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Rehoboam Fortifies Judah

2 Chronicles 11:12

In 11 translations

BSB
He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
KJV
And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
WEB
He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
ASV
And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
LSV
and in each and every city [he puts] bucklers and spears, and strengthens them very greatly; and he has Judah and Benjamin.
YLT
and in every city and city targets and spears, and strengtheneth them very greatly; and he hath Judah and Benjamin.
DBY
and in every several city, targets and spears, and made them exceedingly strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.
DRC
Moreover in every city he made an armoury of shields and spears, and he fortified them with great diligence, and he reigned over Juda, and Benjamin,
GNV
And in all cities he put shieldes and speares, and made them exceeding strong: so Iudah and Beniamin were his.
JPS
And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin adhered to him.
LXXE
shields and spears in every several city, and he fortified them very strongly, and he had on his side Juda and Benjamin.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּבְכָל־עִ֤יר וָעִיר֙ צִנּ֣וֹת וּרְמָחִ֔ים וַֽיְחַזְּקֵ֖ם לְהַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וַיְהִי־ל֖וֹ יְהוּדָ֥ה וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃
LXX-Br
κατὰ πόλιν καὶ κατὰ πόλιν θυρεοὺς καὶ δόρατα, καὶ κατίσχυσεν αὐτὰς εἰς πλῆθος σφόδρα· καὶ ἦσαν αὐτῷ Ἰούδα καὶ Βενιαμίν.

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  • 2 Samuel 13:19And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying bitterly.
  • 2 Samuel 13:22And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
  • 2 Chronicles 26:14–15Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones. And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners.…
  • 2 Chronicles 32:5Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an…

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