1 Kings 12:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.

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  • 1 Kgs 4:6 : 6 Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.
  • 1 Kgs 5:14 : 14 And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them.
  • 2 Sam 20:24 : 24 And Adoram was overseer of the forced work; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
  • Exod 17:4 : 4 And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.
  • Num 14:10 : 10 But all the people said they were to be stoned. Then the glory of the Lord was seen in the Tent of meeting, before the eyes of all the children of Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 20:18-20 : 18 And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living. 19 So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them. 20 And every one of them put his man to death, and the Aramaeans went in flight with Israel after them; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got away safely on a horse with his horsemen.
  • 2 Chr 10:18 : 18 Then Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.
  • 2 Chr 24:21 : 21 But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house.
  • Prov 28:1-2 : 1 The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion. 2 Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.
  • Amos 2:16 : 16 And he who is without fear among the fighting men will go in flight without his clothing in that day, says the Lord.
  • Acts 5:26 : 26 Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.
  • Acts 7:57-58 : 57 But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together, 58 Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 10:16-19
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    93%

    16 And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.

    17 But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.

    18 Then Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.

    19 So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.

  • 1 Kgs 12:16-17
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    77%

    16 And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.

    17 (But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.)

  • 1 Kgs 12:19-21
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    75%

    19 So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.

    20 Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.

    21 When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he got together all the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 24:21
    72%

    21 But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house.

  • 1 Kgs 12:27-28
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    71%

    27 If the people go up to make offerings in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, their heart will be turned again to their lord, to Rehoboam, king of Judah; and they will put me to death and go back to Rehoboam, king of Judah.

    28 So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1-6
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    1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,

    2 And, hearing of it, Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who was still in Egypt, where he had gone in flight from Solomon, and was living there, came back to his town Zeredah, in the hill-country of Ephraim;

    3 And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

    4 Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.

    5 And he said to them, Go away for three days and then come back to me again. So the people went away.

    6 Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

  • 2 Chr 10:12-13
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    69%

    12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come to me again on the third day.

    13 And the king gave them a rough answer. So King Rehoboam gave no attention to the suggestion of the old men,

  • 2 Chr 12:16
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    16 And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David; and Abijah his son became king in his place.

  • 2 Sam 18:17
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    17 And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent.

  • 1 Kgs 12:11-13
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    68%

    11 If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.

    12 So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.

    13 And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;

  • 2 Chr 10:3
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    3 And they sent for him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

  • 1 Kgs 2:25
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    25 And King Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he made an attack on him and put him to death.

  • 2 Chr 11:3
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    3 Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

  • 2 Chr 12:1
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    1 Now when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

  • 2 Chr 10:1
    66%

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

  • 1 Kgs 21:14
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    14 And they sent word to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.

  • 1 Kgs 11:40
    66%

    40 And Solomon was looking for a chance to put Jeroboam to death; but he went in flight to Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt, and was in Egypt till the death of Solomon.

  • Num 15:36
    66%

    36 So all the people took him outside the tent-circle and he was stoned to death there, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

  • 2 Chr 12:11-12
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    66%

    11 And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.

    12 And when he made himself low, the wrath of the Lord was turned back from him, and complete destruction did not come on him, for there was still some good in Judah.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
    65%

    1 And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.

  • 1 Kgs 2:46
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    46 So the king gave orders to Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and, falling on him, put him to death. And Solomon's authority over the kingdom was complete.

  • Deut 21:21
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    21 Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.

  • Mark 12:4
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    4 And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.

  • 1 Kgs 12:23
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    23 Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the men of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people:

  • 2 Sam 20:24
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    24 And Adoram was overseer of the forced work; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;

  • 1 Kgs 14:28-29
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    28 And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.

    29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

  • 2 Sam 12:31
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    31 And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and iron axes, and at brick-making: this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 13:15
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    15 And the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • Ezek 16:40
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    40 And they will get together a meeting against you, stoning you with stones and wounding you with their swords.

  • 2 Sam 18:15
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    15 And ten young men, servants of Joab, came round Absalom and put an end to him.

  • Deut 13:10
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    10 Let him be stoned with stones till he is dead; because it was his purpose to make you false to the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

  • 1 Kgs 4:6
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    6 Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.

  • 2 Chr 10:6
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    6 Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?