Verse 12
(12) Shields.—The “targets” of 2 Chronicles 9:15.
Made them exceeding strong.—Strengthened them (the same word as “fortified” in 2 Chronicles 11:11) very abundantly (l’harbçh meôd). A form of words only used by the chronicler. (See 2 Chronicles 16:8; and comp. Nehemiah 6:18.)
Having Judah and Benjamin on his side.—Literally, and he had (or, there fell to him) Judah and Benjamin. A definition of Rehoboam’s territory. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 10:17.)
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