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2 Chronicles 11:1 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.
2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in
Judah and Benjamin, saying,
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Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren:
return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And
they obeyed the
words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
6 He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced
cities.
11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of
victual, and of oil and wine.
12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding
strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out
of all their coasts.
14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah
and Jerusalem: for
Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the
priest's office unto the LORD:
15 And he ordained him priests for the
high places, and for the devils, and for
the calves which he had made.
16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to
seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of
their fathers.
17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of
Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and
Solomon.
18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to
wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah,
and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and
his concubines: for he took
eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat
twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.
22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his
brethren: for he thought to make him king.
23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the
countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them
victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
•
The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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