The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 11:10 Explained

2 Chronicles 11:10

KJV: And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.

YLT: and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, that are in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of bulwarks.

Darby: and Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

ASV: and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Zorah,  and Aijalon,  and Hebron,  which [are] in Judah  and in Benjamin  fenced  cities. 

What does 2 Chronicles 11:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 11

1  Rehoboam raising an army to subdue Israel, is forbidden by Shemaiah
5  He strengthens his kingdom with forts and provisions
13  The priests and Levites, and such as feared God, forsaken by Jeroboam,
17  strengthen the kingdom of Judah
18  The wives and children of Rehoboam

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 11:10 mean?

and Zorah Aijalon Hebron which are in Judah and Benjamin cities fortified
וְאֶת־ צָרְעָה֙ אַיָּל֔וֹן חֶבְר֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּיהוּדָ֖ה וּבְבִנְיָמִ֑ן עָרֵ֖י מְצֻרֽוֹת

צָרְעָה֙  Zorah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָרְעָה  
Sense: a town in Dan, residence of Manoah and the home town of Samson.
אַיָּל֔וֹן  Aijalon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַיָּלֹון  
Sense: Levitical city in Dan, 4 miles or 25 km NW of Jerusalem, later ruled by the Amorites, then the Benjamites of Judah, then by the Philistines.
חֶבְר֔וֹן  Hebron 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶבְרֹון 
Sense: a city in south Judah approx 20 south of Jerusalem and approx 20 miles (30 km) north of Beersheba and near where Abraham built an altar.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  which  are 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בִּיהוּדָ֖ה  in  Judah 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
וּבְבִנְיָמִ֑ן  and  Benjamin 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּנְיָמִין 
Sense: Jacob’s and Rachel’s youngest son, Joseph’s full brother.
עָרֵ֖י  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
מְצֻרֽוֹת  fortified 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: מְצוּרָה 
Sense: siege-works, stronghold, rampart.