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2 Chronicles 11:5

2 Chronicles chapter 11 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.4Thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the words of Jehovah, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

v.5This passage

v.6He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:6

    Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:6

    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 he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

  • 2 Chronicles 17:12

    And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.

  • 2 Chronicles 8:2

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

  • 2 Chronicles 27:4

    Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

  • 2 Chronicles 11:23

    And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought for them many wives.