1 Kings 12:15

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The king refused to listen to the people, because the LORD was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

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  • 1 Kgs 12:24 : 24 ‘This is what the LORD has said:“Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home. Indeed this thing has happened because of me.”’” So they obeyed the LORD’s message. They went home in keeping with the LORD’s message.
  • Deut 2:30 : 30 But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the LORD our God had made him obstinate and stubborn so that he might deliver him over to you this very day.
  • Judg 14:4 : 4 Now his father and mother did not realize this was the LORD’s doing, because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines(for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).
  • 1 Kgs 11:11 : 11 So the LORD said to Solomon,“Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
  • 2 Chr 10:15 : 15 The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
  • 2 Chr 22:7 : 7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had commissioned to wipe out Ahab’s family.
  • 2 Chr 25:20 : 20 But Amaziah did not heed the warning, for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom.
  • Ps 5:10 : 10 Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.
  • Isa 14:13-17 : 13 You said to yourself,“I will climb up to the sky. Above the stars of El I will set up my throne. I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon. 14 I will climb up to the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High!” 15 But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the Pit. 16 Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully, thinking:“Is this the man who shook the earth, the one who made kingdoms tremble? 17 Is this the one who made the world like a wilderness, who ruined its cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?”’
  • Isa 46:10-11 : 10 who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says,‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’ 11 who summons an eagle from the east, from a distant land, one who carries out my plan. Yes, I have decreed, yes, I will bring it to pass; I have formulated a plan, yes, I will carry it out.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him,‘What have you done?’
  • Amos 3:6 : 6 If an alarm sounds in a city, do people not fear? If disaster overtakes a city, is the LORD not responsible?
  • John 19:23-24 : 23 Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained.(Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.) 24 So the soldiers said to one another,“Let’s not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it.” This took place to fulfill the scripture that says,“They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice.” So the soldiers did these things.
  • John 19:28-29 : 28 Jesus’ Death After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said(in order to fulfill the scripture),“I am thirsty!” 29 A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth.
  • John 19:32-37 : 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out immediately. 35 And the person who saw it has testified(and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe. 36 For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled,“Not a bone of his will be broken.” 37 And again another scripture says,“They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.
  • Acts 3:17 : 17 And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too.
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.
  • Acts 13:27-29 : 27 For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him. 28 Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed. 29 When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.
  • 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 The Preeminent One of Israel does not go back on his word or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.”
  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said,“The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel.” Now the LORD had decided to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the LORD could bring disaster on Absalom.
  • 1 Kgs 22:23 : 23 So now, look, the LORD has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, but the LORD has decreed disaster for you.”
  • 2 Kgs 9:36 : 36 So they went back and told him. Then he said,“It is the fulfillment of the LORD’s message that he had spoken through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite,‘In the plot of land at Jezreel, dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.
  • 2 Kgs 10:10 : 10 Therefore take note that not one of the LORD’s words which he pronounced against Ahab’s dynasty will fail to materialize. The LORD has done what he announced through his servant Elijah.”
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 While he was speaking, Amaziah said to him,“Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” So the prophet stopped, but added,“I know that God has decided to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”
  • 1 Kgs 11:29-38 : 29 At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah was wearing a brand new robe, 30 and he grabbed the robe and tore it into twelve pieces. 31 Then he told Jeroboam,“Take ten pieces, for this is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you. 32 He will retain one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. 33 I am taking the kingdom from him because they have abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did. 34 I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules. 35 I will take the kingdom from the hand of his son and give ten tribes to you. 36 I will leave his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home. 37 I will select you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel. 38 You must obey all I command you to do, follow my instructions, do what I approve, and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; I will give you Israel.

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  • 2 Chr 10:15-16
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    15The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

    16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king,“We have no portion in David– no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So all Israel returned to their homes.

  • 1 Kgs 12:16
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    16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king,“We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So Israel returned to their homes.

  • 1 Kgs 14:7-8
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    7Go, tell Jeroboam,‘This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:“I raised you up from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel.

    8I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve.

  • 1 Kgs 12:13-14
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    13The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

    14and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said,“My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”

  • 2 Chr 11:2-4
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    2But the LORD’s message came to the prophet Shemaiah,

    3“Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,

    4‘The LORD says this:“Do not attack and make war with your brothers. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” They obeyed the LORD and called off the attack against Jeroboam.

  • 1 Kgs 12:26-27
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    26Jeroboam then thought to himself:“Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom.

    27If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem, their loyalty could shift to their former master, King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

  • 1 Kgs 14:14
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    14The LORD will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam’s dynasty. It is ready to happen!

  • 1 Kgs 12:20
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    20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty.

  • 1 Kgs 12:23-24
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    23“Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah, and to all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the rest of the people,

    24‘This is what the LORD has said:“Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home. Indeed this thing has happened because of me.”’” So they obeyed the LORD’s message. They went home in keeping with the LORD’s message.

  • 2 Kgs 17:21-22
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    21He tore Israel away from David’s dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from the LORD and encouraged them to commit a serious sin.

    22The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam and did not repudiate them.

  • 1 Kgs 15:29-30
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    29When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, in keeping with the LORD’s message that he had spoken through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.

    30This happened because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit. These sins angered the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 14:2
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    2Jeroboam told his wife,“Disguise yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there.

  • 1 Kgs 12:2-3
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    2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

    3They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 2 Chr 34:26
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    26Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the LORD:“This is what the LORD God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:

  • 1 Kgs 14:16
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    16He will hand Israel over to their enemies because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit.”

  • 2 Chr 13:8
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    8Now you are declaring that you will resist the LORD’s rule through the Davidic dynasty. You have a huge army, and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

  • 1 Kgs 13:34
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    34This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
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    18Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the LORD:“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said concerning the words you have heard:

  • 2 Kgs 15:28
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    28He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 1 Sam 12:15
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    15But if you don’t obey the LORD and rebel against what the LORD says, the hand of the LORD will be against both you and your king.

  • 1 Kgs 13:32
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    32because the message that he announced as the LORD’s message against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north will certainly be fulfilled.”

  • Jer 37:2
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    2Neither he nor the officials who served him nor the people of Judah paid any attention to what the LORD said through the prophet Jeremiah.

  • 1 Kgs 11:31
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    31Then he told Jeroboam,“Take ten pieces, for this is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.

  • 2 Chr 25:7
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    7But a prophet visited him and said:“O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites.

  • 2 Chr 21:12
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    12Jehoram received this letter from Elijah the prophet:“This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says:‘You have not followed in the footsteps of your father Jehoshaphat and of King Asa of Judah,

  • 2 Chr 25:15
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    15The LORD was angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said,“Why are you following these gods that could not deliver their own people from your power?”

  • 2 Chr 13:15
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    15and the men of Judah gave the battle cry. As the men of Judah gave the battle cry, God struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 11:11
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    11So the LORD said to Solomon,“Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

  • 1 Kgs 14:4-5
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    4Jeroboam’s wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age.

    5But the LORD had told Ahijah,“Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her such-and-such. When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”

  • 2 Kgs 14:27
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    27The LORD had not decreed that he would blot out Israel’s memory from under heaven, so he delivered them through Jeroboam son of Joash.

  • 1 Sam 12:13
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    13Now look! Here is the king you have chosen– the one that you asked for! Look, the LORD has given you a king!

  • 2 Chr 12:1
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    1After Rehoboam’s rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 10:2
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    2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

  • 2 Chr 25:20
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    20But Amaziah did not heed the warning, for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom.

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    14He did evil because he was not determined to follow the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 10:31
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    31But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the LORD God of Israel. He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit.

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    14The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the LORD’s priests.

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    5Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them,“This is what the LORD says:‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’”

  • 1 Sam 8:7
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    7The LORD said to Samuel,“Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.