2 Chronicles 11:11
New International Version
He strengthened their defenses and put commanders in them, with supplies of food, olive oil and wine.

New Living Translation
Rehoboam strengthened their defenses and stationed commanders in them, and he stored supplies of food, olive oil, and wine.

English Standard Version
He made the fortresses strong, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine.

Berean Standard Bible
He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.

King James Bible
And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

New King James Version
And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine.

New American Standard Bible
He also strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them and supplies of food, oil, and wine.

NASB 1995
He also strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them and stores of food, oil and wine.

NASB 1977
He also strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them and stores of food, oil and wine.

Legacy Standard Bible
He also strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them and stores of food, oil and wine.

Amplified Bible
He strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, [olive] oil, and wine.

Christian Standard Bible
He strengthened their fortifications and put leaders in them with supplies of food, oil, and wine.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He strengthened their fortifications and put leaders in them with supplies of food, oil, and wine.

American Standard Version
And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In this time Abiyam the son of Yorbaam became ill, and Yorbaam said to his wife: “Arise now, and be disguised as a simple woman, neither will they know that you are the wife of Yorbaam, and you shall go to Shilo. Now Akhia the Prophet is there, he who told me when I arise, I would King over this people.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he fortified them with walls, and placed in them captains, and stores of provisions, oil and wine,

Contemporary English Version
he assigned an army commander to each of them and stocked them with supplies of food, olive oil, and wine,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had enclosed them with walls, he put in them governors and storehouses of provisions, that is, of oil and of wine.

English Revised Version
And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and oil and wine.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He strengthened them and put army officers with reserves of food, olive oil, and wine in them.

Good News Translation
He had them strongly fortified and appointed a commander for each of them, and in each one he placed supplies of food, olive oil, and wine,

International Standard Version
He also strengthened the fortified cities, assigned officers to them, and stockpiled food, oil, and wine.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and oil and wine.

Literal Standard Version
And he strengthens the bulwarks, and puts leaders in them, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,

Majority Standard Bible
He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.

New American Bible
Then he strengthened the fortifications and put commanders in them, along with supplies of food, oil, and wine.

NET Bible
He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine.

New Revised Standard Version
He made the fortresses strong, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine.

New Heart English Bible
He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of provisions, and of oil and wine.

World English Bible
He fortified the strongholds and put captains in them with stores of food, oil and wine.

Young's Literal Translation
And he strengtheneth the bulwarks, and putteth in them leaders, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Rehoboam Fortifies Judah
10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin. 11He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine. 12He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 11:10
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

2 Chronicles 11:12
He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

Ezekiel 37:16
"And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: 'Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.' Then take another stick and write on it: 'Belonging to Joseph--the stick of Ephraim--and to all the house of Israel associated with him.'


Treasury of Scripture

And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

he fortified

Isaiah 22:10,11
And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall…

captains

2 Chronicles 11:23
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

2 Chronicles 17:19
These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.

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2 Chronicles 11
1. Rehoboam raising an army to subdue Israel, is forbidden by Shemaiah
5. He strengthens his kingdom with forts and provisions
13. The priests and Levites, and such as feared God, forsaken by Jeroboam,
17. strengthen the kingdom of Judah
18. The wives and children of Rehoboam














(11) And he fortified.--Literally, strengthened, i.e., put them in an efficient condition for defence, by providing commandants and stores of arms and food.

The strong holds.--Mets-roth; the word in last verse.

Captains.--Negidim; leaders, princes (1Chronicles 9:11). Here it means commandants.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He strengthened
וַיְחַזֵּ֖ק (way·ḥaz·zêq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

their fortresses
הַמְּצֻר֑וֹת (ham·mə·ṣu·rō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4694: A hemming in, a mound, a rampart, fortification

and put
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (way·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

officers
נְגִידִ֔ים (nə·ḡî·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5057: A commander, civil, military, religious, honorable themes

in them,
בָּהֶם֙ (bā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

with supplies
וְאֹצְר֥וֹת (wə·’ō·ṣə·rō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 214: Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse

of food,
מַאֲכָ֖ל (ma·’ă·ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3978: An eatable

oil,
וְשֶׁ֥מֶן (wə·še·men)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8081: Grease, liquid, richness

and wine.
וָיָֽיִן׃ (wā·yā·yin)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3196: Wine, intoxication


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