2 Chronicles 11:1

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Rehoboam	רְחַבְעָם֮ re.chav.'Am	H7346	Rechabam · proper noun, a man's name
come	וַיָּבֹ֣א vai.ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַם֒ ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
gathered	וַיַּקְהֵל֩ vai.yak.Hel	H6950	to convoke · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
house	בֵּ֨ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֜ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
Benjamin	וּבִנְיָמִ֗ן u.vin.ya.Min	H1144	Binjamin · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
hundred	מֵאָ֨ה me.'Ah	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine singular absolute
fourscore	וּשְׁמוֹנִ֥ים u.she.mo.Nim	H8084	eighty · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
thousand	אֶ֛לֶף 'E.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
chosen	בָּח֖וּר ba.Chur	H977	properly · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
warriors	עֹשֵׂ֣ה 'o.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular construct
fight	לְהִלָּחֵם֙ le.hi.la.Chem	H3898	to feed on · preposition + verb, niphal infinitive construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
bring	לְהָשִׁ֥יב le.ha.Shiv	H7725	to turn back (hence · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
kingdom	הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה ha.mam.la.Khah	H4467	dominion · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
again	שׁוּב shûwb	H7725	to turn back (hence
Rehoboam	לִרְחַבְעָֽם lir.chav.'Am	H7346	Rechabam · preposition + proper noun, a man's name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 12:21-24 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand…
Psalms 33:10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
Psalms 33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Proverbs 21:30-31 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 11:1-12

How the ten tribes deserted the house of David we read in the foregoing chapter. They had formerly sat loose to that family (Sa2 20:1, Sa2 20:2), and now they quite threw it off, not considering how much it would weaken the common interest and take Israel down from that pitch of glory at which it had arrived in the last reign. But thus the kingdom must be corrected as well as the house of David. 1. Rehoboam at length, like a bold man, raises an army, with a design to reduce the revolters, Ch2 11:1. Judah and Benjamin were not only resolved to continue their allegiance to him, but ready to give him the best assistance they could for the recovery of his right. Judah was his own tribe, that own…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 11:1

Gathered of the house of Judah - See this account Kg1 12:21-24 (note), and the notes there.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 11:1

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem,.... After he had been at Shechem, and had given his answer to the request of the men of Israel, upon which they revolted from him: this and the three following verses are the same with 1 Kings 12:21. See Gill on 1 Kings 12:21.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 11:1-4

Shemaiah’s prophetic intervention averted immediate civil war among Israel’s tribes, but the summary of Rehoboam characterizes his reign as one of continual warfare with Jeroboam (12:15). Civil war characterized the first fifty years of the divided kingdom, until the time of Omri.

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 11:1

and he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin who were together on the border. Jerusalem belonged to both of them, and the Temple was built on their common border. In the section dealing with boundaries in Joshua, it explains how their border was shared. Our Rabbis also said (Yoma 12a, Meg. 26a, Zeb. 53b): A strip protruded from the territory of Benjamin and entered the territory of Judah, upon which the altar was built. Therefore, they were inseparable, and they are also mentioned close to one another.

Dictionary and topics

Rehoboam — He enlarges the people, the successor of Solomon on the throne, and apparently his only son. He was the son of Naamah “the Ammonitess,” some well-known Ammonitish princess (1 Kings 14:21; 2 Chr.…
Jeroboam · .His wars with Rehoboam — .His wars with Rehoboam
Rehoboam · from — from

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).