1 Kings 12:5
He said to them,“Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.
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- 1 Kgs 12:12 : 12 Jeroboam 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.”
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- 2 Chr 10:1-77 verses95%
1The Northern Tribes Rebel 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. Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
3They sent for him and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
4“Your father made us work too hard! Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”
5He said to them,“Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.
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?”
7They said to him,“If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.”
- 1 Kgs 12:11-133 verses85%
11My 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.’”
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 10:12-143 verses84%
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
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.”
- 1 Kgs 12:6-72 verses79%
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?”
7They said to him,“Today if you will be a servant to these people and grant their request, speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.”
- 1 Kgs 12:1-44 verses78%
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,
4“Your father made us work too hard. Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”
- 2 Chr 11:1-44 verses77%
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,
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 12:21-244 verses74%
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.
- 72%
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 12:26-283 verses72%
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.”
28After the king had consulted with his advisers, he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people,“It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
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9He asked them,“How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me,‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”
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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.’”
- 2 Chr 12:1-22 verses69%
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.
- 69%
9He asked them,“How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me,‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”
- 1 Kgs 12:15-173 verses68%
15The 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.
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.
17(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)
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4Then the king said to Amasa,“Call the men of Judah together for me in three days, and you be present here with them too.”
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53King Solomon sent men to bring him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him,“Go home.”
- 2 Chr 10:16-172 verses67%
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.)
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18“The elders will listen to you, and then you and the elders of Israel must go to the king of Egypt and tell him,‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
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3One of them said,“Please come along with your servants.” He replied,“All right, I’ll come.”
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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.
- 66%
8Everyone who did not come within three days would thereby forfeit all his property, in keeping with the counsel of the officials and the elders. Furthermore, he himself would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.
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16Then Rehoboam passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah replaced him as king.
- 65%
17The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing at a spot some distance away.