1 Kings 12:3

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So they sent, and called him: and Ieroboam and all the congregation of Is-Israel came, & spake vnto Rehoboam, saying:

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  • 2 Chr 10:1-7
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    1And Rehoboam went to Sichem: for to Sichem were all Israel come together to make him king.

    2And when Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat (which was fled into Egypt from the presence of Solomon the king) heard it, he returned out of Egypt.

    3And they sent and called him: And so Ieroboam and all they of Israel, came and communed with Rehoboam, saying:

    4Thy father layde a greeuous yoke vpon vs: nowe therefore remit thou somewhat of the greeuous seruice of thy fafather, & of his heauy yoke that he put vpon vs, and we wyll serue thee.

    5And he saide to them: Come againe vnto me after three dayes. And the people departed.

    6And king Rehoboam counsailed with the elders that had stande before Solomon his father while he yet lyued, and he saide: what counsaile geue ye me, to aunswere this people againe?

    7And they tolde him, saying: If thou be kinde to this people, and shewe thy selfe lowlie to them, and speake louyng wordes to them, they wyll be thy seruauntes for euer.

  • 1 Kgs 12:12-13
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    12And so Ieroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the thirde day, as the king had appoynted, saying, Come to me againe the thirde day.

    13And the king aunswered the people churlishly, and left the old mens counsel that they gaue him:

  • 2 Chr 10:12-13
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    12And so Ieroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come againe to me the third day.

    13And the king aunswered them cruelly: and king Rehoboam left the counsaile of the aged men,

  • 2 Chr 11:1-4
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    1And when Rehoboam was come to Hierusalem, he gathered of the house of Iuda and Beniamin, nine score thousand chosen men of warre, to fight against Israel, & to bring the kingdome againe to Rehoboam.

    2And the worde of the Lorde came to Semiahu the man of God, saying:

    3Speake vnto Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon king of Iuda, & to all them of Israel that are in Iuda and Beniamin, and say:

    4Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go vp nor fight against your brethren: returne euery man to his house, for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the wordes of the Lorde, and returned from going against Ieroboam.

  • 1 Kgs 12:4-7
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    4Thy father made our yocke greeuous, nowe therfore make thou the greenous seruice of thy father and his sore yocke whiche he put vpon vs, lighter, and we will serue thee.

    5And he sayde vnto them: Depart yet for the space of three dayes, and then come againe to me. And the people departed.

    6And king Rehoboam toke counsel with the olde men that stoode before Solomon his father, while he yet lyued, and sayd: What counsel geue ye, that I may haue matter to aunswere this people?

    7And they sayd vnto him: If thou be a seruaunt vnto this people this day, and folowe their mindes, and aunswere them, & speake kinde wordes to them, they will be thy seruauntes for euer.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1-2
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    1And Rehoboam went to Siche: for all Israel were come to Sichem, to make him king.

    2And when Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat whiche was yet in Egypt, heard of it: for he fled to Egypt from the presence of king Solomon, and dwelt in Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 12:15-23
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    15And the king hearkened not vnto the people: for it was the ordinaunce of God, that he might perfourme his saying, whiche the Lord spake by Ahia the Silonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat.

    16And so when all Israel sawe that the king regarded them not, the people aunswered the king with these wordes, saying: What portion haue we in Dauid? we haue no inheritaunce in the sonne of Isai: To your tentes O Israel, nowe see to thyne owne house Dauid. And so Israel departed vnto their tentes.

    17Howebeit, ouer the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Iuda, dyd Rehoboam raigne still.

    18The king Rehoboam sent Aduram the receauer of the tribute, and all they of Israel stoned him to death: But king Rehoboam made speede to get him vp to his charet, and to flee to Hierusalem.

    19And they of Israel rebelled against the house of Dauid, vnto this day.

    20And when al Israel heard that Ieroboam was come againe, they sent, and called him vnto the multitude, and made him king ouer al Israel: and there was no tribe that folowed the house of Dauid, but Iuda onely.

    21And when Rehoboam was come to Hierusalem, he gathered all the house of Iuda, with the tribe of Beniamin, an hundred and fourescore thousande of chosen men which were good warriours, to fight against the house of Israel, and to bring the kingdome againe to Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon.

    22And the worde of God came vnto Semaia the man of God, saying:

    23Speake vnto Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon king of Iuda, & vnto all the house of Iuda and Beniamin, & to the remnaunt of the people, saying:

  • 1 Kgs 12:26-28
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    26And Ieroboam thought in his heart: nowe shall the kingdome returne to the house of Dauid.

    27For if this people go vp and do sacrifice in the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem, then shall the heart of this people turne againe vnto their lorde Rehoboam king of Iuda, and so shal they kill me, and go againe to Rehoboam king of Iuda.

    28Wherupon the king toke counsel, and made two calues of golde, and sayd vnto them, It is muche for you to go vp to Hierusalem: Behold O Israel, these are thy goddes, which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt.

  • 2 Kgs 23:1
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    1And then the king sent, and there gathered vnto him all the elders of Iuda and of Hierusalem.

  • 2 Chr 12:1-2
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    1And 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.

    2And it fortuned, that in the fifth yere of king Rehoboam, Sesac the king of Egypt came vp against Hierusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lorde,

  • 2 Chr 10:17
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    17So that Rehoboam raigned ouer no mo of the children of Israel then dwelt in the cities of Iuda.

  • 2 Chr 13:6-8
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    6And Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat the seruaunt of Solomon the sonne of Dauid is risen vp, and hath rebelled against his lorde.

    7And there gathered to him lewde men, the children of Belial, and preuailed against Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender hearted, and could not stand before them.

    8And now ye say, that ye be able to preuaile against the kingdome of the Lord, which is in the hande of the sonnes of Dauid, and ye be a great multitude, and haue the golden calues which Ieroboam made you for gods.

  • 2 Chr 13:4
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    4And Abia stoode vp vpon Zemaraim, an hill which is in mount Ephraim, and saide: Heare me thou Ieroboam and al Israel.

  • Josh 22:15
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    15And they went vnto the children of Ruben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of the halfe tribe of Manasses, vnto the lande of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying:

  • 2 Chr 11:13
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    13And the priestes and the Leuites that were in all Israel, resorted to him out of all their coastes.

  • 2 Chr 11:17
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    17And so they strengthed the kingdome of Iuda, & made Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon mightie three yeres long: for three yeres they walked in the way of Dauid and Solomon.

  • 2 Kgs 17:21
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    21For he cut of Israel from the house of Dauid, and made them a king, euen Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat: And Ieroboam drewe Israel away that they shoulde not folowe the Lorde, and made them sinne a great sinne.

  • 1 Kgs 14:6-7
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    6But when Ahia heard the sounde of her feete as she came in at the doore, he sayd: Come in thou wyfe of Ieroboam, why faynest thou thy selfe so to be another? I am sent to thee to shew thee heauy thynges.

    7Go, tell Ieroboam, thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel: It repenteth me forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince ouer my people Israel,

  • 2 Chr 12:6
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    6Whereupon the lordes of Israel and the king humbled themselues, and said: The Lorde is righteous.

  • 2 Chr 34:29
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    29Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Iuda and Hierusalem:

  • 2 Chr 13:15
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    15And the men of Iuda gaue a showte: And as the men of Iuda showted, it came to passe that God smote Ieroboam and all Israel before Abia and Iuda.