Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built (A)cities for defense in Judah.

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Solomon rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them.

And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and took it. He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath. He also built (A)Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, (B)fortified cities (C)with walls, gates, and bars, and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

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He has taken away (A)the covering of Judah.

In that day you looked to (B)the weapons of the House of the Forest, and you saw that (C)the breaches of the city of David were many. (D)You collected the waters of the lower pool, 10 and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. 11 (E)You made a reservoir between (F)the two walls for the water of (G)the old pool. But (H)you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.

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Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills.

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He went out and (A)made war against the Philistines and broke through the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod, and he built cities in the territory of Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.

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12 And Jehoshaphat grew steadily greater. He built in Judah fortresses and store cities,

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Then King Asa took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building, and with them he built Geba and Mizpah.

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He built (A)fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest. He had no war in those years, (B)for the Lord gave him peace. And he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with (C)walls and towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the Lord our God. We have sought him, (D)and he has given us peace on every side.” So they built and prospered.

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23 And he dealt wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the districts of Judah and Benjamin, in all the fortified cities, and he gave them abundant provisions and procured wives for them.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 11:23 Hebrew and sought a multitude of wives

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