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## 2 Chronicles 11:5-10 in Context (Verses 2–13 KJV)
 
 [2 ](/kjv/2-chronicles/11/2) But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
 
 [3 ](/kjv/2-chronicles/11/3) Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
 
 [4 ](/kjv/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.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/2-chronicles/11/5) ¶ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/2-chronicles/11/6) He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
 
 [7 ](/kjv/2-chronicles/11/7) And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
 
 [8 ](/kjv/2-chronicles/11/8) And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
 
 [9 ](/kjv/2-chronicles/11/9) And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
 
 [10 ](/kjv/2-chronicles/11/10) And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which *are* in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
 
 [11 ](/kjv/2-chronicles/11/11) And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
 
 [12 ](/kjv/2-chronicles/11/12) And in every several city *he put* shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
 
 [13 ](/kjv/2-chronicles/11/13) ¶ And the priests and the Levites that *were* in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.*
 
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