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2 Chronicles 11 5-2 Chronicles 11 12
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built up towns for defense in Judah:Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,Beth Zur, Soko, Adullam,Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron. These were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.He strengthened their defenses and put commanders in them, with supplies of food, olive oil and wine.He put shields and spears in all the cities, and made them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin were his.
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Isaiah 8:8
and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel!”
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Isaiah 36:1
In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
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Isaiah 10:11
shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?’”
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Jeremiah 5:10
“ Go through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not destroy them completely. Strip off her branches, for these people do not belong to the Lord.
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2 Kings 18 17
The king of Assyria sent his supreme commander, his chief officer and his field commander with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came up to Jerusalem and stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Washerman’s Field.