2 Chronicles 11
1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
Venit autem Roboam in Ierusalem, et convocavit universam domum Iuda et Beniamin, centum octoginta millia electorum atque bellantium, ut dimicaret contra Israel, et converteret ad se regnum suum.
2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Factusque est sermo Domini ad Semeiam hominem Dei, dicens:
3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
Loquere ad Roboam filium Salomonis regem Iuda, et ad universum Israel, qui est in Iuda et Beniamin:
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 of me. So they hearkened unto the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
Hæc dicit Dominus: Non ascendetis, neque pugnabitis contra fratres vestros: revertatur unusquisque in domum suam, quia mea hoc gestum est voluntate. Qui cum audissent sermonem Domini reversi sunt, nec perrexerunt contra Ieroboam.
5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
Habitavit autem Roboam in Ierusalem, et ædificavit civitates muratas in Iuda.
6 He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
Extruxitque Bethlehem, et Etam, et Thecue,
7 And Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
Bethsur quoque, et Socho, et Odollam,
8 and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
necnon et Geth, et Maresa, et Ziph,
9 and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
sed et Aduram, et Lachis, et Azeca,
10 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fenced cities.
Saraa quoque, et Aialon, et Hebron, quæ erant in Iuda et Beniamin, civitates munitissimas.
11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and oil and wine.
Cumque clausisset eas muris, posuit in eis principes, ciborumque horrea, hoc est, olei, et vini.
12 And in every several city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
Sed et in singulis urbibus fecit armamentarium scutorum et hastarum, firmavitque eas summa diligentia, et imperavit super Iudam, et Beniamin.
13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border.
Sacerdotes autem et Levitæ, qui erant in universo Israel, venerunt ad eum de cunctis sedibus suis,
14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest’s office unto the LORD:
relinquentes suburbana, et possessiones suas, et transeuntes ad Iudam, et Ierusalem: eo quod abiecisset eos Ieroboam, et posteri eius, ne sacerdotio Domini fungerentur.
15 and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.
Qui constituit sibi sacerdotes excelsorum, et dæmoniorum, vitulorumque quos fecerat.
16 And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Sed et de cunctis tribubus Israel, quicumque dederant cor suum ut quærerent Dominum Deum Israel, venerunt in Ierusalem ad immolandum victimas suas coram Domino Deo patrum suorum.
17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.
Et roboraverunt regnum Iuda, et confirmaverunt Roboam filium Salomonis per tres annos: ambulaverunt enim in viis David et Salomonis, annis tantum tribus.
18 And Rehoboam took him a wife; Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
Duxit autem Roboam uxorem Mahalath, filiam Ierimoth, filii David: Abihail quoque filiam Eliab filii Isai,
19 and she bare him sons; Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.
quæ peperit ei filios Iehus, et Somoriam, et Zoom.
20 And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Post hanc quoque accepit Maacha filiam Absalom, quæ peperit ei Abia, et Ethai, et Ziza, et Salomith.
21 And Rehoboam loved Maacah 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.)
Amavit autem Roboam Maacha filiam Absalom super omnes uxores suas, et concubinas: nam uxores decem et octo duxerat, concubinas autem sexaginta: et genuit viginti octo filios, et sexaginta filias.
22 And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, [even] the prince among his brethren: for [he was minded] to make him king.
Constituit vero in capite, Abiam filium Maacha ducem super omnes fratres suos: ipsum enim regem facere cogitabat,
23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he sought [for them] many wives.
quia sapientior fuit, et potentior super omnes filios eius, et in cunctis finibus Iuda, et Beniamin, et in universis civitatibus muratis: præbuitque eis escas plurimas, et multas petivit uxores.
