2 Crónicas 11
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1 Roboam llegó a Jerusalén y reunió de la casa de Judá y de Benjamín a ciento ochenta mil guerreros escogidos, para combatir contra Israel y devolver el reino a Roboam. 2 Pero vino la palabra de Jehová a Semaías, el hombre de Dios: 3 «Habla a Roboam, hijo de Salomón, rey de Judá, y a todo Israel en Judá y Benjamín: 4 “Así dice Jehová: No suban ni combatan contra sus hermanos. Regrese cada uno a su casa, porque esto ha sucedido de parte mía”». Escucharon las palabras de Jehová y desistieron de marchar contra Jeroboam. 5 Roboam vivió en Jerusalén y construyó ciudades fortificadas en Judá. 6 Construyó Belén, Etam, Tecoa, 7 Bet-sur, Soco, Adulam, 8 Gat, Maresa, Zif, 9 Adoraim, Laquis, Azeca, 10 Zora, Ajalón y Hebrón, ciudades fortificadas de Judá y Benjamín. 11 Reforzó las fortalezas y puso en ellas dirigentes y depósitos de alimentos, aceite y vino. 12 En cada ciudad puso escudos y lanzas, y las fortaleció mucho. Judá y Benjamín estaban bajo su dominio. 13 Los sacerdotes y levitas de todo Israel se pusieron de su parte desde todos sus territorios. 14 Los levitas abandonaron sus pastizales y sus propiedades y fueron a Judá y a Jerusalén, porque Jeroboam y sus hijos los habían excluido de ejercer el sacerdocio para Jehová. 15 Jeroboam nombró sus propios sacerdotes para los lugares altos y para los ídolos de machos cabríos y los becerros que había hecho. 16 Tras ellos llegaron a Jerusalén personas de todas las tribus de Israel que habían dispuesto su corazón a buscar a Jehová, Dios de Israel, para ofrecer sacrificios a Jehová, Dios de sus padres. 17 Fortalecieron el reino de Judá y apoyaron a Roboam, hijo de Salomón, durante tres años, porque durante tres años caminaron en el camino de David y de Salomón. 18 Roboam tomó por esposa a Mahalat, hija de Jerimot, hijo de David, y de Abihail, hija de Eliab, hijo de Isaí. 19 Ella le dio a luz hijos: Jeús, Semarías y Zaham. 20 Después de ella tomó a Maaca, hija de Absalón, que le dio a luz a Abías, Atai, Ziza y Selomit. 21 Roboam amó a Maaca, hija de Absalón, más que a todas sus esposas y concubinas. Había tomado dieciocho esposas y sesenta concubinas, y tuvo veintiocho hijos y sesenta hijas. 22 Roboam puso a Abías, hijo de Maaca, como jefe y gobernante entre sus hermanos, porque quería hacerlo rey. 23 Actuó con prudencia y distribuyó a algunos de sus hijos por todos los territorios de Judá y Benjamín, por todas las ciudades fortificadas. Les dio abundantes provisiones y buscó muchas esposas.
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2 Crónicas 11:1-4
2Ch 11:1-17. Rehoboam, Raising an Army to Subdue Israel, Is Forbidden by Shemaiah.
1-4. Rehoboam ... gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin ... to fight against Israel--(See 1Ki 12:21-24).
2 Crónicas 11:5-11
5-11. built cities for defence in Judah--This is evidently used as the name of the southern kingdom. Rehoboam, having now a bitter enemy in Israel, deemed it prudent to lose no time in fortifying several cities that lay along the frontier of his kingdom. Jeroboam, on his side, took a similar precaution (1Ki 12:25). Of the fifteen cities named, Aijalon, now Yalo, and Zorah, now Surah, between Jerusalem and Jabneh [Robinson], lay within the province of Benjamin. Gath, though a Philistine city, had been subject to Solomon. And Etham, which was on the border of Simeon, now incorporated with the kingdom of Israel, was fortified to repel danger from that quarter. These fortresses Rehoboam placed under able commanders and stocked them with provisions and military stores, sufficient, if necessary, to stand a siege. In the crippled state of his kingdom, he seems to have been afraid lest it might be made the prey of some powerful neighbors.
2 Crónicas 11:13-17
13-17. the priests and the Levites ... resorted to him out of all their coasts--This was an accession of moral power, for the maintenance of the true religion is the best support and safeguard of any nation; and as it was peculiarly the grand source of the strength and prosperity of the Hebrew monarchy, the great numbers of good and pious people who sought an asylum within the territories of Judah contributed greatly to consolidate the throne of Rehoboam. The cause of so extensive an emigration from the kingdom of Israel was the deep and daring policy of Jeroboam, who set himself to break the national unity by entirely abolishing, within his dominions, the religious institutions of Judaism. He dreaded an eventual reunion of the tribes if the people continued to repair thrice a year to worship in Jerusalem as they were obliged by law to do. Accordingly, on pretense that the distance of that city was too great for multitudes of his subjects, he fixed upon two more convenient places, where he established a new mode of worshipping God under gross and prohibited symbols [1Ki 12:26-33]. The priests and Levites, refusing to take part in the idolatrous ceremonies, were ejected from their living [2Ch 11:13, 14]. Along with them a large body of the people who faithfully adhered to the instituted worship of God, offended and shocked by the impious innovations, departed from the kingdom.
2 Crónicas 11:18
18. Rehoboam took Mahalath--The names of her father and mother are given. Jerimoth, the father, must have been the son of one of David's concubines (1Ch 3:9). Abihail was, of course, his cousin, previous to their marriage.
2 Crónicas 11:20
2 Crónicas 11:21
21. he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines--This royal harem, though far smaller than his father's, was equally in violation of the law, which forbade a king to "multiply wives unto himself" [De 17:17].
2 Crónicas 11:22
22. made Abijah ... chief ... ruler among his brethren--This preference seems to have been given to Abijah solely from the king's doting fondness for his mother and through her influence over him. It is plainly implied that Abijah was not the oldest of the family. In destining a younger son for the kingdom, without a divine warrant, as in Solomon's case, Rehoboam acted in violation of the law (De 21:15).
2 Crónicas 11:23
23. he dealt wisely--that is, with deep and calculating policy (Ex 1:10).
and dispersed of all his children ... unto every fenced city--The circumstance of twenty-eight sons of the king being made governors of fortresses would, in our quarter of the world, produce jealousy and dissatisfaction. But Eastern monarchs ensure peace and tranquillity to their kingdom by bestowing government offices on their sons and grandsons. They obtain an independent provision, and being kept apart, are not likely to cabal in their father's lifetime. Rehoboam acted thus, and his sagacity will appear still greater if the wives he desired for them belonged to the cities where each son was located. These connections would bind them more closely to their respective places. In the modern countries of the East, particularly Persia and Turkey, younger princes were, till very lately, shut up in the harem during their father's lifetime; and, to prevent competition, they were blinded or killed when their brother ascended the throne. In the former country the old practice of dispersing them through the country as Rehoboam did, has been again revived.
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