He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
How the ten tribes deserted the house of David we read in the foregoing chapter. They had formerly sat loose to that family (Sa2 20:1, Sa2 20:2), and now they quite threw it off, not considering how much it would weaken the common interest and take Israel down from that pitch of glory at which it had arrived in the last reign.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 11:1-12
And Bethzur, and Shocho, and Adullam. All in the tribe of Judah, of which see Jos 15:35. . 2 Chronicles 11:8 ch2 11:8 ch2 11:8 ch2 11:8And Gath,.... Which cannot be that Gath which was one of the principalities of the Philistines, but a city in the tribe of Judah; though of it we nowhere else read; unless this is the same with Moreshethgath, Mic...
2Ch 11:6 In Judah lay Bethlehem, a small city mentioned as early as in Jacob’s time (Gen 35:19), two hours south of Jerusalem, the birthplace of David and of Christ (Mic 5:1; Mat 2:5, Mat 2:11), now Beit-Lahm; see on Jos 15:59.