2 Chronicles 11:1

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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.

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  • 1 Kgs 12:21-24 : 21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which 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 remnant of the people, saying, 24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
  • Ps 33:16 : 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
  • Prov 21:30-31 : 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. 31 The horse is epared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

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  • 1 Kgs 12:20-24
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    20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, 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.

    21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which 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 remnant of the people, saying,

    24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 13:3
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    3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.

  • 2 Chr 11:2-5
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    2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

    3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

    4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

    5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
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    1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

  • 1 Chr 21:5
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    5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

  • 2 Chr 14:8
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    8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets 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 valour.

  • 2 Chr 17:18
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    18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.

  • 2 Chr 10:1
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    1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.

  • 2 Sam 6:1
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    1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

  • 1 Kgs 12:3
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    3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

  • 1 Chr 12:37
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    37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.

  • Judg 20:17
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    17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

  • 1 Sam 11:8
    73%

    8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

  • 2 Chr 25:5
    73%

    5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

  • 2 Sam 24:9
    73%

    9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number 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
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    3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 2 Chr 13:7
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    7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

  • 1 Chr 12:23-24
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    72%

    23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.

    24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.

  • 1 Chr 5:18
    72%

    18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.

  • Judg 20:2
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    2 And the chief 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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    17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

  • 2 Chr 13:17
    71%

    17 And 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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    4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 17:11
    71%

    11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered 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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    17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

  • 2 Chr 15:9
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    9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers 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 the LORD his God was with him.

  • Judg 20:14-15
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    71%

    14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

    15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

  • 2 Chr 13:15
    70%

    15 Then 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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    4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 12:1
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    1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.

  • 1 Kgs 14:30
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    30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

  • 2 Chr 26:13
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    13 And 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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    14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.

    15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.

  • 1 Kgs 12:12
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    12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

  • 2 Chr 12:11
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    11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.

  • 2 Chr 2:17
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    17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

  • 1 Kgs 14:25
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    25 And 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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    11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.

  • 1 Kgs 12:27
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    27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

  • 1 Chr 12:31
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    31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.