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2 Chronicles 11:12

2 Chronicles 11:12
And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession,.... The cities and the fields adjacent to them, which were given them in the several tribes, and were in all forty eight; see Jos 21:1 and came…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Chronicles 11:1-12

How the ten tribes deserted the house of David we read in the foregoing chapter. They had formerly sat loose to that family (Sa2 20:1, Sa2 20:2), and now they quite threw it off, not considering how…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

having Judah and Benjamin on his side Render, And so Judah and Benjamin became his. Rehoboam's fortresses (which were scattered all over the country and were not placed on the borders only) were…

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