2 Chronicles 11:11 BSB

2 Chronicles 11:11

He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.

BSB

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ASV

And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine.

KJV

And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Store of victual - In these places he laid up stores of provisions, not only to enable them to endure a siege; but also that they might be able, from their situation, to supply desolate places.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְחַזֵּ֖ק	vay.cha.Zek	and he strengthened	H2388 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַמְּצֻר֑וֹת	ha.me.tzu.Rot	the fortifications	H4694 →
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן	vai.yi.Ten	and he put	H5414 →
בָּהֶם֙	ba.Hem	in them
נְגִידִ֔ים	ne.gi.Dim	commanders	H5057 →
וְאֹצְר֥וֹת	ve.'o.tze.Rot	and supplies of	H214 →
מַאֲכָ֖ל	ma.'a.Khal	food	H3978 →
וְשֶׁ֥מֶן	ve.She.men	and oil	H8081 →
וָיָֽיִן׃	va.Ya.yin	and wine	H3196 →

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2 Chronicles 17:19
These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 17:2
  He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
- 2 Chronicles 11:12
  He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
- 2 Chronicles 17:12
  Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah
Through
2 Chronicles 11:23
Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.
leads to
- Genesis 25:6
  But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
- Luke 16:8
  The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
- 2 Chronicles 21:3
  Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
- 1 Kings 1:5–6
  At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
- 2 Chronicles 10:8–15

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