2 Tawarikh 11
1 Ketika Raja Rehabeam tiba di Yerusalem, ia mengumpulkan 180.000 prajuritnya yang terbaik dari suku Yehuda dan Benyamin untuk memerangi orang Israel dan memulihkan kekuasaannya atas suku-suku di bagian utara Israel.
And when Rehobo'am was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring back the kingdom again to Rehobo'am.
2 Tetapi TUHAN menyuruh Nabi Semaya
But the word of the Lord came unto Shema'yahu the man of God, saying,
3 menyampaikan pesan ini kepada Rehabeam dan kepada semua orang dalam suku Yehuda dan Benyamin,
Say unto Rehobo'am the son of Solomon, the king of Judah and Benjamin, saying,
4 "Janganlah memerangi saudara-saudaramu orang Israel. Pulanglah! Apa yang telah terjadi adalah kehendak-Ku." Maka mereka semuanya menuruti perintah TUHAN dan tidak jadi pergi memerangi Yerobeam.
Thus hath said the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight with your brethren: return every man to his house; for from me hath this thing been brought about. And they hearkened to the words of the Lord, and returned from going against Jerobo'am.
5 Rehabeam tinggal di Yerusalem dan menyuruh orang membangun benteng-benteng untuk kota-kota di wilayah Yehuda dan Benyamin, yaitu:
And Rehobo'am dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities as fortresses in Judah.
6 kota Betlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
He built, namely, Beth-lechem, and 'Etam, and Thekoa'.
7 Bet-Zur, Sokho, Adulam,
And Beth-zur, and Socho, and 'Adullam,
8 Gat, Mares, Zif,
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
9 Adoraim, Lakhis, Azeka,
And Adorayim and Lachish, and 'Azekah,
10 Zora, Ayalon dan Hebron.
And Zor'ah, and Ayalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
11 Ia memperkuat kota-kota berbenteng itu dan menempatkan seorang komandan pasukan di setiap kota itu. Masing-masing kota itu dilengkapinya dengan persediaan makanan, minyak zaitun dan anggur
And he strengthened the strong-holds, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine;
12 serta perisai dan tombak. Dengan demikian wilayah Yehuda dan Benyamin tetap di dalam kekuasaannya.
And in each and every city [he placed] shields and spears, and made them exceedingly strong: and thus remained with him Judah and Benjamin.
13 Imam-imam dan orang Lewi dari semua wilayah Israel pergi bergabung dengan Rehabeam.
And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel presented themselves to him out of all their territory.
14 Orang-orang Lewi itu meninggalkan padang-padang rumput dan tanah mereka dan pindah ke Yehuda dan Yerusalem, sebab Yerobeam dan raja-raja yang menggantikannya tidak mengizinkan mereka bekerja sebagai imam TUHAN.
For the Levites left their open districts and their possession, and went to Judah and Jerusalem; because Jerobo'am and his sons cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the Lord,
15 Yerobeam mengangkat imam-imamnya sendiri untuk melayani di tempat-tempat penyembahan berhala dan untuk menyembah jin-jin serta patung sapi yang dibuatnya sendiri.
And [because] he ordained for himself priests for the high-places, and for the evil spirits, and for the calves which he had made.
16 Orang-orang dari semua suku Israel yang sungguh-sungguh ingin menyembah TUHAN, Allah Israel, pindah ke Yerusalem, mengikuti orang-orang Lewi itu supaya dapat mempersembahkan kurban kepada TUHAN, Allah yang disembah leluhur mereka.
And after them [came] out of all the tribes of Israel such as directed their heart to seek the Lord the God of Israel: these came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord, the God of their fathers.
17 Dengan demikian kerajaan Yehuda menjadi lebih kuat. Selama tiga tahun mereka mendukung pemerintahan Rehabeam putra Salomo itu, dan hidup seperti pada zaman pemerintahan Raja Daud dan Raja Salomo.
And they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and brought power to Rehobo'am, the son of Solomon, during three years; for they walked in the way of David and Solomon during three years.
18 Rehabeam kawin dengan Mahalat; ayah Mahalat ialah Yerimot putra Daud, dan ibunya ialah Abihail anak Eliab, cucu Isai.
And Rehobo'am took himself as wife Machalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [and] Abichayil the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
19 Mereka mempunyai tiga anak laki-laki: Yeus, Semarya dan Zaham.
And she bore to him sons: Je'ush, and Shamaryah, and Zaham.
20 Kemudian Rehabeam kawin dengan Maakha anak Absalom. Mereka mendapat empat anak laki-laki: Abia, Atai, Ziza dan Selomit.
And after her did he take Ma'achah the daughter of Abshalom; and she bore to him Abiyah, and 'Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Rehabeam mempunyai 18 istri dan 60 selir, 28 anak laki-laki dan 60 anak perempuan. Dari semua istri dan selirnya itu, yang paling dicintainya adalah Maakha.
And Rehobo'am loved Ma'achah the daughter of Abshalom more than all his wives and his concubines; for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and he begat twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.
22 Itu sebabnya Abia anak Maakha lebih disukainya daripada semua anaknya yang lain, sehingga Abialah juga yang dipilihnya untuk menggantikan dia menjadi raja.
And Rehobo'am appointed Abiyah the son of Ma'achah to be the chief, to be ruler among his brethren; because [he desired] to make him king.
23 Dengan bijaksana Rehabeam memberikan tugas-tugas kepada putra-putranya dan menempatkan mereka di kota-kota berbenteng di seluruh wilayah Yehuda dan Benyamin. Ia memberi mereka makanan berlimpah-limpah, dan juga menyediakan banyak istri untuk mereka.
And he dealt understandingly, and dispersed all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto all the fortified cities; and he gave them food in abundance and he required [for them] a multitude of wives.
