2 Chronicles 11:12

12 And in all the cities [he put] shields and spears, and he greatly strengthened them. So he had Judah and Benjamin.

2 Chronicles 11:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 11:12

And in every several city he put shields and spears
Furnished them with these and perhaps other pieces of armour, these being put for all, to defend themselves with against an enemy, and to annoy them:

and made them exceeding strong;
so that they could not be easily taken:

having Judah and Benjamin on his side:
which tribes cleaved to one another, and to Rehoboam, and to the kings of the house of David, in later times, as well as to the true religion.

2 Chronicles 11:12 In-Context

10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities that [are] in Judah and in Benjamin.

11 And he strengthened the fortifications and put commanders in them, [along with] stores of food, olive oil, and wine.

12 And in all the cities [he put] shields and spears, and he greatly strengthened them. So he had Judah and Benjamin.

13 Now the priests and the Levites who [were] throughout all Israel took their stand with him from all their territories.

14 For the Levites left their pasturelands and their property and came to Judah and to Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests to Yahweh.