¹A keď prišiel Rechabeám do Jeruzalema, shromaždil dom Júdov a Benjaminov, sto osemdesiat tisíc vybraných bojovníkov, aby bojovali proti Izraelovi a tak prinavrátili kráľovstvo Rechabeámovi.

¹And Rehoboam cometh in to Jerusalem, and assembleth the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight with Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam.

²Ale stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k Šemaiášovi, mužovi Božiemu, povediac:

²And a word of Jehovah is unto Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,

³Povedz Rechabeámovi, synovi Šalamúnovmu, judskému kráľovi, i celému Izraelovi, ktorý je v Judsku i v Benjaminovi, a riekni:

³`Speak unto Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, and unto all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

⁴Takto hovorí Hospodin: Nechoďte hore ani nebojujte proti svojim bratom! Navráťte sa každý do svojho domu, lebo odo mňa sa stala tá vec. A poslúchli slová Hospodinove a vrátili sa a neišli proti Jeroboámovi.

⁴Thus said Jehovah, Ye do not go up nor fight with your brethren, turn back each to his house, for from Me hath this thing been;' and they hear the words of Jehovah, and turn back from going against Jeroboam.

⁵A Rechabeám býval v Jeruzaleme a vystavil mestá na ohradené mestá v Judsku.

⁵And Rehoboam dwelleth in Jerusalem, and buildeth cities for a bulwark in Judah,

⁶A vystavil Betlehem, Étam a Tekou,

⁶yea, he buildeth Beth-Lehem and Etam, and Tekoa,

⁷Bét-cúr, Socho a Adullam,

⁷and Beth-Zur, and Shocho, and Adullam,

⁸Gát, Maréšu a Zíf,

⁸and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

⁹Adoraim, Lachiš a Azéku,

⁹and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

¹⁰Careu, Ajalon a Hebron, ktoré boly v Judsku a v Benjaminovi, ohradené mestá.

¹⁰and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, that [are] in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of bulwarks.

¹¹A keď opevnil ohradené mestá, dal do nich vojvodov a zásoby potravín a oleja i vína

¹¹And he strengtheneth the bulwarks, and putteth in them leaders, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,

¹²a do jedného každého mesta veľké štíty a kopije a náramne ich opevnil a mal Júdu a Benjamina.

¹²and in every city and city targets and spears, and strengtheneth them very greatly; and he hath Judah and Benjamin.

¹³A kňazi a Levitovia, ktorí boli v celom Izraelovi, postavili sa k nemu zo všetkých svojich krajov.

¹³And the priests, and the Levites, that [are] in all Israel, have stationed themselves by him, out of all their border,

¹⁴Lebo Levitovia opustili svoje predmestia i svoje državie a odišli do Judska a do Jeruzalema, preto že ich zavrhol Jeroboám i jeho synovia, aby nekonali kňazskej služby Hospodinovi.

¹⁴for the Levites have left their suburbs and their possession, and they come to Judah and to Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons have cast them off from acting as priests to Jehovah,

¹⁵A postavil si zvláštnych kňazov pre výšiny, pre démonov a pre teľatá, ktoré spravil.

¹⁵and he establisheth to him priests for high places, and for goats, and for calves, that he made --

¹⁶A za nimi zo všetkých pokolení Izraelových tí, ktorí oddali svoje srdce hľadať Hospodina, Boha Izraelovho, prišli do Jeruzalema obetovať Hospodinovi, Bohu svojich otcov.

¹⁶and after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those giving their heart to seek Jehovah, God of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Jehovah, God of their father.

¹⁷A tak upevnili kráľovstvo Júdovo a posilňovali Rechabeáma, syna Šalamúnovho, tri roky; lebo chodili po ceste Dávidovej a Šalamúnovej tri roky.

¹⁷And they strengthen the kingdom of Judah, and strengthen Rehoboam son of Solomon, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.

¹⁸A Rechabeám si vzal ženu, Machalať, dcéru Jerimóta, syna Dávidovho, a Abichaiľ, dcéru Eliába, syna Izaiho,

¹⁸And Rehoboam taketh to him a wife, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, [and] Abigail daughter of Eliab, son of Jesse.

¹⁹ktorá mu porodila synov, Jehuša, Šemariáša a Zahama.

¹⁹And she beareth to him sons, Jeush, and Shamaria, and Zaham.

²⁰A po nej si vzal Maachu, dcéru Absalomovu, ktorá mu porodila Abiáša, Attaiho, Zízu a Šelomita.

²⁰And after her he hath taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she beareth to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

²¹A Rechabeám miloval Maachu, dcéru Absalomovu, nado všetky svoje ženy a svoje ženiny, lebo si bol vzal osemnásť žien a šesťdesiat ženín a splodil dvadsaťosem synov a šesťdesiat dcér.

²¹And Rehoboam loveth Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines -- for eighteen wives he hath taken, and sixty concubines -- and he begetteth twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.

²²A Rechabeám postavil Abiáša, syna Maachy, za hlavu, za vojvodu medzi jeho bratmi, lebo ho mienil učiniť kráľom.

²²And Rehoboam appointeth for head Abijah son of Maachah, for leader among his brethren, for to cause him to reign.

²³A počínal si rozumne a rozsadil zo všetkých svojich synov do všetkých zemí Júdu a Benjamina, do všetkých ohradených miest, a dal im množstvo poživy a napýtal im hromadu žien.

²³And he hath understanding, and spreadeth out of all his sons to all lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all cities of the bulwarks, and giveth to them provision in abundance; and he asketh a multitude of wives.