He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
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He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
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And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
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And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin adhered to him.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 11:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 13:19 Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of various colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
- 2 Samuel 13:22 Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
- 2 Chronicles 26:14-15 Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging. In Jerusalem, he made devices, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad, because he was marvelously helped until he was strong.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5 He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in David’s city, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 11:12 And in every several city [he put]…
2Ch 11:12 And in every several city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
Ver. 12. And made them exceeding strong.] But sin was at the bottom, and blew them up: their iniquity was their ruin, as Eze 18:30.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In every several city, to wit, so fortified, as…
In every several city, to wit, so fortified, as he said, 2Ch 11:11
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession,....…
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession,.... The cities and the fields adjacent to them, which were given them in the several tribes, and were in all forty eight; see Jos 21:1 and came to Judah and Jerusalem; to the cities of Judah, which belonged to the Levites; and to Jerusalem, where they exercised their functions:
for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from exercising the priest's office unto the Lord; neither suffering them to go to Jerusalem in their courses, as they used to do by turns, nor to perform their office in their own dwellings, according to the law of God, in teaching and instructing the people.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. having Judah and Benjamin on his side] Render,…
12. having Judah and Benjamin on his side] Render, And so Judah and Benjamin became his. Rehoboam’s fortresses (which were scattered all over the country and were not placed on the borders only) were intended to keep Judah in subjection. His appointment of military governors (2Ch_11:11) and his dispersion of his sons among the fortresses (2Ch_11:23) were also parts of the same policy of preparedness to put down revolt.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) Shields.—The “targets” of 2Ch_9:15.
(12) Shields.—The “targets” of 2Ch_9:15.
Made them exceeding strong.—Strengthened them (the same word as “fortified” in 2Ch_11:11) very abundantly (l’harbçh meôd). A form of words only used by the chronicler. (See 2Ch_16:8; and comp. Neh_6:18.)
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Having Judah and Benjamin on his side.—Literally, and he had (or, there fell to him) Judah and Benjamin. A definition of Rehoboam’s territory. (Comp. 2Ch_10:17.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Having Judah and Benjamin on his side. The mention…
Having Judah and Benjamin on his side. The mention of both tribes just serves to point for us the fact that Benjamin"s existence and value were not absolutely ignored, but were for a short while quoted before the kingdom of Rehoboam became called by the name of Judah simply.
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