4 This is what the Lord says: Don’t wage war against your relatives. Everyone, go home. What has happened is my doing.” So they obeyed the word of the Lord. They turned back from their attack on Jer o boam.
5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built fortified cities in Judah.
6 He rebuilt Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.