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2 Chronicles 11:5

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

And Rehoboam {H7346} dwelt {H3427} in Jerusalem {H3389}, and built {H1129} cities {H5892} for defence {H4692} in Judah {H3063}.

Rechav'am lived in Yerushalayim and built cities for defense in Y'hudah -

Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.

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

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Cross-References

  • 2 Chronicles 8:2 (3 votes)

    That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

  • 2 Chronicles 8:6 (3 votes)

    And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

  • 2 Chronicles 27:4 (2 votes)

    Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:6 (2 votes)

    And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

  • 2 Chronicles 14:6 (2 votes)

    And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

  • 2 Chronicles 14:7 (2 votes)

    Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about [them] walls, and towers, gates, and bars, [while] the land [is] yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought [him], and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

  • Isaiah 22:8 (2 votes)

    ¶ And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.