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and in every city and city targets and spears, and strengtheneth them very greatly; and he hath Judah and Benjamin.
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And the priests, and the Levites, that [are] in all Israel, have stationed themselves by him, out of all their border,
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for the Levites have left their suburbs and their possession, and they come to Judah and to Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons have cast them off from acting as priests to Jehovah,
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and he establisheth to him priests for high places, and for goats, and for calves, that he made --
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and after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those giving their heart to seek Jehovah, God of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Jehovah, God of their father.
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And they strengthen the kingdom of Judah, and strengthen Rehoboam son of Solomon, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.
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And Rehoboam taketh to him a wife, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, [and] Abigail daughter of Eliab, son of Jesse.
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And she beareth to him sons, Jeush, and Shamaria, and Zaham.
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And after her he hath taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she beareth to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
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And Rehoboam loveth Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines -- for eighteen wives he hath taken, and sixty concubines -- and he begetteth twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.
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And Rehoboam appointeth for head Abijah son of Maachah, for leader among his brethren, for to cause him to reign.