Rehoboam Builds Cities for Fortification

11 ^(A)Then Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men who could wage war, to fight against Israel to return the kingdom to Rehoboam. ² But the word of Yahweh came to ^(B)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 and fight against ^(C)your brothers; return every man to his house, ^(D)for this thing is from Me.”’” So they listened to the words of Yahweh and returned from going against Jeroboam.