2 Chronicles 11:5
Strong's Lexicon
Rehoboam
רְחַבְעָ֖ם (rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7346: Rehoboam = 'a people has enlarged' 1) son of Solomon and the 1st king of Judah after the split up of the kingdom of Israel

continued to live
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (way·yê·šeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3427: 1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sit, sit down 1a2) to be set 1a3) to remain, stay 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited 1c) (Piel) to set, place 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to sit 1d2) to cause to abide, set 1d3) to cause to dwell 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be inhabited 1e2) to make to dwell

in Jerusalem,
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (bî·rū·šā·lim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3389: Jerusalem = 'teaching of peace' 1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split

and he built up
וַיִּ֧בֶן (way·yi·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to build, rebuild 1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be built 1b2) to be rebuilt 1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.) 1b4) established (made permanent) 1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

cities
עָרִ֛ים (‘ā·rîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5892: 1) excitement, anguish 1a) of terror 2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 2a) city, town

for defense
לְמָצ֖וֹר (lə·mā·ṣō·wr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4692: 1) siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, siege works 1a) siege 1b) enclosure, siege-works, rampart

in Judah.
בִּיהוּדָֽה׃ (bî·hū·ḏāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah = 'praised' 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.

Young's Literal Translation
And Rehoboam dwelleth in Jerusalem, and buildeth cities for a bulwark in Judah,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Rehoboam stayed in Jerusalem, and he fortified cities    in Judah.

New American Standard Bible
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built cities for defense in Judah.

King James Bible
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built up towns for defense in Judah:

New Living Translation
Rehoboam remained in Jerusalem and fortified various towns for the defense of Judah.

English Standard Version
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defense in Judah.

New American Standard Bible
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built cities for defense in Judah.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Rehoboam stayed in Jerusalem, and he fortified cities in Judah.

International Standard Version
Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem and built defensive fortification cities throughout Judah,

NET Bible
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem; he built up these fortified cities throughout Judah:

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
And Rehoboam dwelleth in Jerusalem, and buildeth cities for a bulwark in Judah,
















Cross References
2 Chronicles 8:2
That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

2 Chronicles 11:6
He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

2 Chronicles 11:23
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.

2 Chronicles 12:4
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 14:6
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 17:2
And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

2 Chronicles 21:3
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.

2 Chronicles 27:4
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

Jeremiah 34:7
When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.

2 Chronicles 1:1
And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

2 Chronicles 11:4
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.
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