2 Chronicles 11:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he gathered from the house of Judah and Benjamin one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam.

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  • 1 Kgs 12:21-24 : 21 And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 22 But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 23 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 24 Thus says the LORD, You 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. Therefore they listened to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he makes the plans of the people of no effect.
  • Ps 33:16 : 16 No king is saved by the multitude of an army; 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 prepared for the day of battle, but safety is of the LORD.

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  • 1 Kgs 12:20-24
    5 verses
    96%

    20And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, they sent and called him to 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 came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

    22But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

    23Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

    24Thus says the LORD, You 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. Therefore they listened to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 13:3
    79%

    3Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant warriors, four hundred thousand chosen men. Jeroboam arranged the battle against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty men of valor.

  • 2 Chr 11:2-5
    4 verses
    79%

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

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

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

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
    76%

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

  • 1 Chr 21:5
    76%

    5And Joab gave the total of the people to David. And all Israel were a million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and Judah was four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew sword.

  • 2 Chr 14:8
    75%

    8And Asa had an army of men who carried shields and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, those who carried shields and drew bows, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.

  • 2 Chr 17:18
    75%

    18And beside him was Jehozabad, and with him one hundred and eighty thousand ready prepared for war.

  • 2 Chr 10:1
    75%

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

  • 2 Sam 6:1
    74%

    1Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

  • 1 Kgs 12:3
    74%

    3that they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 1 Chr 12:37
    74%

    37On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all types of weapons of war for battle, one hundred and twenty thousand.

  • Judg 20:17
    73%

    17And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword; all these were men of war.

  • 1 Sam 11:8
    73%

    8And 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%

    5Moreover 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, who could handle spear and shield.

  • 2 Sam 24:9
    73%

    9And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.

  • 2 Chr 10:3
    73%

    3And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 2 Chr 13:7
    72%

    7And there gathered to him worthless men, sons of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not resist them.

  • 1 Chr 12:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23Now these are the numbers of the divisions that were ready for war, and came to David at Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.

    24The sons of Judah bearing 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 half the tribe of Manasseh—valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, and to shoot with the bow, and skillful in war—were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that went out to the war.

  • Judg 20:2
    72%

    2And the leaders of all the people, 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
    72%

    17But as for the children of Israel who 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
    71%

    4And he took the fortified cities of Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 17:11
    71%

    11Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.

  • 1 Kgs 12:17
    71%

    17But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

  • 2 Chr 15:9
    71%

    9And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon, for they joined him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

  • Judg 20:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • 2 Chr 13:15
    70%

    15Then the men of Judah shouted: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • 1 Sam 15:4
    70%

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

  • 2 Chr 12:1
    70%

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

  • 1 Kgs 14:30
    70%

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

  • 2 Chr 26:13
    70%

    13Under their command was an army of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, who made war with mighty power to help the king against the enemy.

  • 2 Chr 17:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14And these are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand.

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:12
    70%

    12So 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
    70%

    11And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them and brought them back into the guard chamber.

  • 2 Chr 2:17
    70%

    17And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, according to the census in which David his father had numbered them; and they were found to be one hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

  • 1 Kgs 14:25
    70%

    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
    70%

    11All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valor, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.

  • 1 Kgs 12:27
    69%

    27If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people shall turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.

  • 1 Chr 12:31
    69%

    31Of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were recognized by name to come and make David king.