1 When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand select warriors, to fight against Israel and to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
2 But the Lord’s word came to Shemaiah the man of God:
3 Tell Judah’s King Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, and all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
4 This is what the Lord says: Don’t make war against your relatives. Go home, every one of you, because this is my plan. When they heard the Lord’s words, they abandoned their attack against Jeroboam.
5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, but he built cities for Judah’s defense
6 in Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,