5-12 Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem but built up a defense system for Judah all around: in Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam, Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron—a line of defense protecting Judah and Benjamin. He beefed up the fortifications, appointed commanders, and put in supplies of food, olive oil, and wine. He installed arms—large shields and spears—in all the forts, making them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin were secure for the time.
Rehoboam
רְחַבְעָםrəchavəam
Rehoboam, son of Solomon, refused to lighten the people’s tribute, and the ten northern tribes separated from him; he reigned only over Judah (1 Kings 12:17).
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Jerusalem
Hoje: Jerusalem, Israel
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫םyerushalaimἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
31,78° N, 35,23° L
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Bethlehem
Hoje: Bethlehem (Beit Lahm)
בֵּית לֶ֫חֶםbet lechemΒηθλεέμBēthleem
Bethlehem is the town in Judah from which the ruler who would shepherd Israel would come, and where David tended his father’s sheep; there Herod gave orders to kill the boys two years old and under (Matthew 2:16).
31,70° N, 35,21° L
Citado em 52 versículos
Tekoa
Hoje: Khirbet Teku’a
תְּקוֹעַteqoa
Tekoa is the town where Amos raised sheep and from where Joab sent for a wise woman to speak to the king; the men of Tekoa repaired a section from the great projecting tower to the wall of Ophel (Amos 1:1).
31,63° N, 35,21° L
Citado em 14 versículosTb.: Tekoah
Beth-zur
Hoje: Khirbet et Tubeiqa
בֵּית־צוּרbet tsur
Beth-zur was one of the towns that Rehoboam built up for defense in Judah, alongside Soco and Adullam (2 Chronicles 11:7).
31,59° N, 35,09° L
Citado em 4 versículos
שׂוֹכֹהsvokhoh
Socoh is a town in Judah where the Philistines gathered for war and camped between Socoh and Azekah. Rehoboam rebuilt Socoh for defense in Judah (1 Samuel 17:1).
31,68° N, 34,97° L
Citado em 4 versículosTb.: Soco, Sokoh
Adullam
Hoje: Khirbet esh Sheikh Madhkur
עֲדֻלָּםadullam
Adullam is a city with a cave to which David escaped from Gath; there David’s brothers and his father’s household went to meet him (1 Samuel 22:1).
31,65° N, 35,00° L
Citado em 9 versículos
Gath
Hoje: Tell es-Safi (Gath), Israel
גַּתgat
Gath was a city of the Philistines where David fled, and Saul no longer searched for him. The Philistines also moved the ark of the God of Israel there (1 Samuel 27:4).
31,70° N, 34,85° L
Citado em 38 versículos
Mareshah
Hoje: Tel Maresha
מָרֵשָׁהmareshah
Mareshah is the city to which Zerah the Cushite came with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and Asa faced him in the Valley of Zephathah near it (2 Chronicles 14:10).
31,59° N, 34,90° L
Citado em 6 versículos
זִיףziph
Ziph is the city whose people, the Ziphites, told Saul at Gibeah that David was hiding among them. It was one of the cities of Judah in the hill country, alongside Maon, Carmel, and Juttah (1 Samuel 23:19).
31,47° N, 35,14° L
Citado em 5 versículos
Lachish
Hoje: Tell ed Duweir
לָכִישׁlakhish
Lachish was a city whose king joined four other Amorite kings against Gibeon and which Joshua and all Israel besieged and attacked. Amaziah fled there, but he was pursued and killed there (2 Chronicles 25:27).
31,57° N, 34,85° L
Citado em 22 versículos
עֲזֵקָהazeqah
Azekah is the city toward which the enemies of Israel fled down from Beth-horon when the Lord hurled large hailstones from heaven, killing more of them than the swords of the Israelites did (Joshua 10:11).
31,70° N, 34,94° L
Citado em 7 versículos
צׇרְעָהtsorah
Zorah was the city of Manoah, of the tribe of Dan and the father of Samson; Samson was buried between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the tomb of Manoah (Judges 16:31).
31,77° N, 34,99° L
Citado em 11 versículosTb.: Zareah, Zoreah
אַיָּלוֹןayyalon
Aijalon was one of the towns that the Philistines captured and occupied in the Shephelah and in the Negeb of Judah, together with Beth-shemesh and Gederoth (2 Chronicles 28:18).
31,84° N, 35,02° L
Citado em 8 versículosTb.: Ajalon
Hebron
Hoje: Hebron (Al-Khalil)
חֶבְרוֹןchevron
Hebron is the city of Judah where David settled with his men, had sons, and was anointed king over Israel; nearby, Abraham lived and buried Sarah. Joshua gave Hebron to Caleb (1 Chronicles 11:3).
31,53° N, 35,10° L
Citado em 62 versículosTb.: Kiriath-arba, Kirjath-arba