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

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

²But the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

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

³Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to 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 saith Jehovah, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the words of Jehovah, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

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

⁵And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

⁶A vystavil Betlehem, Étam a Tekou,

⁶He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

⁷Bét-cúr, Socho a Adullam,

⁷And Beth-zur, and Soco, 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, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

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

¹¹And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, 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 [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

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

¹³And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to 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 left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office unto Jehovah;

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

¹⁵and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had 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, such as set their hearts to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

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

¹⁷So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.

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

¹⁸And Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

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

¹⁹and she bare him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

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

²⁰And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare 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 loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters.)

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

²²And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, [even] the prince among his brethren; for [he was minded] to make him king.

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 dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought [for them] many wives.