Divrey Hayamim Bais 11:12

12 And in all the cities he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Yehudah and Binyamin on his side.

Divrey Hayamim Bais 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.

Divrey Hayamim Bais 11:12 In-Context

10 And Tzorah, and Ayalon, and Chevron, which are in Yehudah and in Binyamin arei metzurot (fortified cities).

11 And he fortified the metzurot (fortifications), and put negidim (rulers) in them, and otzerot ma’achal (storage places of food), and of shemen and yayin.

12 And in all the cities he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Yehudah and Binyamin on his side.

13 And the Kohanim and the Levi’im that were in kol Yisroel availed themselves to him from all their territories.

14 For the Levi’im abandoned their commonlands and their achuzzah (possession, estate) and came to Yehudah and Yerushalayim; for Yarov’am and his banim had cast them off from executing the office of Kohen unto Hashem.