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 وَلَمَّا جَاءَ رَحُبْعَامُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، جَمَعَ مِنْ بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ مِئَةً وَثَمَانِينَ أَلْفَ مُخْتَارٍ مُحَارِبٍ لِيُحَارِبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِيَرُدَّ ٱلْمُلْكَ إِلَى رَحُبْعَامَ.

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

2 وَكَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى شَمْعِيَا رَجُلِ ٱللهِ قَائِلًا:

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

3 «كَلِّمْ رَحُبْعَامَ بْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا وَكُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ قَائِلًا:

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 هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: لَا تَصْعَدُوا وَلَا تُحَارِبُوا إِخْوَتَكُمْ. ٱرْجِعُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ مِنْ قِبَلِي صَارَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ». فَسَمِعُوا لِكَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَرَجَعُوا عَنِ ٱلذَّهَابِ ضِدَّ يَرُبْعَامَ.

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

5 وَأَقَامَ رَحُبْعَامُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَبَنَى مُدُنًا لِلْحِصَارِ فِي يَهُوذَا.

6 He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

6 فَبَنَى بَيْتَ لَحْمٍ وَعِيطَامَ وَتَقُوعَ

7 Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,

7 وَبَيْتَ صُورَ وَسُوكُوَ وَعَدُلَّامَ

8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

8 وَجَتَّ وَمَرِيشَةَ وَزِيفَ

9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

9 وَأَدُورَايِمَ وَلَخِيشَ وَعَزِيقَةَ

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

10 وَصَرْعَةَ وَأَيَّلُونَ وَحَبْرُونَ ٱلَّتِي فِي يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ، مُدُنًا حَصِينَةً.

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

11 وَشَدَّدَ ٱلْحُصُونَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا قُوَّادًا وَخَزَائِنَ مَأْكَلٍ وَزَيْتٍ وَخَمْرٍ

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

12 وَأَتْرَاسًا فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ وَرِمَاحًا، وَشَدَّدَهَا كَثِيرًا جِدًّا، وَكَانَ لَهُ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينُ.

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

13 وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱللَّاوِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَثَلُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ تُخُومِهِمْ،

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 لِأَنَّ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ تَرَكُوا مَسَارِحَهُمْ وَأَمْلَاكَهُمْ وَٱنْطَلَقُوا إِلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، لِأَنَّ يَرُبْعَامَ وَبَنِيهِ رَفَضُوهُمْ مِنْ أَنْ يَكْهَنُوا لِلرَّبِّ

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

15 وَأَقَامَ لِنَفْسِهِ كَهَنَةً لِلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ وَلِلتُّيُوسِ وَلِلْعُجُولِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَ.

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 وَبَعْدَهُمْ جَاءَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ وَجَّهُوا قُلُوبَهُمْ إِلَى طَلَبِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَذْبَحُوا لِلرَّبِّ 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 وَشَدَّدُوا مَمْلَكَةَ يَهُوذَا وَقَوَّوْا رَحُبْعَامَ بْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ، لِأَنَّهُمْ سَارُوا فِي طَرِيقِ دَاوُدَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ.

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 وَٱتَّخَذَ رَحُبْعَامُ لِنَفْسِهِ ٱمْرَأَةً: مَحْلَةَ بِنْتَ يَرِيمُوثَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ، وَأَبِيحَايِلَ بِنْتَ أَلِيآبَ بْنِ يَسَّى.

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

19 فَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ بَنِينَ: يَعُوشَ وَشَمَرْيَا وَزَاهَمَ.

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

20 ثُمَّ بَعْدَهَا أَخَذَ مَعْكَةَ بِنْتَ أَبْشَالُومَ، فَوَلَدَتْ 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 بِنْتَ أَبْشَالُومَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ نِسَائِهِ وَسَرَارِيهِ، لِأَنَّهُ ٱتَّخَذَ ثَمَانِيَ عَشَرَةَ ٱمْرَأَةً وَسِتِّينَ سُرِّيَّةً، وَوَلَدَ ثَمَانِيَةً وَعِشْرِينَ ٱبْنًا وَسِتِّينَ ٱبْنَةً.

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

22 وَأَقَامَ رَحُبْعَامُ أَبِيَّا ٱبْنَ مَعْكَةَ رَأْسًا وَقَائِدًا بَيْنَ إِخْوَتِهِ لِكَيْ يُمَلِّكَهُ.

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 وَكَانَ فَهِيمًا، وَفَرَّقَ مِنْ كُلِّ بَنِيهِ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرَاضِي يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْمُدُنِ ٱلْحَصِينَةِ وَأَعْطَاهُمْ زَادًا بِكَثْرَةٍ. وَطَلَبَ نِسَاءً كَثِيرَةً.