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2 Chronicles 11:17
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chronicler narrates the immediate post-accession period of Rehoboam, describing how faithful Israelites from every tribe redirected their sacrificial loyalty to Jerusalem.
The words — The text employs יְחַזְּקוּ (yḥazzəqû) and יְאַמְּצוּ (yəʾamməṣû), both literally meaning "they strengthened" or "they made firm," applied directly to Rehoboam’s rule.
The thread — This three-year period of alignment precedes 2 Chronicles 12:1, where Rehoboam and Israel abandon the Law, and mirrors the conditional promise in 2 Chronicles 7:17 that David’s line retains the kingdom only while walking in God’s ways.
Why it lands — The verse records a temporary historical alignment of political support and religious obedience, requiring the reader to note that stability here is contingent and already bounded by a fixed timeline.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 12:1 After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 1:1 Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.
- 2 Chronicles 7:17 And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
- 2 Chronicles 8:13 He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
- Hosea 6:4 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
- Matthew 13:20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.