3 “Talk to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to men of Judah and Benjamin.
4 Say to them, ‘The Lord says that you must not go to war against your brothers. Everyone, go home! I made all this happen.’” So all the men in Rehoboam’s army obeyed the Lord and went home. They did not attack Jeroboam.
5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built strong cities in Judah to defend against attacks.
6 He repaired the cities of Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,