4. This is what the Lord says: Don’t wage war against your relatives. Everyone, go home. What has happened is my doing.” So they obeyed the word of the Lord. They turned back from their attack on Jer o boam.
5. Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built fortified cities in Judah.
6. He rebuilt Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7. Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8. Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9. Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10. Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.