1 Kings 12:21

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When 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.

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  • 2 Chr 11:1-3 : 1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam. 2 But 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,
  • 2 Chr 14:8 : 8 Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, equipped with large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from Benjamin who carried small shields and were adept archers; they were all skilled warriors.
  • 2 Chr 14:11 : 11 Asa prayed to the LORD his God:“O LORD, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. O LORD, you are our God; don’t let men prevail against you!”
  • 2 Chr 17:14-19 : 14 These were their divisions by families: There were a thousand officers from Judah. Adnah the commander led 300,000 skilled warriors, 15 Jehochanan the commander led 280,000. 16 and Amasiah son of Zikri, who volunteered to serve the LORD, led 200,000 skilled warriors. 17 From Benjamin, Eliada, a skilled warrior, led 200,000 men who were equipped with bows and shields, 18 and Jehozabad led 180,000 trained warriors. 19 These were the ones who served the king, besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
  • Prov 21:30-31 : 30 There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD. 31 A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory is from the LORD.
  • 1 Chr 21:5 : 5 Joab reported to David the number of warriors. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers.

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  • 2 Chr 11:1-3
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    1When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

    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,

  • 1 Kgs 12:20
    78%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 13:3
    77%

    3Abijah launched the attack with 400,000 well-trained warriors, while Jeroboam deployed against him 800,000 well-trained warriors.

  • 1 Kgs 12:22-24
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    76%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 21:5
    76%

    5Joab reported to David the number of warriors. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers.

  • 2 Chr 14:8
    75%

    8Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, equipped with large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from Benjamin who carried small shields and were adept archers; they were all skilled warriors.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
    75%

    1Rehoboam Loses His Kingdom Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.

  • 2 Chr 17:17-18
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    17From Benjamin, Eliada, a skilled warrior, led 200,000 men who were equipped with bows and shields,

    18and Jehozabad led 180,000 trained warriors.

  • 1 Kgs 12:3
    74%

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

  • 1 Chr 12:37-38
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    37From the other side of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons.

    38All these men were warriors who were ready to march. They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel by acclamation; all the rest of the Israelites also were in agreement that David should become king.

  • Judg 20:17
    74%

    17The men of Israel(not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.

  • 1 Chr 12:23-24
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    73%

    23Support for David in Hebron The following is a record of the armed warriors who came with their leaders and joined David in Hebron in order to make David king in Saul’s place, in accordance with the LORD’s decree:

    24From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears.

  • Judg 20:2
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    2The leaders of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.

  • 2 Sam 24:9
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    9Joab reported the number of warriors to the king. In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.

  • 2 Chr 10:1
    72%

    1The Northern Tribes Rebel Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.

  • 2 Chr 13:7
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    7Lawless good-for-nothing men gathered around him and conspired against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man and could not resist them.

  • 1 Chr 12:30-31
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    30From Ephraim there were 20,800 warriors, who had brought fame to their families.

    31From the half-tribe of Manasseh there were 18,000 who had been designated by name to come and make David king.

  • Judg 20:14-15
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    14The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites.

    15That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah.

  • 2 Sam 6:1
    72%

    1David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem David again assembled all the best men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.

  • 1 Kgs 12:17
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    17(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)

  • 2 Chr 10:3
    71%

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

  • 2 Chr 15:9
    71%

    9He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

  • 2 Chr 25:5
    71%

    5Amaziah assembled the people of Judah and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age equipped with spears and shields.

  • 1 Chr 5:18
    71%

    18The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their combined armies, warriors who carried shields and swords, were equipped with bows, and were trained for war.

  • 1 Sam 11:8
    71%

    8When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000 strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000.

  • 2 Chr 13:17
    71%

    17Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead.

  • 2 Chr 10:17
    71%

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

  • 2 Chr 2:17
    70%

    17Solomon took a census of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.

  • 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 20:15
    70%

    15So Ahab assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000.

  • 2 Sam 17:11
    70%

    11My advice therefore is this: Let all Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba– in number like the sand by the sea!– be mustered to you, and you lead them personally into battle.

  • 1 Kgs 12:12
    70%

    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.”

  • 2 Chr 12:4
    70%

    4He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 13:15
    70%

    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 Chr 12:16
    70%

    16Some from Benjamin and Judah also came to David’s stronghold.

  • Josh 22:12
    70%

    12When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to launch an attack against them.

  • 2 Chr 26:13
    69%

    13They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend the king against his enemies.

  • Num 1:37
    69%

    37Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.

  • Judg 20:25
    69%

    25The Benjaminites again attacked them from Gibeah and struck down eighteen thousand sword-wielding Israelite soldiers.

  • 2 Chr 11:17
    69%

    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.