Verse 1

When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he became strong, he abandoned the law of the LORD, and all Israel followed him.

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  • 2 Chr 11:17 : 17 They strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, walking in the ways of David and Solomon during those three years.
  • 2 Chr 12:13 : 13 King Rehoboam strengthened his position in Jerusalem and continued to reign. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.
  • 2 Chr 26:13-16 : 13 Under their command was an army of 307,500 men who could make war with great power to support the king against his enemies. 14 Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, coats of armor, bows, and slings for stones. 15 In Jerusalem, Uzziah made devices designed by skilled men to be placed on the towers and corners for shooting arrows and large stones. His fame spread far and wide, for he was marvelously helped until he became powerful. 16 But after Uzziah became strong, his heart was lifted up with pride, leading to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
  • 1 Kgs 14:22-24 : 22 Judah did evil in the eyes of the LORD. By the sins they committed, they aroused His jealous anger more than their ancestors had done. 23 They also built for themselves high places, sacred stones, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree. 24 There were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They committed all the detestable practices of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  • 2 Kgs 17:19 : 19 But even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God. They followed the practices of Israel as the Israelites had done.
  • 2 Chr 11:3 : 3 “Say to Rehoboam, son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
  • Deut 6:10-12 : 10 When the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give to you, with cities great and good that you did not build, 11 with houses full of every good thing that you did not fill, wells that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—when you eat and are satisfied. 12 Be careful not to forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  • Deut 8:10-14 : 10 You will eat and be satisfied, and you will bless the Lord your God for the good land He has given you. 11 Be careful not to forget the Lord your God by failing to keep His commandments, judgments, and statutes that I am commanding you today. 12 Otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built fine houses and settled in them, 13 When your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold have increased, and all that you have has multiplied, 14 then your heart may grow proud, and you might forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  • Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you grew fat, thick, and bloated. Then he forsook the God who made him and treated with contempt the Rock of his salvation.
  • Deut 32:18 : 18 You ignored the Rock who begot you; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
  • 1 Kgs 9:9 : 9 And the people will answer, 'Because they abandoned the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they embraced other gods, worshiped them, and served them. That is why the LORD brought all this disaster on them.'
  • 1 Kgs 12:17 : 17 But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah, Rehoboam still ruled over them.
  • Jer 2:31 : 31 You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: ‘Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of deep darkness? Why do my people say, “We are free to roam; we will come to you no more”?’
  • Hos 5:10-11 : 10 The leaders of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out my wrath on them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to follow human commands.
  • Hos 13:1 : 1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he became guilty by worshiping Baal and died.
  • Hos 13:6-8 : 6 As they were fed, they were satisfied; as they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and so they forgot me. 7 So I will become like a lion to them, like a leopard lying in wait by the path. 8 I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear their hearts open. There I will devour them like a lion; a wild beast will rip them apart.
  • Mic 6:16 : 16 You have followed the statutes of Omri and all the practices of the house of Ahab; you have walked in their counsels. Therefore, I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of scorn; you will bear the reproach of My people.