1And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.
2But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
3Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
4The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.
5Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.
6He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa
