Parallel Verses
King James Version
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
New American Standard Bible
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and
Holman Bible
Rehoboam stayed in Jerusalem, and he fortified cities
International Standard Version
Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem and built defensive fortification cities throughout Judah,
A Conservative Version
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
American Standard Version
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
Amplified
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built [fortified] cities for defense in Judah.
Bible in Basic English
Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.
Darby Translation
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
Julia Smith Translation
And Rehoboam will dwell in Jerusalem, and he will build cities for fortification in Judah.
King James 2000
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built cities as strongholds in Judah.
Modern King James verseion
And Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built cities for defense in Judah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built strong cities in Judah:
NET Bible
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem; he built up these fortified cities throughout Judah:
New Heart English Bible
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
The Emphasized Bible
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, - and built cities for defence, in Judah;
Webster
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
World English Bible
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Rehoboam dwelleth in Jerusalem, and buildeth cities for a bulwark in Judah,
Themes
Cities » Often fortified by art
Cities » A great defence to a country
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Rehoboam (latter part of his reign)
Rehoboam » Builds fortified cities; is temporarily prosperous
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 11:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Rehoboam Fortifies Cities In Judah
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. 5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. 6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
Phrases
Cross References
2 Chronicles 8:2-6
That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
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 14:6-7
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 16:6
Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
2 Chronicles 17:12
And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
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 built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
2 Chronicles 27:4
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
Isaiah 22:8-11
And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.