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2 Chronicles 11:1-4
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11 When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he called together from the house of Judah and Benjamin one hundred and eighty thousand[a] choice men to make war and to battle with Israel in order to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

2 But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God saying: 3 Speak to Rehoboam, son of Solomon and king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, 4 “So says the Lord: You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each man must return to his house, for this event is from Me.” So they obeyed the word of the Lord and turned back from attacking Jeroboam.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 11:1 From population numbers in the region at this time, the Heb. term is division rather than thousand.
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