2 Chronicles 12:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • 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.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it came to pass, when the kingdom{H4438} of Rehoboam{H7346} was established,{H3559} and he was strong,{H2393} that he forsook{H5800} the law{H8451} of Jehovah,{H3068} and all Israel{H3478} with him.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it came to pass, when Rehoboam{H7346} had established{H3559}{(H8687)} the kingdom{H4438}, and had strengthened{H2393} himself, he forsook{H5800}{(H8804)} the law{H8451} of the LORD{H3068}, and all Israel{H3478} with him.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Bvt wha the kyngdome of Roboam was confirmed and stablyshed, he forsoke the lawe of the LORDE & all Israel with him.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And when Rehoboam had established the kingdome and made it strong, hee forsooke the Lawe of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And it came to passe, that when Rehoboam had stablished the kingdome & became mightie, he forsooke the law of the Lorde, and all Israel with him.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And it cometh to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he hath forsaken the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    After Rehoboam’s rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the LORD.

Referenced Verses

  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 12:2
    79%

    2 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem because they had been unfaithful to the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all of Israel had come to Shechem to crown him king.

    2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this—he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon—he remained in Egypt.

    3 They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the entire assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam.

  • 2 Chr 12:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5 Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah, who had gathered in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, "This is what the LORD says: 'You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to Shishak.'"

    6 The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous."

  • 2 Chr 12:14
    76%

    14 He did evil because he did not resolve in his heart to seek the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 12:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12 Three days later, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had instructed them, saying, "Come back to me on the third day."

    13 But the king answered the people harshly, rejecting the advice given to him by the elders.

  • 2 Chr 10:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12 On the third day, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, "Come back to me in three days."

    13 The king answered them harshly. Rejecting the advice of the elders,

  • 1 Kgs 12:15-17
    3 verses
    74%

    15 So the king refused to listen to the people, for this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word spoken by the LORD through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

    16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king: "What share do we have in David, what part in Jesse's son? To your tents, Israel! Look after your own house, David!" So the Israelites went home.

    17 But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah, Rehoboam still ruled over them.

  • 2 Chr 10:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 Rehoboam went to Shechem because all Israel had gathered there to make him king.

    2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this—he was in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon—he returned from Egypt.

    3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he came with all Israel. Together, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 2 Chr 12:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 Whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would carry the shields, and then they would return them to the guardroom.

    12 When Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD's anger turned away from him, and He did not completely destroy him. Furthermore, there were still good things in Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 17:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21 For when Israel was torn from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the Lord and led them into great sin.

    22 The Israelites persisted in all the sins Jeroboam committed and did not turn away from them.

  • 2 Chr 10:17
    73%

    17 But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah, Rehoboam continued to reign over them.

  • 2 Chr 11:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered the house of Judah and Benjamin—one hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors—to go to war against Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

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

    3 “Say to Rehoboam, son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

  • 2 Chr 11:17
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 12:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

    20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent for him and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.

    21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—a total of 180,000 able young men to go to war against Israel and to regain the kingdom for Rehoboam son of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 12:16
    72%

    16 Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David. His son Abijah succeeded him as king.

  • 1 Kgs 14:25
    72%

    25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 11:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 Although He commanded Solomon not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD's command.

    11 So the LORD said to Solomon, 'Since this is your attitude and you have not kept My covenant and decrees, which I commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates.'

  • 1 Kgs 14:29
    71%

    29 As for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and everything he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

  • 1 Kgs 12:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27 If these people go up to worship at the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.

    28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.

  • Jer 9:13
    71%

    13 Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and went after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.

  • 2 Chr 10:19
    71%

    19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

  • 2 Chr 13:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7 Then worthless and reckless men gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam, son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and inexperienced and could not stand against them.

    8 And now you think you can stand firm against the kingdom of the LORD in the hands of David’s descendants because you have a great multitude and golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

  • Jer 16:11
    70%

    11 Then you are to answer them: 'It is because your ancestors abandoned Me,' declares the LORD, 'and followed other gods, served them, and worshiped them. But they abandoned Me and did not keep My law.

  • 1 Kgs 12:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5 Rehoboam replied, "Come back to me in three days," so the people departed.

    6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was alive. He asked, "How do you advise me to answer these people?"

  • 2 Chr 11:5
    69%

    5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defense in Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 12:23
    69%

    23 "Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, to all Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people,

  • 2 Kgs 21:22
    69%

    22 He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 11:14
    69%

    14 For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 10:31
    69%

    31 But Jehu did not walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

  • 2 Kgs 17:19
    69%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 11:33
    69%

    33 'For they have forsaken Me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, done what is right in My sight, or kept My statutes and judgments as David, his father, did.'