1 Kings 12:18

World English Bible (2000)

Then 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.

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  • 1 Kgs 4:6 : 6 and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
  • 1 Kgs 5:14 : 14 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.
  • 2 Sam 20:24 : 24 and Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
  • Exod 17:4 : 4 Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, "What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me."
  • Num 14:10 : 10 But all the congregation threatened to stone them with stones. The glory of Yahweh appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 20:18-20 : 18 He said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive." 19 So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them. 20 They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.
  • 2 Chr 10:18 : 18 Then 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.
  • 2 Chr 24:21 : 21 They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Yahweh.
  • Prov 28:1-2 : 1 The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion. 2 In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.
  • Amos 2:16 : 16 and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day," says Yahweh.
  • Acts 5:26 : 26 Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
  • Acts 7:57-58 : 57 But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord. 58 They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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  • 2 Chr 10:16-19
    4 verses
    93%

    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 12:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 24:21
    72%

    21They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Yahweh.

  • 1 Kgs 12:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    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."

    28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look and see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!"

  • 1 Kgs 12:1-6
    6 verses
    71%

    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,

    4"Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you."

    5He said to them, "Depart for three days, then come back to me." The people departed.

    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?"

  • 2 Chr 10:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    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 Chr 12:16
    69%

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

  • 2 Sam 18:17
    69%

    17They took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled everyone to his tent.

  • 1 Kgs 12:11-13
    3 verses
    68%

    11Now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.'"

    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 10:3
    68%

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

  • 1 Kgs 2:25
    67%

    25King Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.

  • 2 Chr 11:3
    67%

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

  • 2 Chr 12:1
    67%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 10:1
    66%

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

  • 1 Kgs 21:14
    66%

    14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned, and is dead."

  • 1 Kgs 11:40
    66%

    40Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

  • Num 15:36
    66%

    36All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and stoned him to death with stones; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

  • 2 Chr 12:11-12
    2 verses
    66%

    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].

  • 2 Chr 11:1
    65%

    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 Kgs 2:46
    65%

    46So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

  • Deut 21:21
    65%

    21All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

  • Mark 12:4
    65%

    4Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.

  • 1 Kgs 12:23
    65%

    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,

  • 2 Sam 20:24
    65%

    24and Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

  • 1 Kgs 14:28-29
    2 verses
    65%

    28It was so, that as often as the king went into the house of Yahweh, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.

    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?

  • 2 Sam 12:31
    65%

    31He brought forth the people who were therein, and put them under saws, and under iron picks, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 13:15
    64%

    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.

  • Ezek 16:40
    64%

    40They shall also bring up a company against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords.

  • 2 Sam 18:15
    64%

    15Ten young men who bore Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

  • Deut 13:10
    64%

    10You shall stone him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  • 1 Kgs 4:6
    64%

    6and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.

  • 2 Chr 10:6
    64%

    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?"