Key Verse Spotlight
2 Chronicles 11:12 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“And in every several city {he put} shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.”
2 Chronicles 11:12
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which {are} in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
And in every several city {he put} shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
And the priests and the Levites that {were} in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. {resorted...: Heb. presented themselves to him}
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
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