Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba – a total of twelve cities and their towns.

Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen – a total of thirteen cities and their towns,

Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan – a total of four cities and their towns,

Umah, Aphek, and Rehob. In all they had ¹  twenty-two cities and their towns.

Anathoth, and Almon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.

Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.

Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.

Jarmuth, and En Gannim, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities;

Helkath, and Rehob, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities;

Kedemoth, and Mephaath, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities;

Heshbon, and Jazer, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.

(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)

Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain ¹  and pitched his tents next to Sodom.

I will lay your cities waste ¹  and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will refuse to smell your soothing aromas.

you must set apart for yourselves three cities ¹  in the middle of your land that the Lord your God is giving you as a possession.

In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

These were the ones who served the king, besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.

Is this the one who made the world like a desert, who ruined its ¹  cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?”’ ² 

In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, ¹  King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

They will rebuild the perpetual ruins and restore the places that were desolate; ¹  they will reestablish the ruined cities, the places that have been desolate since ancient times.