Bible verse
He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
2 Chronicles 11:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Chronicles 11.
8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
11 He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.
12 He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
13 Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.
14 For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
15 And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.
16 Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
KJV
And in every several city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
ASV
And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
ERV
And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
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