4 Thus says the Lord: You shall not ascend and fight against your brothers. Let each one return to his own house. For it is by my will that this has happened.' And when they had heard the word of the Lord, they turned back, and they did not continue on against Jeroboam.
5 Then Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built fortified cities in Judah.
6 And he built up Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
7 and also Bethzur, and Soco, and Adullam,
8 indeed also Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
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