1 Kings 12:25

Coverdale Bible (1535)

But Roboam buylded Sichem vpon mount Ephraim, and dwelt therin, and departed thence, and buylded Penuel.

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  • Judg 8:17 : 17 And the tower of Penuel brake he downe, and slewe the men of the cite.
  • Judg 8:8 : 8 And from thence he wente vp vnto Penuel, and spake euen so vnto them. And the me of Penuel gaue him like answere as they of Sucoth.
  • Gen 32:30-31 : 30 And Iacob called the place Peniel, for I haue sene God face to face, & my soule is recouered. 31 And as he came ouer fro Peniel, ye Sonne rose vpo him, & he halted vpon his thye.
  • Judg 9:45-49 : 45 The foughte Abimelech agaynst the cite all ye same daye, and wanne it, and slewe the people that was there in, and brake downe ye cite, and sowed salt theron. 46 Whan all the men of the tower of Sichem herde this, they wente in to a stronge holde of ye house of their God Berith. 47 But whan Abimelech herde, that all the men of the tower of Sichem had gathered the selues together, 48 he wente vp vnto mount Zelmon, and all the people that was with him, and toke an axe in his hade, and hewed downe a braunch of a tre, and toke it vp, & layed it vpon his shulder, and sayde vnto all the people that was with him: As ye haue sene me do, make ye haist, and do euen so as I. 49 Then all the people hewed downe euery one a brauch, and folowed Abimelech: and they layed them to the holde, and set fyre vpon them agaynst them and the holde: and all the men of the tower of Sichem dyed thorow the smoke and fyre, vpon a thousande men and wemen.
  • 1 Kgs 9:15 : 15 And the same is the summe of the taxe, that kynge Salomon raysed to the buyldinge of the house of the LORDE, and his awne house, & Millo, and the walles of Ierusalem, and Hasor, and Megiddo, and Gaser.
  • 1 Kgs 9:17-18 : 17 So Salomon buylded Gaser, & the lower Bethoron, 18 and Baelath and Thamar, in ye wyldernes, in the londe,
  • 1 Kgs 12:1 : 1 And Roboam wete vnto Sichem, for all Israel was come to Sichem to make him kynge.
  • 1 Kgs 15:17 : 17 Baesa the kynge of Israel wente vp agaynst Iuda, and buylded Rama, that no man shulde go out and in of Asas syde the kynge of Iuda.
  • 1 Kgs 16:24 : 24 He boughte the mount of Samaria of Semer for two hundreth weight of syluer, & buylded vpon the mount, and called the cite which he buylded, after ye name of Semer ye owner of ye mount of Samaria.
  • 2 Chr 11:5-9 : 5 As for Roboa, he dwelt at Ierusalem, and buylded vp the stronge cities in Iuda, 6 namely Bethlee, Etan, Tekoa, 7 Bethzur, Socho, Adulla, 8 Gath, Maresa, Siph, 9 Adoraim, Laches, Aseka, 10 Zarega, Aialon, and Hebron (which were the fensed cities in Iuda and BenIamin) 11 & he made them stronge, and set prynces therin, & prouyded them of vytayles, oyle and wyne, 12 and in all cities prepared he shildes and speares, and made them very stronge. And Iuda and BenIamin were vnder him.
  • Judg 9:1 : 1 Abimelech the sonne of Ierubaal, wente vnto Siche to his mothers brethren, & spake vnto them, & to all the kynred of his mothers fathers house, and sayde:

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  • 74%

    26Ieroboa thoughte in his hert: The kingdome shall fall agayne now vnto the house of Dauid,

    27yf this people go vp to offre in the LORDES house at Ierusalem, and so shall the hert of this people turne to their lorde Roboam kynge of Iuda, and the shal they slaye me, and fall agayne to Roboam kynge of Iuda.

    28And the kynge helde a councell and made two golden calues, and sayde vnto them: It is to moch for you to go to Ierusale: beholde, there is thy God (O Israel) which broughte ye out of Egipte.

    29And the one set he at Bethel, & the other in Dan.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1And Roboam wete vnto Sichem, for all Israel was come to Sichem to make him kynge.

    2And whan Ieroboam ye sonne of Nebat herde that, while he was yet in Egipte (whither he was fled for Salomon) he came agayne out of Egipte.

    3And they sent for him, and called him. And Ieroboam with all the congregacion of Israel came and spake to Roboam, and sayde:

  • 2 Chr 10:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1Roboam wente vnto Sichem: for all Israel was come vnto Sichem: to make him kinge.

    2And whan Ieroboa the sonne of Nebat herde that, which was in Egipte ( whither he was fled for kynge Salomon) he came agayne out of Egipte.

  • 2 Chr 11:3-6
    4 verses
    69%

    3Speake to Roboam the sonne of Salomon kynge of Iuda, and to all Israel yt are in Iuda and BenIamin, and saye:

    4Thus sayeth the LORDE: Ye shal not go vp, ner fyght agaynst youre brethren: let euery man go home agayne, for this is my dede. They herkened vnto the wordes of ye LORDE, and wete not forth agaynst Ieroboa.

    5As for Roboa, he dwelt at Ierusalem, and buylded vp the stronge cities in Iuda,

    6namely Bethlee, Etan, Tekoa,

  • 19And Abia folowed vpon Ieroboam, and wanne cities fro him, Bethel with the vyllages therof, Iesana wt hir vyllages, and Ephron with the villages therof,

  • Judg 9:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6And all the men of Sichem, and all the house of Millo gathered them selues together, and wente and made Abimelech kynge by the Oke that stondeth at Sichem.

    7Whan this was tolde Iotham, he wente, and stode vpon the toppe of mount Grisim, and lifte vp his voyce, cried, and sayde: Heare me ye men of Sichem, that God maye heare you also

  • 24Thus sayeth the LORDE: Ye shall not go vp and fighte agaynst youre brethren the children of Israel. Let euery man go home agayne, for this is my dede. And they herkened vnto the worde of the LORDE, and turned back, to go their waye, as the LORDE sayde.

  • 20Now whan all Israel herde, that Ieroboam was come againe, they sent for to call him to the whole congregacion, and made him kynge ouer all Israel. And no man folowed the house of Dauid, saue onely the tribe of Iuda.

  • 67%

    32For it shal come to passe, that he cried (thorow the worde of the LORDE) against Bethel, and agaynst all ye houses of the hye places, which are in the cities of Samaria.

    33Howbeit after this acte dyd not Ieroboa turne from his euell waye, but was peruerted, and made prestes of the hye places, eue of the smallest of the people: Loke whom it pleased him, his handes he fylled, & he was prest of the hye places.

    34And this turned to synne vnto the house of Ieroboa, to destroye him and to brynge him to naughte.

  • 67%

    31He made an house also in the hye places, and made prestes of the smallest in the people, which were not of the childre of Leui.

    32And vpon the fiftene daye of the eighte moneth he made an holy daye, like as the solempne feast in Iuda, and offered vpon the altare. Thus dyd he at Bethel, in doynge sacrifice vnto the calues which he had made,and at Bethel he ordeyned the prestes of the hye places that he had made:

  • 66%

    26Morouer Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat an Ephraite Salomons seruaunt (and his mothers name was Zeruga, a wedowe) lifte vp his hande also agaynst the kynge.

    27And this is the cause wherfore he lifte vp his hande agaynst the kynge: Whan Salomon buylded Millo, he shut vp a gappe in the cite of Dauid his father.

    28And Ieroboam was a ma of armes. And whan Salomon sawe that it was a mete yonge man, he set him ouer all the burthens of the house of Ioseph.

    29But at the same tyme it fortuned, that Ieroboam wente out from Ierusalem, and the prophet Ahias of Silo founde him by the waye, and he had a new cloke vpon him, and they two were alone in the felde.

  • 20and there he set vp an altare, and called vpon the name of the mightie God of Israel.

  • 21for Israel was deuyded from the house of Dauid. And they made the a kynge, one Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which turned Israel back from ye LORDE, & caused the to synne so sore.

  • 4And Abia gatt him vp vpon the hyll Zemaraim, which lyeth vpon mount Ephraim and sayde: Herken vnto me thou Ieroboam and all Israel:

  • Judg 8:8-9
    2 verses
    65%

    8And from thence he wente vp vnto Penuel, and spake euen so vnto them. And the me of Penuel gaue him like answere as they of Sucoth.

    9And he sayde also vnto the men of Penuel: Yf I come peaceably agayne, I wil breake downe this tower.

  • 18Afterwarde came Iacob peaceably vnto the cite of Sichem, which lyeth in ye lande of Canaan, after that he was come agayne out of Mesopotamia, and pitched before the cite,

  • 17And the tower of Penuel brake he downe, and slewe the men of the cite.

  • 40But Salomon soughte to kyll Ieroboam. Then Ieroboam gat him vp, and fled in to Egipte to Sisak the kynge of Egipte, and remayned in Egipte, tyll Salomon dyed.

  • 24and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE: for he departed not fro the synnes of Ieroboam ye sonne of Nebat, which caused Israel for to synne.

  • 7Go thy waye and tell Ieroboam: Thus sayeth ye LORDE God of Israel: I haue exalted the from amonge the people, and set the to be prynce ouer my people of Israel,

  • 1Abimelech the sonne of Ierubaal, wente vnto Siche to his mothers brethren, & spake vnto them, & to all the kynred of his mothers fathers house, and sayde:

  • 46Whan all the men of the tower of Sichem herde this, they wente in to a stronge holde of ye house of their God Berith.

  • 31Asriel: of whom commeth the kynred of the Asrielites. Siche: of whom cometh the kynred of ye Sichemites.

  • 15Thus the kynge folowed not the peoples mynde, for he was turned so fro the LORDE, that he mighte stablish his worde which he spake by Ahias of Silo vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat.

  • 7and there he buylded an altare, and called ye place Bethel, because the LORDE appeared vnto him there, whan he fled from his brother.

  • 12And he gat him vp, wente his waye, and came to Samaria. By the waye there was a shepherdes house,

  • 4and he wanne the stroge cities that were in Iuda, and came to Ierusalem.

  • 27and turneth towarde the east vnto Beth Dagon, and bordreth on Zabulon, and on the valley of Iephtael, and towarde the north syde of Beth Emek and Negiel: & commeth out vnto Cabul on the lefte syde

  • 25And the men of Sichem set an hynder watch vpon the toppes of the mountaynes, and spoyled all them that walked nye them by the waye, and it was tolde Abimelech.

  • 24He boughte the mount of Samaria of Semer for two hundreth weight of syluer, & buylded vpon the mount, and called the cite which he buylded, after ye name of Semer ye owner of ye mount of Samaria.