2 Chronicles 12:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.

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  • 2 Chr 11:17 : 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong for three years, because three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
  • 2 Chr 12:13 : 13 So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.
  • 2 Chr 26:13-16 : 13 Under their command was an army of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, who made war with mighty power to help the king against the enemy. 14 Uzziah prepared for the entire army shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging. 15 He made engines in Jerusalem, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. His fame spread far, for he was greatly helped until he became powerful. 16 But when he became strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction. He transgressed against the LORD his God by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
  • 1 Kgs 14:22-24 : 22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built for themselves high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 24 And there were also male shrine prostitutes in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
  • 2 Kgs 17:19 : 19 Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.
  • 2 Chr 11:3 : 3 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
  • Deut 6:10-12 : 10 And it shall be, when the LORD your God has brought you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and good cities, which you did not build, 11 And houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and wells dug, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant; when you have eaten and are full; 12 Then beware, lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
  • Deut 8:10-14 : 10 When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you. 11 Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command you this day: 12 Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses, and dwelt therein; 13 And when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; 14 Then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
  • Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked: you have grown fat, you have grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
  • Deut 32:18 : 18 Of the Rock that begot you, you are unmindful, and have forgotten God who formed you.
  • 1 Kgs 9:9 : 9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold of other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore, the LORD has brought upon them all this evil.
  • 1 Kgs 12:17 : 17 But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
  • Jer 2:31 : 31 O generation, behold the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? a land of darkness? why do my people say, We are lords; we will come no more to you?
  • Hos 5:10-11 : 10 The princes of Judah were like those who remove a boundary: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly followed the commandment.
  • Hos 13:1 : 1 When Ephraim spoke trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
  • Hos 13:6-8 : 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore they have forgotten me. 7 Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leopard by the way I will observe them: 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
  • Mic 6:16 : 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels, that I may make you a desolation, and the inhabitants a hissing; therefore you shall bear the reproach of My people.

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    2And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,

  • 1 Kgs 12:1-3
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    1And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

    2And it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was still in Egypt, heard of it (for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt),

    3that they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 2 Chr 12:5-6
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    5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah, who were gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus says the LORD, You have forsaken me, and therefore I also have left you in the hand of Shishak.

    6Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves, and they said, The LORD is righteous.

  • 2 Chr 12:14
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    14And he did evil because he did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 12:12-13
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    12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

    13And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men that they gave him,

  • 2 Chr 10:12-13
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    12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had said, Come again to me on the third day.

    13And the king answered them roughly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men.

  • 1 Kgs 12:15-17
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    15Therefore the king did not listen to the people, for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform His word, which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

    16So when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now see to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.

    17But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

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    1And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

    2And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, heard it, that Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

    3And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 2 Chr 12:11-12
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    11And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them and brought them back into the guard chamber.

    12And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him completely; and also conditions improved in Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 17:21-22
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    21For he ripped Israel from the house of David; they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, and made them commit a great sin.

    22The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them,

  • 2 Chr 10:17
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    17But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

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    1When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he gathered from the house of Judah and Benjamin one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam.

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

    3Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:19-21
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    19So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.

    20And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel; there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

    21And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 12:16
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    16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 14:25
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    25And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

  • 1 Kgs 11:10-11
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    10And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he did not keep what the LORD commanded.

    11Therefore the LORD said to Solomon, Because this has been done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

  • 1 Kgs 14:29
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    29Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

  • 1 Kgs 12:27-28
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    27If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people shall turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.

    28Therefore the king took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Jer 9:13
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    13And the LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor walked in it;

  • 2 Chr 10:19
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    19And Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.

  • 2 Chr 13:7-8
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    7And there gathered to him worthless men, sons of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not resist them.

    8And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are golden calves, which Jeroboam made for you to be gods.

  • Jer 16:11
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    11Then you shall say to them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, says the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law.

  • 1 Kgs 12:5-6
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    5And he said to them, Depart for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

    6And King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do you advise that I should answer this people?

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

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    23Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

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    22And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

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    14For the Levites left their suburbs and possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons had cast them out from executing the priest's office to the LORD.

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    31But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

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    19Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.

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    33Because they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.