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2 Chronicles 11:23 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" 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 11:23
Verse in Context
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21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
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.
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2 Chronicles 11:1
"And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring ➔ the kingdom again to Rehoboam."
2 Chronicles 11:2
"But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,"
2 Chronicles 11:3
"Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,"
2 Chronicles 11:4
"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."
2 Chronicles 11:5
"And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah."
2 Chronicles 11:6
"He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,"
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