2Ch 11:1-4 | ESV | STEP | When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem , he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin , 180,000 chosen warriors , to fight against Israel , to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam .

2 Chronicles 11:1-4

Rehoboam Secures His Kingdom

1 ^aWhen Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam. 2 But the word of the Lord came to ^bShemaiah the man of God: 3 “Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, 4 ‘Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up or fight against ^cyour relatives. Return every man to his home, for this thing is from me.’” So they listened to the word of the Lord and returned and did not go against Jeroboam.