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1 Kings 12:17
“But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.”
1 Kings 12:17 in the King James Version
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.Read 1 Kings 12:17 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — 1 Kings 12
So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about of Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
When 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.
But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
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.
So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.
Cross references for 1 Kings 12:17
- 1 Kings 11:36
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.
- 1 Kings 11:13
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.
- 2 Chronicles 10:17
But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
- 2 Chronicles 11:13-17
The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border. 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 ...
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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