, king of Judah.

  • 1 Chr 9:3
    68%

    3And in Jerusalem there were living some of the sons of Judah, and of Benjamin, and of Ephraim and Manasseh;

  • 2 Sam 5:9
    68%

    9So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.

  • 1 Kgs 12:23
    68%

    23Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the men of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people:

  • 2 Chr 8:2
    68%

    2He took in hand the building up of the towns which Huram had given him, causing the children of Israel to make living-places for themselves there.

  • 1 Kgs 14:25
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    25Now in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem;

  • 2 Chr 13:19
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    19And Abijah went after Jeroboam and took some of his towns, Beth-el with its small towns and Jeshanah with its small towns and Ephron with its small towns.

  • 2 Chr 32:5
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    5Then he took heart, building up the wall where it was broken down, and making its towers higher, and building another wall outside; and he made strong the Millo in the town of David, and got together a great store of all sorts of instruments of war.

  • 1 Kgs 14:27
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    27So in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass, and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.

  • 2 Chr 33:14
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    14After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 14:22
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    22He was the builder of Elath, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

  • 1 Kgs 15:17
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    17And Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah, so that no one was able to go out or in to Asa, king of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 11:27
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    27The way in which his hand came to be lifted up against the king was this: Solomon was building the Millo and making good the damaged parts of the town of his father David;

  • 2 Chr 12:10-11
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    10And in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.

    11And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.