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2 Chronicles 11:5

And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

KJV

Habitavit autem Roboam in Jerusalem, et ædificavit civitates muratas in Juda.

Vulgate

καὶ κατῴκησεν Ῥοβοὰμ εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν πόλεις τειχήρεις ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ.

LXX

And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

ASV

וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב רְחַבְעָ֖ם בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וַ/יִּ֧בֶן עָרִ֛ים לְ/מָצ֖וֹר בִּ/יהוּדָֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JudahRehoboamJudah

In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
מָצוֹר֙
mtsvr
noun · 25×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
רְחַבְעָ֖ם
rchb'm
proper_noun · 50×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 8:2 — That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
  • 2Chr 12:4 — And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
  • 2Chr 14:6 — And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
  • Jer 34:7 — When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of J