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When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand select warriors, to fight against Israel and to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
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But the LORD's word came to Shemaiah the man of God:
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Tell Judah's King Rehoboam, Solomon's son, and all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
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This is what the LORD says: Don't make war against your relatives. Go home, every one of you, because this is my plan. When they heard the LORD's words, they abandoned their attack against Jeroboam.
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Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, but he built cities for Judah's defense