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2 Chronicles 11:1

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When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

KJV

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 11

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Judah and Benjamin were not only resolved to continue their allegiance to him, but ready to give him the best assistance they could for the recovery of his right. Judah was his own tribe, that owned him some years before the rest did; Benjamin was the tribe in which Jerusalem, or the greatest part of it, stood, which perhaps was one reason why that tribe clave to him.

This site's exposition

he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin

on 2 Chronicles 11:1-4

Rehoboam musters Judah and Benjamin, “180,000 chosen warriors,” to force the ten tribes back, and the passage runs word for word with 1 Kings 12:21-24. Chronicles keeps Shemaiah's oracle, “You are not to go up and fight against your brothers,” and the king obeys a prophet over an army mustered.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem,.... After he had been at Shechem, and had given his answer to the request of the men of Israel, upon which they revolted from him: this and the three following verses are the same with 1Ki 12:21. See Gill on 1Ki 12:21.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Gathered of the house of Judah - See this account 1Ki 12:21-24 (note), and the notes there.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

and he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin who were together on the border. Jerusalem belonged to both of them, and the Temple was built on their common border. In the section dealing with boundaries in Joshua, it explains how their border was shared.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 11:1:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיָּבֹ֣אand he came

    vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times

  • רְחַבְעָם֮Rehoboam

    rechavamH7346 →50 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִַם֒Jerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וַיַּקְהֵל֩and he called together

    vaiyakhelH6950 →39 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בֵּ֨ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוּדָ֜הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וּבִנְיָמִ֗ןand Benjamin

    uvinyaminH1144 →166 times

  • מֵאָ֨הone hundred

    meahH3967 →581 times

  • וּשְׁמוֹנִ֥יםand eighty

    ushemonimH8084 →38 times

  • אֶ֛לֶףthousand

    ʾelefH505 →505 times

  • בָּח֖וּרchosen [man]

    bachurH977 →171 times

  • עֹשֵׂ֣הmaker[s] of

    ʾosehH6213 →2628 times

  • מִלְחָמָ֑הwar

    milchamahH4421 →320 times

  • לְהִלָּחֵם֙to do battle

    lehilachemH3898 →177 times

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לְהָשִׁ֥יבto restore

    lehashivH7725 →1056 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַמַּמְלָכָ֖הthe kingdom

    hamamlakhahH4467 →117 times

  • לִרְחַבְעָֽם׃ פto Rehoboam

    lirchavamH7346 →50 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 12:21–24And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.3 works2 Chronicles 25:5Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.3 worksDeuteronomy 33:12Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”3 worksProverbs 21:30–31There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.2 worksPsalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.2 worksPsalms 33:16No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.2 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 14:8Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.2 works2 Chronicles 10:17but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.2 works2 Chronicles 26:13Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.2 works2 Chronicles 17:14These are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: From Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, and with him 300,000 mighty men of valor;2 works2 Chronicles 13:3Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 33:10

    The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 21:11

      Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

    • Job 5:12–13

      He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

    • Isaiah 44:25

      who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

    • Proverbs 21:30

      There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

    • 2 Samuel 15:31

      Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

  • Through

    Psalms 33:16

    No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 44:3

      For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because…

    • Jeremiah 9:23

      This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

    • Psalms 44:6–7

      For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.

Where this verse is studied

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About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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