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1 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. 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. 6 He built even Beth­le­hem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adul­lam, 8 And Gath, and Mare­shah, and Ziph, 9 And Ado­raim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 10 And Zo­rah, and Ai­jalon, and He­bron, which are in Ju­dah and in Ben­jamin fenced cities. 11 And he for­ti­fied the strong holds, and put cap­tains in them, and store of vict­ual, and of oil and wine. 12 And in ev­ery sev­er­al city he put shields and spears, and made them ex­ceed­ing strong, hav­ing Ju­dah and Ben­jamin on his side. 13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Is­rael re­sort­ed to him out of all their coasts. 14 For the Levites left their sub­urbs and their pos­ses­sion, and came to Ju­dah and Jerusalem: for Jer­oboam and his sons had cast them off from ex­e­cut­ing the priest's of­fice unto the LORD: 15 And he or­dained him priests for the high places, and for the dev­ils, and for the calves which he had made. 16 And af­ter them out of all the tribes of Is­rael such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Is­rael came to Jerusalem, to sac­ri­fice unto the LORD God of their fa­thers. 17 So they strength­ened the king­dom of Ju­dah, and made Re­hoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon. 18 And Re­hoboam took him Ma­ha­lath the daugh­ter of Je­r­i­moth the son of David to wife, and Abi­hail the daugh­ter of Eliab the son of Jesse; 19 Which bare him chil­dren; Jeush, and Shamari­ah, and Za­ham. 20 And af­ter her he took Maachah the daugh­ter of Ab­sa­lom; which bare him Abi­jah, and At­tai, and Ziza, and Sh­elomith. 21 And Re­hoboam loved Maachah the daugh­ter of Ab­sa­lom above all his wives and his con­cu­bines: (for he took eigh­teen wives, and three­score con­cu­bines; and be­gat twen­ty and eight sons, and three­score daugh­ters.) 22 And Re­hoboam made Abi­jah the son of Maachah the chief, ­to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king. 23 And he dealt wise­ly, and dis­persed of all his chil­dren through­out all the coun­tries of Ju­dah and Ben­jamin, unto ev­ery fenced city: and he gave them vict­ual in abun­dance. And he de­sired many wives.