He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Chronicles 11:12 in context
2 Chronicles 11:9–15
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Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
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Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
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He fortified the strongholds and put captains in them with stores of food, oil and wine.
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He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
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The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him out of all their territory.
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For the Levites left their pasture lands and their possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest’s office to the LORD.
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He himself appointed priests for the high places, for the male goat and calf idols which he had made.
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