1 Kings 12:17

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(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 11:13 : 13 But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”
  • 1 Kgs 11:36 : 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.
  • 2 Chr 10:17 : 17 (Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)
  • 2 Chr 11:13-17 : 13 The priests and Levites who lived throughout Israel supported him, no matter where they resided. 14 The 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. 15 Jeroboam appointed his own priests to serve at the worship centers and to lead in the worship of the goat idols and calf idols he had made. 16 Those among all the Israelite tribes who were determined to worship the LORD God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD God of their ancestors. 17 They supported the kingdom of Judah and were loyal to Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years; they followed the edicts of David and Solomon for three years.

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  • 2 Chr 10:16-19
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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 all Israel returned to their homes.

    17(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)

    18King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, the supervisor of the work crews, out after them, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.

    19So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day.

  • 1 Kgs 12:18-24
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    18King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the supervisor of the work crews, out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.

    19So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day.

    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.

    21When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

    22But God told Shemaiah the prophet,

    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 Chr 11:5
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    5Rehoboam’s Reign Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem; he built up these fortified cities throughout Judah:

  • 2 Chr 11:3
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    3“Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,

  • 2 Chr 12:16
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    16Then Rehoboam passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah replaced him as king.

  • 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.

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

    2Because they were unfaithful to the LORD, in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 11:17
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    17They supported the kingdom of Judah and were loyal to Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years; they followed the edicts of David and Solomon for three years.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1-3
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    1Rehoboam Loses His Kingdom Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.

    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,

  • 1 Kgs 12:27
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    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 14:29-30
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    29The rest of the events of Rehoboam’s reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

    30Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.

  • 2 Chr 12:11-13
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    11Whenever the king visited the LORD’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

    12So when Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; Judah experienced some good things.

    13King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; he was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. Rehoboam’s mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.

  • 2 Chr 13:18-19
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    18That day the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD God of their ancestors.

    19Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns.

  • 2 Chr 10:12-13
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    12Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said,“Return to me on the third day.”

    13The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

  • 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 14:21
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    21Rehoboam’s Reign over Judah Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. His mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.

  • 2 Chr 10:3
    71%

    3They sent for him and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 12:12-13
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    12Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said,“Return to me on the third day.”

    13The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

  • 2 Chr 11:1
    71%

    1When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

  • 1 Chr 5:17
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    17All of them were listed in the genealogical records in the time of King Jotham of Judah and in the time of King Jeroboam of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 17:19
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    19Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the LORD their God; they followed Israel’s example.

  • 2 Chr 10:1
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    1The Northern Tribes Rebel Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.

  • 2 Chr 13:15-16
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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.

    16The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, and God handed them over to the men of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 12:4-6
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    4He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.

    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.’”

    6The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said,“The LORD is just.”

  • 1 Kgs 12:6
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    6King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them,“How do you advise me to answer these people?”

  • 1 Kgs 11:43
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    43Then Solomon passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.

  • 2 Chr 10:6
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    6King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them,“How do you advise me to answer these people?”

  • 1 Kgs 15:6
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    6Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s lifetime.