1 Kings 12:17

World English Bible (2000)

But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 11:13 : 13 However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen."
  • 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 To his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
  • 2 Chr 10:17 : 17 But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
  • 2 Chr 11:13-17 : 13 The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border. 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office to Yahweh; 15 and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the male goats, and for the calves which he had made. 16 After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers. 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.

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  • 2 Chr 10:16-19
    4 verses
    97%

    16When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, "What portion have we in David? Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David." So all Israel departed to their tents.

    17But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

    18Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get himself up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

    19So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.

  • 1 Kgs 12:18-24
    7 verses
    77%

    18Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

    19So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.

    20It happened, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

    21When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and 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 again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

    22But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

    23"Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,

    24'Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers, the children of Israel. Everyone return to his house; for this thing is of me."'" So they listened to the word of Yahweh, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Yahweh.

  • 2 Chr 11:5
    77%

    5Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.

  • 2 Chr 11:3
    76%

    3"Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

  • 2 Chr 12:16
    76%

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:16
    75%

    16When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, "What portion have we in David? Neither do we have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David." So Israel departed to their tents.

  • 2 Chr 12:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.

    2It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Yahweh,

  • 2 Chr 11:17
    74%

    17So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

    2It happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt,

    3and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 12:27
    74%

    27If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah."

  • 1 Kgs 14:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

    30There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

  • 2 Chr 12:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    11It was so, that as often as the king entered into the house of Yahweh, the guard came and bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.

    12When he humbled himself, the wrath of Yahweh turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things [found].

    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 Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

  • 2 Chr 13:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied on Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

    19Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephron with its towns.

  • 2 Chr 10:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, "Come to me again the third day."

    13The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

  • 2 Kgs 17:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21For he tore Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Yahweh, and made them sin a great sin.

    22The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they didn't depart from them;

  • 1 Kgs 14:21
    71%

    21Rehoboam 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 Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

  • 2 Chr 10:3
    71%

    3They sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 12:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, "Come to me again the third day."

    13The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

  • 2 Chr 11:1
    71%

    1When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

  • 1 Chr 5:17
    71%

    17All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 17:19
    71%

    19Also Judah didn't keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

  • 2 Chr 10:1
    70%

    1Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

  • 2 Chr 13:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it happened, that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

    16The children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.

  • 2 Chr 12:4-6
    3 verses
    70%

    4He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

    5Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, "Thus says Yahweh, 'You have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.'"

    6Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, "Yahweh is righteous."

  • 1 Kgs 12:6
    70%

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

  • 1 Kgs 11:43
    69%

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

  • 2 Chr 10:6
    69%

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

  • 1 Kgs 15:6
    69%

    6Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.