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11:5 Rehoboam <07346> lived <03427> in Jerusalem <03389>; he built up <01129> these fortified <04692> cities <05892> throughout Judah <03063>: 11:6 Bethlehem <01035>, Etam <05862>, Tekoa <08620>, 11:7 Beth Zur <01049>, Soco <07755>, Adullam <05725>, 11:8 Gath <01661>, Mareshah <04762>, Ziph <02128>, 11:9 Adoraim <0115>, Lachish <03923>, Azekah <05825>, 11:10 Zorah <06881>, Aijalon <0357>, and Hebron <02275>. These were the fortified <04694> cities <05892> in Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>. 11:11 He fortified <02388> these cities <04694> and placed <05414> officers <05057> in them, as well as storehouses <0214> of food <03978>, olive oil <08081>, and wine <03196>. 11:12 In each city <05892> <05892> <03605> there were shields <06793> and spears <07420>; he strongly <03966> <07235> fortified <02388> them. Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144> belonged <01961> to him. 11:13 The priests <03548> and Levites <03881> who <0834> lived throughout <03605> Israel <03478> supported <03320> him, no matter where they resided <01366>. 11:14 The Levites <03881> even <03588> left <05800> their pasturelands <04054> and their property <0272> behind and came <01980> to Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, for <03588> Jeroboam <03379> and his sons <01121> prohibited <02186> them from serving as <03547> the Lord’s <03068> priests <03547>. 11:15 Jeroboam appointed <05975> his own priests <03548> to serve at the worship centers <01116> and to lead in the worship of the goat <08163> idols and calf <05695> idols he had made <06213>. 11:16 Those among <0310> all <03605> the Israelite <03478> tribes <07626> who were determined <05414> to worship <01245> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> followed <0935> them to Jerusalem <03389> to sacrifice <02076> to the Lord <03068> God <0430> of their ancestors <01>. 11:17 They supported <02388> the kingdom <04438> of Judah <03063> and were loyal <0553> to Rehoboam <07346> son <01121> of Solomon <08010> for <03588> three <07969> years <08141>; they followed <01980> the edicts <01870> of David <01732> and Solomon <08010> for three <07969> years <08141>. 11:18 Rehoboam <07346> married <03947> Mahalath <04258> the daughter <01323> of David’s <01732> son <01121> <01121> Jerimoth and of Abihail <032>, the daughter <01323> of Jesse’s <03448> son <01121> Eliab <0446>. 11:19 She bore <03205> him sons <01121> named Jeush <03266>, Shemariah <08114>, and Zaham <02093>. 11:20 He later <0310> married <03947> Maacah <04601> the daughter <01323> of Absalom <053>. She bore <03205> to him Abijah <029>, Attai <06262>, Ziza <02124>, and Shelomith <08019>. 11:21 Rehoboam <07346> loved <0157> Maacah <04601> daughter <01323> of Absalom <053> more than his other <03605> wives <0802> and concubines <06370>. He had <05375> eighteen <06240> <08083> wives <0802> and sixty <08346> concubines <06370>; he fathered <03205> twenty-eight <08083> <06242> sons <01121> and sixty <08346> daughters <01323>. 11:22 Rehoboam <07346> appointed <05975> Abijah <029> son <01121> of Maacah <04601> as the leader <07218> over his brothers <0251>, for <03588> he intended to name him his successor <04427>. 11:23 He wisely <0995> placed <06555> some <03605> of his many <03605> sons <01121> throughout <06555> the regions <0776> of Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144> in the various <03605> fortified <04694> cities <05892>. He supplied <05414> them with abundant <07230> provisions <04202> and acquired <07592> many <01995> wives <0802> for them. 12:1 After Rehoboam’s <07346> rule <04438> was <01961> established <03559> and solidified <02393>, he and all <03605> Israel <03478> rejected <05800> the law <08451> of the Lord <03068>. 12:2 Because <03588> they were unfaithful <04603> to the Lord <03068>, in King <04428> Rehoboam’s <07346> fifth <02549> year <08141>, King <04428> Shishak <07895> of Egypt <04714> attacked <05921> <05927> Jerusalem <03389>. 12:3 He had 1,200 <03967> <0505> chariots <07393>, 60,000 <0505> <08346> horsemen <06571>, and an innumerable number <04557> <0369> of soldiers <05971> who accompanied <0935> him from <05973> Egypt <04714>, including Libyans <03864>, Sukkites <05525>, and Cushites <03569>. 12:4 He captured <03920> the fortified <04694> cities <05892> of Judah <03063> and marched <0935> against Jerusalem <03389>. 12:5 Shemaiah <08098> the prophet <05030> visited <0935> Rehoboam <07346> and the leaders <08269> of Judah <03063> who <0834> were assembled <0622> in <0413> Jerusalem <03389> because <06440> of Shishak <07895>. He said <0559> to them, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: ‘You <0859> have rejected <05800> me, so <0637> I <0589> have rejected <05800> you and will hand <03027> you over to Shishak <07895>.’” 12:6 The leaders <08269> of Israel <03478> and the king <04428> humbled <03665> themselves and said <0559>, “The Lord <03068> is just <06662>.” 12:7 When the Lord <03068> saw <07200> that <03588> they humbled <03665> themselves, he <03068> gave <01961> this message <01697> to <0413> Shemaiah <08098>: “They have humbled <03665> themselves, so I will not <03808> destroy <07843> them. I will deliver <06413> <05414> them <01992> soon <04592>. My anger <02534> will not <03808> be unleashed <05413> against Jerusalem <03389> through <03027> Shishak <07895>. 12:8 Yet <03588> they will become <01961> his subjects <05650>, so they can experience <03045> how serving <05656> me differs from serving <05656> the surrounding <0776> nations <04467>.” 12:9 King <04428> Shishak <07895> of Egypt <04714> attacked <05927> Jerusalem <03389> and took away <03947> the treasures <0214> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and of the royal <04428> palace <01004>; he took <03947> everything <03605>, including the gold <02091> shields <04043> that <0834> Solomon <08010> had made <06213>. 12:10 King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> made <06213> bronze <05178> shields <04043> to replace <08478> them and assigned <06485> them to <05921> the officers <08269> of the royal guard <07323> who protected <08104> the entrance <06607> to the royal <04428> palace <01004>. 12:11 Whenever <01767> <01961> the king <04428> visited <0935> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, the royal guards <07323> carried <05375> them and then brought <07725> them back <07725> to <0413> the guardroom <07323> <08372>. 12:12 So when Rehoboam humbled <03665> himself, the Lord <03068> relented <07725> from <04480> his anger <0639> and did not <03808> annihilate <03617> <07843> him; Judah <03063> experienced <01961> some good <02896> things <01697>. 12:13 King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> solidified <02388> his rule <04427> in Jerusalem <03389>; he was forty-one <0259> <0705> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king <07346> and he ruled <04427> for seventeen <06240> <07651> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>, the city <05892> the Lord <03068> chose <0977> from all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> to be his home. Rehoboam’s mother <0517> was an Ammonite <05985> named <08034> Naamah <05279>. 12:14 He did <06213> evil <07451> because <03588> he was not <03808> determined <03820> <03559> to follow <01875> the Lord <03068>. 12:15 The events <01697> of Rehoboam’s <07346> reign, from start <07223> to finish <0314>, are <01992> recorded <03789> in the Annals <01697> of Shemaiah <08098> the prophet <05030> and of Iddo <05714> the seer <02374> that include genealogical records <03187>. 12:16 Then Rehoboam <07346> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in the City <05892> of David <01732>. His son <01121> Abijah <029> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.

• 2Ch 11:5--12:16 -- Rehoboam's Reign

• Rehoboam

  [ebd] he enlarges the people, the successor of Solomon on the throne, and apparently his only son. He was the son of Naamah "the Ammonitess," some well-known Ammonitish princess (1 Kings 14:21; 2 Chr. 12:13). He was forty-one year...
  [isbe] REHOBOAM - re-ho-bo'-am (rechabh`am, "the people is enlarged," or perhaps "Am is wide" Rhoboam; "Roboam," Mt 1:7 the King James Version): 1. The Disruption of the Kingdom 2. Underlying Causes of Disruption 3. Shemaiah Forbid...
  [smith] (enlarger of the people), son of Solomon by the Ammonite princess Naamah, (1 Kings 14:21,31) and his successor. (1 Kings 11:43) Rehoboam selected Shechem as the place of his coronation (B.C. 975), probably as an act of ...
  [nave] REHOBOAM Successor to Solomon as king, 1 Kin. 11:43; 2 Chr. 9:31. Refuses to reform abuses, 1 Kin. 12:1-15; 2 Chr. 10:1-15. Ten tribes, under leadership of Jeroboam, successfully revolt from, 1 Kin. 12:16-24; 2 Chr. 10:16-...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [ebd] The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Sep...
  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• Shishak

  [isbe] SHISHAK - shi'-shak (shishaq (1 Ki 14:25); Sousakeim): 1. Shishak, 952-930 BC: Sheshonk or Sheshenq I, as he is called on the monuments, the founder of the XXIInd Dynasty, was in all probability of Libyan origin. It is possi...
  [smith] king of Egypt, the Sheshonk I. of the monuments, first sovereign of the Bubastite twenty-second dynasty. His reign offers the first determined syncronism of Egyptian and hebrew history. The first year of Shishak would about c...
  [nave] SHISHAK, king of Egypt. Gives asylum to Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 11:40. Spoils Jerusalem, 1 Kin. 14:25, 26; 2 Chr. 12:2-9.
  

• War

  [nave] WAR Divine approval of, 2 Sam. 22:35. Civil, Judg. 12:1-6; 20; 2 Sam. 2:12-31; 3:1; 20; 1 Kin. 14:30; 16:21; Isa. 19:2; forbidden, 2 Chr. 11:4; averted, Josh. 22:11-34. Enemy harangued by general of opposing side, 2 Kin. 1...
  

• Repentance

  [nave] REPENTANCE Attributed to God, Gen. 6:6, 7; Ex. 32:14; Deut. 32:36; Judg. 2:18; 1 Sam. 15:11, 29, 35; 2 Sam. 24:16; 1 Chr. 21:15; Psa. 106:45; 110:4; 135:14; Jer. 15:6; 18:8, 10; 26:3; 42:10; Joel 2:13; Amos 7:3, 6; Jonah 3:9...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Maachah

  [ebd] oppression, a small Syrian kingdom near Geshur, east of the Hauran, the district of Batanea (Josh. 13:13; 2 Sam. 10:6,8; 1 Chr. 19:7). (2.) A daughter of Talmai, king of the old native population of Geshur. She became one of...
  [smith] (oppression). The daughter of Nahor by his concubine Beumah. (Genesis 22:24) The father of Achish who was king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon?s reign. (1 Kings 2:39) The daughter, or more probably granddaughter, of A...
  [nave] MAACHAH 1. Son of Nahor, Gen. 22:24. 2. Called also Maacah. Mother of Absalom, 2 Sam. 3:3; 1 Chr. 3:2. 3. Called also Maoch. Father of Achish, 1 Sam. 27:2; 1 Kin. 2:39. 4. Called also Michaiah. Mother of Abijam and grandm...
  

• Shemaiah

  [isbe] SHEMAIAH - she-ma'-ya, she-mi'-a (shema`yah (in 2 Ch 11:2; 17:8; 31:15; 35:9; Jer 26:20; 29:24; 36:12, shema`yahu), "Jahveh hears"): The name is most frequently borne by priests, Levites and prophets. (1) Codex Vaticanus Sam...
  [smith] (heard by Jehovah). A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. (1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2) (B.C. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam?s reign. (2 Chronicles 12:5,15) The son of Shechaniah, am...
  [nave] SHEMAIAH 1. A prophet in the time of Rehoboam. Prevents Rehoboam from war with Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 12:22-24; 2 Chr. 11:2-4. Prophesies the punishment of Rehoboam by Shishak, king of Egypt, 2 Chr. 12:5, 7. Writes chronicles, 2...
  

• TEMPLE, A1

  [isbe] TEMPLE, A1 - tem'-p'l (hekhal, "palace"; sometimes, as in 1 Ki 6:3,5, etc.; Ezek 41:1,15 ff, used for "the holy place" only; bayith, "house," thus always in the Revised Version (British and American); hieron, naos): A. STRUC...
  

• Egyptians

  [nave] EGYPTIANS Descendants of the Mizraim, Gen. 10:6, 13, 14. Wisdom of, 1 Kin. 4:30. The art of embalming the dead practiced by, Gen. 50:2, 3, 26. Hospitality of, to Abraham, Gen. 12:10-20. Slaves bought by, Gen. 37:36. Opp...
  

• JUDAH, TERRITORY OF

  [isbe] JUDAH, TERRITORY OF - (yehudhah): I. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA 1. The Natural Boundaries 2. The Natural Divisions of Judah (1) The Maritime Plain (2) The Shephelah (3) The Hill Country of Judah II. THE TRIBE OF JUDAH AND ITS TERRITO...
  

• ABIJAH

  [ebd] father (i.e., "possessor or worshipper") of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 7:8. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:24. (3.) The second son of Samuel (1 Sam. 8:2; 1 Chr. 6:28). His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beer-sheba, to which...
  [isbe] ABIJAH - a-bi'-ja ('abhiyah or 'abhiyahu (2 Ch 13:20,21), "my father is Yahweh," or "Yahweh is father"): The name of six or more men and two women in the Old Testament. (1) The seventh son of Becher the son of Benjamin (1 Ch...
  

• Levites

  [smith] (descendants of Levi). Sometimes the name extends to the whole tribe, the priests included, (Exodus 6:25; Leviticus 25:32; Numbers 35:2; Joshua 21:3,41) etc; sometimes only to those members of the tribe who were not priests, ...
  [nave] LEVITES The descendants of Levi. Set apart as ministers of religion, Num. 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deut. 10:8; 1 Chr. 15:2. Substituted in the place of the firstborn, Num. 3:12, 41-45; 8:14, 16-18; 18:6. Religious ...
  

• Abihail

  [ebd] father of might. (1.) Num. 3:35. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:29. (3.) 1 Chr. 5:14. (4.) The second wife of King Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:18), a descendant of Eliab, David's eldest brother. (5.) The father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai (Esthe...
  [isbe] ABIHAIL - ab'-i-hal ('abhichayil; in some manuscripts 'abhihayil, when feminine, but best reading is the former: "father, or cause, of strength"): Five persons in the Old Testament are called by this name: (1) A Levite and t...
  [smith] (father of , i.e. possessing, strength). Father of Zuriel, chief of the Levitical father of Merari, a contemporary of Moses. (Numbers 3:35) (B.C. 1490.) Wife of Abishur. (1 Chronicles 2:29) Son of Huri, of the tribe of Ga...
  [nave] ABIHAIL 1. Father of Esther, Esth. 2:15. 2. The second wife of Rehoboam, 2 Chr. 11:18, 19. 3. Father of Zuriel, Num. 3:35. 4. Wife of Abishur, 1 Chr. 2:29.
  

• Polygamy

  [nave] POLYGAMY Forbidden, Deut. 17:17; Lev. 18:18; Mal. 2:14, 15; Matt. 19:4, 5; Mark 10:2-8; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; Tit. 1:6. Authorized, 2 Sam. 12:8. Tolerated, Ex. 21:10; 1 Sam. 1:2; 2 Chr. 24:3. Practiced, Job 27:15; by Lamech, Ge...
  

• PALESTINE, 2

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 2 - III. Palestine in the Historic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Joshua: Joshua is the great geographical book of the Old Testament; and the large majority of the 600 names of places, rivers and mountains...
  

• Jeush

  [ebd] assembler. (1.) The oldest of Esau's three sons by Aholibamah (Gen. 36:5, 14, 18). (2.) A son of Bilhan, grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:10). (3.) A Levite, one of the sons of Shimei (1 Chr. 23:10, 11). (4.) One of the three ...
  [isbe] JEUSH - je'-ush (ye`ush, probably "he protects," "he comes to help"; see HPN, 109; Kethibh is ye`ish, in Gen 36:5,14; 1 Ch 7:10): (1) A "son" of Esau (Gen 36:5,14,18; 1 Ch 1:35). "The name is thought by some to be identical ...
  [smith] (assembler). Son of Esau by Aholiabamah the daughter of Anah, the son of Zebeon the Hivite. (Genesis 36:6,14,18; 1 Chronicles 1:35) (B.C. after 1797.) A Benjamite, son of Bilhah. (1 Chronicles 7:10,11) A Gershonite Lev...
  [nave] JEUSH 1. Son of Esau, Gen. 36:5, 14, 18; 1 Chr. 1:35. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 7:10. 3. A Gershonite Levite, 1 Chr. 23:10, 11. 4. Son of Rehoboam, 2 Chr. 11:19.
  

• Adullam

  [ebd] one of the royal cities of the Canaanites, now 'Aid-el-ma (Josh. 12:15; 15:35). It stood on the old Roman road in the valley of Elah (q.v.), which was the scene of David's memorable victory over Goliath (1 Sam. 17:2), and no...
  [isbe] ADULLAM - a-dul'-am (`adhullam): (1) A city, with dependencies, and in ancient times having a king, mentioned five times in the Old Testament, each time in a list with other cities (Josh 12:15; 15:35; 2 Ch 11:7; Mic 1:15; Ne...
  [smith] (justice of the people), Apocr. ODOLLAM, a city of Judah int he lowland of the Shefelah, (Joshua 15:35) the seat of a Canaanite king, (Joshua 12:15) and evidently a place of great antiquity. (Genesis 38:1,12,20) Fortified by ...
  [nave] ADULLAM 1. A cave near the Dead Sea. David takes refuge in, 1 Sam. 22:1; 2 Sam. 23:13; 1 Chr. 11:15. See titles of Psalms 57 and 142. 2. An ancient city of Canaan, Gen. 38:1; Josh. 12:15; 15:35; 2 Chr. 11:7; Neh. 11:30; Mic...
  

• Ziza

  [ebd] splendour; abundance. (1.) A Simeonite prince (1 Chr. 4:37-43). (2.) A son of Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:20).
  [isbe] ZIZA - zi'-za (ziza', probably a childish reduplicated abbreviation or a term of endearment (Curtis, Chron., 369, quoting Noldeke in EB, III 3294)): (1) A Simeonite chief (1 Ch 4:37). (2) A son of King Rehoboam, his mother b...
  [smith] (shining). Son of Shiphi, a chief of the Simeonites in the reign of Hezekiah. (1 Chronicles 4:37) (B.C. about 725.) Son of Rehoboam by Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom. (2 Chronicles 11:20) (B.C. after 973.)
  [nave] ZIZA 1. A Simeonite, 1 Chr. 4:37. 2. Son of Rehoboam, 2 Chr. 11:20.
  

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Biblical Polygamists

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