2 Chronicles 11

1 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.

1 وَحِينَ وَصَلَ رَحُبْعَامُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ حَشَدَ جَيْشاً مِنْ سِبْطَيْ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ، بَلَغَ عَدَدُهُ مِئَةً وَثَمَانِينَ أَلْفاً مِنْ نُخْبَةِ الْمُقَاتِلِينَ، لِرَدِّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ إِلَى طَاعَتِهِ.

2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:

2 فَخَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ نَبِيَّهُ شَمْعِيَا:

3 “Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin

3 «قُلْ لِرَحُبْعَامَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَكُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ:

4 that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

4 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: لَا تَذْهَبُوا لِمُحَارَبَةِ إِخْوَتِكُمْ. لِيَرْجِعْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ، لأَنَّ مِنْ عِنْدِي قَدْ صَدَرَ الأَمْرُ بِانْقِسَامِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ». فَاسْتَجَابُوا لِكَلامِ الرَّبِّ وَرَجَعُوا عَنْ مُحَارَبَةِ يَرُبْعَامَ.

5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.

5 وَأَقَامَ رَحُبْعَامُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَبَنَى حُصُوناً فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا.

6 He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

6 فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ وَعِيطَامَ وَتَقُوعَ،

7 Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,

7 وَبَيْتِ صُورَ وَسُوكُوَ وَعَدُلّامَ،

8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

8 وَجَتَّ وَمَرِيشَةَ وَزِيْفَ،

9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

9 وَأَدُورَايِمَ وَلَخِيشَ وَعَزِيقَةَ،

10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

10 وَصَرْعَةَ وَأَيَّلُونَ وَحَبْرُونَ الَّتِي فِي يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ، وَجَعَلَهَا مُدُناً مَنِيعَةً.

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

11 ذَاتَ حُصُونٍ قَوِيَّةٍ، وَعَيَّنَ عَلَيْهَا قُوَّاداً، وَخَزَنَ فِيهَا مُؤَناً وَزَيْتاً وَخَمْراً،

12 He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

12 وَأَتْرَاساً وَرِمَاحاً، وَجَعَلَهَا ذَاتَ مَنَاعَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، وَهَكَذَا حَكَمَ عَلَى سِبْطَيْ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ.

13 Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.

13 وَمَثَلَ أَمَامَهُ جَمِيعُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ فِي كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، قَادِمِينَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ مَوَاطِنِهِمْ.

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.

14 بَعْدَ أَنْ هَجَرُوا مَرَاعِيَهُمْ وَأَمْلاكَهُمْ وَأَقْبَلُوا إِلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ لأَنَّ يَرُبْعَامَ وَأَبْنَاءَهُ مَنَعُوهُمْ مِنَ الْقِيَامِ بِخِدْمَةِ عِبَادَةِ الرَّبِّ،

15 And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.

15 إِذْ عَيَّنَ يَرُبْعَامُ بِنَفْسِهِ كَهَنَةً يَخْدُمُونَ فِي الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، وَيَعْبُدُونَ أَصْنَامَ التُّيُوسِ وَالْعُجُولِ الَّتِي عَمِلَهَا.

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.

16 وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ تَوَافَدَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلُّ الَّذِينَ ظَلَّتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ سَاعِيَةً وَرَاءَ طَلَبِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِيُقَدِّمُوا ذَبَائِحَ للرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِمْ.

17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.

17 وَكَانُوا مَصْدَرَ قُوَّةٍ لِلْمَمْلَكَةِ وَلِرَحُبْعَامَ طَوَالَ السَّنَوَاتِ الثَّلاثِ الَّتِي عَبَدُوا فِيهَا الرَّبَّ، سَالِكِينَ فِي طَرِيقِ دَاوُدَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ.

18 And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.

18 وَتَزَوَّجَ رَحُبْعَامُ مَحْلَةَ ابْنَةَ يَرِيمُوثَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ وَأَبِيجَايِلَ بِنْتَ أَلِيآبَ بْنِ يَسَّى،

19 She bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

19 فَأَنْجَبَتْ لَهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَبْنَاءٍ هُمْ يَعُوشُ وَشَمَرْيَا وَزَاهَمُ.

20 After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

20 ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَ مَعْكَةَ بِنْتَ أَبْشَالُومَ، فَأَنْجَبَتْ لَهُ أَبِيَّا وَعَتَّايَ وَزِيزَا وَشَلُومِيثَ.

21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

21 وَأَحَبَّ رَحُبْعَامُ مَعْكَةَ ابْنَةَ أَبْشَالُومَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَائِرِ نِسَائِهِ وَمَحْظِيَّاتِهِ، وَكَانَ قَدْ تَزَوَّجَ ثَمَانِيَ عَشْرَةَ امْرَأَةً، وَكَانَتْ لَهُ سِتُّونَ مَحْظِيَّةً، أَنْجَبْنَ لَهُ ثَمَانِيَةً وَعِشْرِينَ ابْناً وَسِتِّينَ بِنْتاً.

22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.

22 وَاصْطَفَى رَحُبْعَامُ أَبِيَّا ابْنَ مَعْكَةَ وَجَعَلَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ إِخْوَتِهِ وَقَائِداً لَهُمْ لِيَخْلُفَهُ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.

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.

23 وَتَصَرَّفَ بِحِكْمَةٍ، إِذْ وَزَّعَ بَعْضَ أَبْنَائِهِ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاءِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ، وَفِي الْمُدُنِ الْحَصِينَةِ، وَزَوَّدَهُمْ بِالْمُؤَنِ الْوَفِيرَةِ وَأَخَذَ (لَهُمْ) نِسَاءً كَثِيرَاتٍ.