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.
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he assembled 180,000 skilled warriors from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to fight against Israel, hoping to reunite the kingdom under his rule.
Rehoboam gathered a massive army to try to force the northern tribes back under his control after they had rebelled and formed their own kingdom.
📚 Historical Context
In the Bible, after King Solomon died, his son Rehoboam became king over the united kingdom of Israel. However, the northern tribes rebelled against Rehoboam's harsh rule and established their own separate kingdom under Jeroboam, leading to a permanent division between Israel in the north and Judah in the south. Rehoboam then assembled a large army from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to attempt to reclaim the northern territories by force.
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