2 Chronicles 11:1-12 - Rehoboam's Kingdom

¹ And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam. ² But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying, ³ Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, ⁴ The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.

⁵ Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah. ⁶ He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa ⁷ And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam ⁸ And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph ⁹ And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah ¹⁰ And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin. ¹¹ And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine. ¹² And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.