2 Chronicles 11:5

Rehoboam Fortifies Cities In Judah

⁴ ‘Thus says the Lord, “You shall not go up or fight against your relatives; return every man to his house, for this thing is from Me.”’” So they listened to the words of the Lord and returned from going against Jeroboam. ⁵ Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built cities for defense in Judah. ⁶ Thus he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Fortified Cities

Jerusalem

Judah

Rehoboam

2 Chronicles 8:2-6

that he built the cities which Huram had given to him, and settled the sons of Israel there.

2 Chronicles 11:23

He acted wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the territories of Judah and Benjamin to all the fortified cities, and he gave them food in abundance. And he sought many wives for them.

2 Chronicles 14:6-7

He built fortified cities in Judah, since the land was undisturbed, and there was no one at war with him during those years, because the Lord had given him rest.

2 Chronicles 16:6

Then King Asa brought all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had been building, and with them he fortified Geba and Mizpah.

2 Chronicles 17:12

So Jehoshaphat grew greater and greater, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah.

2 Chronicles 26:6

Now he went out and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the area of Ashdod and among the Philistines.

2 Chronicles 27:4

Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills.

Isaiah 22:8-11

And He removed the defense of Judah.
In that day you depended on the weapons of the house of the forest,