And whenRehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscorethousandchosen men, whichwerewarriors, to fightagainstIsrael, that he mightbring the kingdomagain to Rehoboam.
Thussaith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fightagainstyourbrethren: returnevery man to his house: for thisthing is done of me. And theyobeyed the words of the LORD, and returnedfromgoingagainstJeroboam.
For the Leviteslefttheirsuburbs and theirpossession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had castthem off fromexecuting the priest’sofficeunto the LORD:
And afterthem out of all the tribes of Israelsuch as set theirhearts to seek the LORD God of Israelcame to Jerusalem, to sacrificeunto the LORD God of theirfathers.
So theystrengthened the kingdom of Judah, and madeRehoboam the son of Solomonstrong, threeyears: for threeyearstheywalked in the way of David and Solomon.
And RehoboamlovedMaachah the daughter of Absalomabove all his wives and his concubines: (for he tookeighteenwives, and threescoreconcubines; and begattwenty and eightsons, and threescoredaughters.)
And he dealtwisely, and dispersed of all his childrenthroughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, untoeveryfencedcity: and he gavethemvictual in abundance. And he desiredmanywives.