NET Bible
"In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him."
— 2 Chronicles 11:12, NET Bible
“And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.”
“And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him. ”
“In every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.”
“Moreover in every city he made an armoury of shields and spears, and he fortified them with great diligence, and he reigned over Juda, and Benjamin,”
“And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.”
“And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.”
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine.
In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
The priests and Levites who lived throughout Israel supported him, no matter where they resided.
The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the LORD’s priests.
Jeroboam appointed his own priests to serve at the worship centers and to lead in the worship of the goat idols and calf idols he had made.