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2 Chronicles 11:5–9

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¶ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
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From verse 5

  1. 2 Chronicles 8:2–6Rank 1 from verse 5
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    2That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

    3And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.

    4And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

    5Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

    6And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

  2. 2 Chronicles 11:23Rank 2 from verse 5
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    23And 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.

  3. 2 Chronicles 14:6–7Rank 3 from verse 5
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    6¶ And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the Lord had given him rest.

    7Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

  4. 2 Chronicles 16:6Rank 4 from verse 5
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    6Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

  5. 2 Chronicles 17:12Rank 5 from verse 5
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    12¶ And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.

From verse 6

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:32Rank 1 from verse 6
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    32And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

  2. 1 Samuel 17:12Rank 2 from verse 6
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    12¶ Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

  3. 2 Chronicles 20:20Rank 3 from verse 6
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    20¶ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

  4. 2 Samuel 14:2Rank 4 from verse 6
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    2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

  5. Amos 1:1Rank 5 from verse 6
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    1THE words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

From verse 7

  1. Joshua 15:35Rank 1 from verse 7
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    35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

  2. 1 Samuel 22:1Rank 2 from verse 7
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    1DAVID therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.

  3. 2 Samuel 23:13Rank 3 from verse 7
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    13And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

  4. Joshua 12:15Rank 4 from verse 7
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    15The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

  5. Joshua 15:58Rank 5 from verse 7
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    58Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,

From verse 8

  1. 1 Chronicles 18:1Rank 1 from verse 8
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    1NOW after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

  2. 1 Samuel 23:14Rank 2 from verse 8
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    14And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

  3. 1 Samuel 23:19Rank 3 from verse 8
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    19¶ Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

  4. Joshua 15:24Rank 4 from verse 8
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    24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

  5. Joshua 15:44Rank 5 from verse 8
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    44And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:

From verse 9

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:9Rank 1 from verse 9
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    9¶ After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,

  2. Joshua 10:11Rank 2 from verse 9
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    11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

  3. Joshua 10:5Rank 3 from verse 9
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    5Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

  4. Joshua 15:35Rank 4 from verse 9
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    35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

  5. Joshua 15:39Rank 5 from verse 9
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    39Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

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2 Chronicles 11:5

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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defence

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Sense 1: Protection from attack or harm; a means of defending. Sense 2: An answer made against an accusation.

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2 Chronicles 11:6

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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4Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the Lord, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

5¶ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

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6He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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7And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,

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8And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

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9And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

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10And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.

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