2 Chronicles 11:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong for three years, because three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.

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  • 2 Chr 12:1 : 1 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.
  • Hos 6:4 : 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? for your goodness is like a morning cloud, and as the early dew it vanishes.
  • Matt 13:20-21 : 20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But they have no root and last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
  • 2 Chr 1:1-9 : 1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. 2 Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers. 3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. 4 But the ark of God David had brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. 5 Moreover the bronze altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. 6 And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. 7 In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you. 8 And Solomon said to God, You have shown great mercy to David my father, and have made me to reign in his place. 9 Now, O LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this your people, that is so great? 11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of your enemies, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king: 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before you, neither shall any after you have the like.
  • 2 Chr 7:17-19 : 17 As for you, if you will walk before Me, as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and keep My statutes and My judgments; 18 Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I have covenanted with David your father, saying, You shall not fail to have a man to be ruler in Israel. 19 But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them;
  • 2 Chr 8:13-16 : 13 Even according to a certain schedule every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. 14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their tasks, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so David the man of God had commanded. 15 And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. 16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:17
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    17But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

  • 2 Chr 10:17
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    17But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

  • 2 Chr 12:1
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    1And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 12:5-6
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    5And he said to them, Depart for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

    6And King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do you advise that I should answer this people?

  • 2 Chr 11:18
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    18And Rehoboam took Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David as a wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.

  • 2 Chr 10:12-13
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    12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had said, Come again to me on the third day.

    13And the king answered them roughly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men.

  • 2 Chr 10:5-6
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    5And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. So the people departed.

    6And King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel do you give me to return an answer to this people?

  • 1 Kgs 11:42-43
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    42And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

    43And Solomon rested with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Chr 1:1
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    1And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

  • 1 Kgs 12:12
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    12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

  • 2 Chr 17:1
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    1And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.

  • 2 Chr 11:5
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    5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem and built cities for defense in Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 14:21
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    21And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD chose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.

  • 2 Chr 13:7
    71%

    7And there gathered to him worthless men, sons of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not resist them.

  • 1 Kgs 12:3
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    3that they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 1 Chr 3:10
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    10And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son.

  • 2 Chr 9:30-31
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    30Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.

    31Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Chr 23:3
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    3And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said to them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD has said of the sons of David.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
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    1And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

  • 2 Chr 10:3
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    3And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 2 Chr 12:13
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    13So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.

  • 2 Sam 5:5
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    5In Hebron, he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 2:11-12
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    11And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron, and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.

    12Then Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established.

  • 2 Chr 12:16
    69%

    16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
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    1When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he gathered from the house of Judah and Benjamin one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam.

  • 1 Kgs 12:20-21
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    20And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel; there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

    21And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 3:14
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    14And if you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1-2
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    1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.

    2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 2 Chr 13:1
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    1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 14:29-30
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    29Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

    30And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

  • 2 Sam 3:1
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    1Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. But David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

  • 2 Sam 2:11
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    11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

  • 1 Kgs 15:6
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    6And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

  • 1 Chr 29:23
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    23Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

  • 2 Chr 11:22
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    22Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

  • 2 Chr 11:16
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    16After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD God of their fathers.

  • 1 Chr 3:4
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    4These six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem, he reigned thirty-three years.

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    1So when David was old and full of years, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

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

  • 1 Chr 11:10
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    10These are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.