5Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.


In Context

2 But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

3 |Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

4 'Thus says Yahweh, |You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers! Return every man to his house; for this thing is of me.|'| So they listened to the words of Yahweh, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.

6 He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

7 Beth Zur, and Soco, and Adullam,

2 Chronicles 11:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:5Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built up towns for defense in Judah:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And Roboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built walled cities in Juda.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5And Rehoboam dwelleth in Jerusalem, and buildeth cities for a bulwark in Judah,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And Rehoboam dwelled in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.