12He put shields and spears in all the cities, and made them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin were his.
12He put shields and spears in all the cities, and made them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin were his.
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron. These were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
11 He strengthened their defenses and put commanders in them, with supplies of food, olive oil and wine.
12 He put shields and spears in all the cities, and made them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin were his.
13 The priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel sided with him.
14 The Levites even abandoned their pasturelands and property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the Lord .
11:12And in every several city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
11:12Moreover 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,
11:12And in every city he put'shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
11:12and in every several city, targets and spears, and made them exceedingly strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.
11:12And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
11:12And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
11:12In every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
11:12and in every city and city targets and spears, and strengtheneth them very greatly; and he hath Judah and Benjamin.
11:12And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.