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2 Chronicles Chapter 11

2 Chronicles

ch2 11:0

Overview

Ch2 11:1, Rehoboam raising an army to subdue Israel, is forbidden by Shemaiah; Ch2 11:5, He strengthens his kingdom with forts and provisions; Ch2 11:13, The priests and Levites, and such as feared God, forsaken by Jeroboam, strengthen the kingdom of Judah; Ch2 11:18, The wives and children of Rehoboam.

2 Chronicles 11:1

ch2 11:1

when Rehoboam: Kg1 12:21

an hundred: Psa 33:10, Psa 33:16; Pro 21:30, Pro 21:31

2 Chronicles 11:2

ch2 11:2

to Shemaiah: Ch2 12:5, Ch2 12:7, Ch2 12:15; Kg1 12:22-24

the man: Ch2 8:14; Deu 33:1; Sa1 2:27; Ti1 6:11

2 Chronicles 11:3

ch2 11:3

to all Israel: Gen 49:28; Exo 24:4; Kg2 17:34; Phi 3:5; Rev 7:4-8

2 Chronicles 11:4

ch2 11:4

against: Gen 13:8; Sa2 2:26; Act 7:26; Co1 6:5-8; Heb 13:1; Pe1 3:8; Jo1 3:11-13

return: Ch2 10:16; Kg1 22:36

for this thing: Ch2 10:15; Gen 50:20; Kg1 11:29-38; Psa 33:11; Hos 8:4

they obeyed: Ch2 25:7-10, Ch2 28:9-15

2 Chronicles 11:5

ch2 11:5

am 3029-3032, bc 975-972

built: Ch2 8:2-6, Ch2 14:6, Ch2 14:7, Ch2 16:6, Ch2 17:12, Ch2 26:6, Ch2 27:4; Isa 22:8-11

2 Chronicles 11:6

ch2 11:6

Bethlehem: Bethlehem, called Bethlehem Judah (Jdg 17:7), to distinguish it from another Bethlehem in Zebulun (Jos 19:15), and also Ephratah (i.e., fruitful), and by the Arabs, Bait-el-lahm, is situated on a rising ground on the southern side of a deep and extensive valley, and reclining from e to w not quite six miles s of Jerusalem. Gen 35:19; Sa1 17:12; Mat 2:5, Mat 2:6

Etam: Jdg 15:8; Ch1 4:32

Tekoa: Ch2 20:20; Sa2 14:2; Neh 3:5, Neh 3:27; Jer 6:1; Amo 1:1

2 Chronicles 11:7

ch2 11:7

Bethzur: Jos 15:58

Shoco: Jos 15:35, Socoh

Adullam: Jos 12:15, Jos 15:35; Sa1 22:1; Sa2 23:13; Mic 1:15

2 Chronicles 11:8

ch2 11:8

Gath: Ch1 18:1

Mareshah: Jos 15:44

Ziph: Jos 15:24; Sa1 23:14, Sa1 23:19; Psa 54:1 *title

2 Chronicles 11:9

ch2 11:9

Lachish: Ch2 32:9; Jos 10:5, Jos 10:11, Jos 15:35, Jos 15:39

2 Chronicles 11:10

ch2 11:10

Zorah: Jos 15:33, Zoreah, Jos 19:41, Jos 19:42, Ajalon

Hebron: Gen 23:2; Num 13:22; Jos 14:14, Jos 20:7; Sa2 2:11

2 Chronicles 11:11

ch2 11:11

he fortified: Isa 22:10, Isa 22:11

captains: Ch2 11:23, Ch2 17:19

2 Chronicles 11:12

ch2 11:12

he put shields: Ch2 26:14, Ch2 26:15, Ch2 32:5; Sa2 13:19, Sa2 13:22

having Judah: Ch2 11:1

2 Chronicles 11:13

ch2 11:13

am 3030, bc 974

resorted to him: Heb. presented themselves to him, Ch2 11:13

2 Chronicles 11:14

ch2 11:14

suburbs: Num 35:2-5; Josh. 21:20-42; 1Chr. 6:66-81

their possession: Lev 27:30-34; Num 18:21-28

Jeroboam: Ch2 13:9; Kg1 12:28-33, Kg1 13:33

2 Chronicles 11:15

ch2 11:15

for the devils: The word, seirim literally signifies hairy ones, or goats. See note on Lev 17:7. Deu 32:17; Co1 10:20, Co1 10:21; Ti1 4:1; Rev 16:14

for the calves: Exo 32:4-8, Exo 32:31; Kg1 12:28, Kg1 14:9; Psa 106:19, Psa 106:20; Hos 8:5, Hos 8:6, Hos 13:2

2 Chronicles 11:16

ch2 11:16

And after: Ch2 15:9, Ch2 30:11, Ch2 30:18, Ch2 30:19; Jos 22:19; Psa 84:5-7

set: Exo 9:21 *marg. Deu 32:46; Sa1 7:3, Sa1 7:4; Ch1 22:19; Job 34:14; Psa 62:10, Psa 108:1; Dan 6:14; Hos 4:8; Hag 1:5 *marg. Act 11:23

to sacrifice: Deu 12:5, Deu 12:6, Deu 12:11, Deu 12:13, Deu 12:14; Ch1 16:29, Ch1 22:1

2 Chronicles 11:17

ch2 11:17

am 3029-3032, bc 975-972

strengthened: Ch2 12:1

three years: Ch2 1:1-12, Ch2 7:17-19, Ch2 8:13-16; Hos 6:4; Mat 13:20, Mat 13:21

2 Chronicles 11:18

ch2 11:18

am 3029-3046, bc 975-958

daughter: Eliab was David's eldest brother; and more than eighty years had elapsed since David, at the age of thirty, began to reign: Abigail must therefore have been grand-daughter to Eliab; and this shows the latitude in which the words son and daughter are used in Scripture.

Eliab: Sa1 16:6, Sa1 17:13, Sa1 17:28; Ch1 2:13, Ch1 27:18, Elihu

2 Chronicles 11:20

ch2 11:20

Maachah: Ch2 11:21, Ch2 13:2, Michaiah the daughter of Uriel

Absalom: Kg1 15:2, Abishalom

Abijah: Ch2 12:16; Kg1 15:1, Abijam, Mat 1:7, Abia

2 Chronicles 11:21

ch2 11:21

eighteen wives: Ch2 11:23; Deu 17:17; Jdg 8:30; Sa2 3:2-5, Sa2 5:13; Kg1 11:3; Ch1 3:1-9; Sol 6:8, Sol 6:9

2 Chronicles 11:22

ch2 11:22

made Abijah: Deu 21:15-17; Ch1 5:1, Ch1 5:2, Ch1 29:1

2 Chronicles 11:23

ch2 11:23

he dealt: Ch2 10:8-15; Luk 16:8

dispersed: Ch2 21:3; Gen 25:6; Kg1 1:5, Kg1 1:6

every fenced city: Ch2 11:11

many wives: Heb. a multitude of wives, Ch2 11:21


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