strkjv@2Chronicles:10:1
@ And
Rehoboam
went
to
Shechem
: for to
Shechem
were all
Israel
come
to make him
king
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:2
@ And it came to pass, when
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat
, who was in
Egypt
, whither he had
fled
from the
presence
of
Solomon
the
king
,
heard
it, that
Jeroboam
returned
out of
Egypt
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:3
@ And they
sent
and
called
him. So
Jeroboam
and all
Israel
came
and
spake
to
Rehoboam
R@,
saying
,
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:4
@ Thy
father
made our
yoke
grievous
: now therefore
ease
thou somewhat the
grievous
servitude
of thy
father
, and his
heavy
yoke
that he
put
upon us, and we will
serve
thee.
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:5
@ And he
said
unto them, Come
again
unto me after
three
days
. And the
people
departed
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:6
@ And
king
Rehoboam
took
counsel
with the
old
men that had
stood
before
Solomon
his
father
while he yet
lived
,
saying
,
What
counsel
give
ye me to
return
answer
to this
people
?
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:7
@ And they
spake
unto him,
saying
, If thou be
kind
to this
people
, and
please
them, and
speak
good
words
to them, they will be thy
servants
for
ever
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:8
@ But he
forsook
the
counsel
which the old
men
gave
him, and took
counsel
with the young
men
that were brought
up
with him, that
stood
before
him.
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:9
@ And he
said
unto them, What
advice
give ye that we may
return
answer
to this
people
, which have
spoken
to me,
saying
,
Ease
somewhat the
yoke
that thy
father
did
put
upon us?
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:10
@ And the young
men
that were brought
up
with him
spake
unto him,
saying
, Thus shalt thou
answer
the
people
that
spake
unto thee,
saying
, Thy
father
made
our
yoke
heavy
, but make thou it somewhat
lighter
for us; thus shalt thou
say
unto them, My
little
finger shall be
thicker
than my
fathers
loins
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:11
@ For
whereas
my
father
put
a
heavy
yoke
upon you, I will put
more
to your
yoke
: my
father
chastised
you with
whips
, but I will chastise you with
scorpions
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:12
@ So
Jeroboam
and all the
people
came
to
Rehoboam
on the
third
day
, as the
king
bade
,
saying
, Come
again
to me on the
third
day
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:13
@ And the
king
answered
them
roughly
; and
king
Rehoboam
forsook
the
counsel
of the old
men
,
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:14
@ And
answered
them after the
advice
of the young
men
,
saying
, My
father
made your
yoke
heavy
, but I will
add
thereto: my
father
chastised
you with
whips
, but I will chastise you with
scorpions
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:15
@ So the
king
hearkened
not unto the
people
: for the
cause
was of
God
, that the
LORD
might
perform
his
word
, which he
spake
by the
hand
of
Ahijah
the
Shilonite
to
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:16
@ And when all
Israel
saw
that the
king
would not
hearken
unto them, the
people
answered
the
king
,
saying
, What
portion
have we in
David
? and we have none
inheritance
in the
son
of
Jesse
: every
man
to your
tents
, O
Israel
: and now,
David
,
see
to thine own
house
. So all
Israel
went
to their
tents
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:17
@ But as for the
children
of
Israel
that
dwelt
in the
cities
of
Judah
,
Rehoboam
reigned
over them.
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:18
@ Then
king
Rehoboam
sent
Hadoram
that was over the
tribute
; and the
children
of
Israel
stoned
him with
stones
, that he
died
. But
king
Rehoboam
made
speed
to get him
up
to his
chariot
, to
flee
to
Jerusalem
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:10:19
@ And
Israel
rebelled
against the
house
of
David
unto this
day
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:1
@ And when
Rehoboam
was
come
to
Jerusalem
, he
gathered
of the
house
of
Judah
and
Benjamin
an
hundred
and
fourscore
thousand
chosen
men, which were
warriors
, to
fight
against
Israel
, that he might
bring
the
kingdom
again
to
Rehoboam
R@.
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:2
@ But the
word
of the
LORD
came to
Shemaiah
the
man
of
God
,
saying
,
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:3
@
Speak
unto
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon
,
king
of
Judah
, and to all
Israel
in
Judah
and
Benjamin
,
saying
,
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:4
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
, Ye shall not go
up
, nor
fight
against your
brethren
:
return
every
man
to his
house
: for this
thing
is
done
of me. And they
obeyed
the
words
of the
LORD
, and
returned
from
going
against
Jeroboam
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:5
@ And
Rehoboam
dwelt
in
Jerusalem
, and
built
cities
for
defence
in
Judah
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:6
@ He
built
even
Bethlehem
Beyth, and
Etam
, and
Tekoa
,
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:7
@ And
Bethzur
Beyth, and
Shoco
, and
Adullam
,
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:8
@ And
Gath
, and
Mareshah
, and
Ziph
,
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:9
@ And
Adoraim
, and
Lachish
, and
Azekah
,
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:10
@ And
Zorah
, and
Aijalon
, and
Hebron
, which are in
Judah
and in
Benjamin
fenced
cities
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:11
@ And he
fortified
the strong
holds
, and
put
captains
in them, and
store
of
victual
, and of
oil
and
wine
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:12
@ And in every several
city
he put
shields
and
spears
, and made them
exceeding
strong
, having
Judah
and
Benjamin
on his side.
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:13
@ And the
priests
and the
Levites
that were in all
Israel
resorted
to him out of all their
coasts
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:14
@ For the
Levites
left
their
suburbs
and their
possession
, and
came
to
Judah
and
Jerusalem
: for
Jeroboam
and his
sons
had cast them
off
from executing the priests
office
unto the
LORD
:
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:15
@ And he
ordained
him
priests
for the high
places
, and for the
devils
, and for the
calves
which he had
made
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:16
@ And
after
them out of all the
tribes
of
Israel
such as
set
their
hearts
to
seek
the
LORD
God
of
Israel
came
to
Jerusalem
, to
sacrifice
unto the
LORD
God
of their
fathers
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:17
@ So they
strengthened
the
kingdom
of
Judah
, and made
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon
strong
,
three
years
: for
three
years
they
walked
in the
way
of
David
and
Solomon
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:18
@ And
Rehoboam
took
him
Mahalath
the
daughter
of
Jerimoth
the
son
of
David
to
wife
, and
Abihail
the
daughter
of
Eliab
the
son
of
Jesse
;
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:19
@ Which
bare
him
children
;
Jeush
Y@, and
Shamariah
, and
Zaham
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:20
@ And
after
her he
took
Maachah
the
daughter
of
Absalom
; which
bare
him
Abijah
, and
Attai
, and
Ziza
, and
Shelomith
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:21
@ And
Rehoboam
loved
Maachah
the
daughter
of
Absalom
above all his
wives
and his
concubines
: (for he
took
eighteen
sh@
wives
, and
threescore
concubines
; and
begat
twenty
and
eight
sons
, and
threescore
daughters
. )
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:22
@ And
Rehoboam
made
Abijah
the
son
of
Maachah
the
chief
, to be
ruler
among his
brethren
: for he thought to make him
king
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:11:23
@ And he dealt
wisely
, and
dispersed
of all his
children
throughout all the
countries
of
Judah
and
Benjamin
, unto every
fenced
city
: and he
gave
them
victual
in
abundance
. And he
desired
many
wives
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:1
@ And it came to pass, when
Rehoboam
had
established
the
kingdom
, and had
strengthened
himself, he
forsook
the
law
of the
LORD
, and all
Israel
with him.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:2
@ And it came to pass, that in the
fifth
year
of
king
Rehoboam
Shishak
king
of
Egypt
came
up
against
Jerusalem
, because they had
transgressed
against the
LORD
,
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:3
@ With twelve
hundred
H505
chariots
, and
threescore
thousand
horsemen
: and the
people
were without
number
that
came
with him out of
Egypt
; the
Lubims
, the
Sukkiims
, and the
Ethiopians
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:4
@ And he
took
the
fenced
cities
which pertained to
Judah
, and
came
to
Jerusalem
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:5
@ Then
came
Shemaiah
the
prophet
to
Rehoboam
R@, and to the
princes
of
Judah
, that were gathered
together
to
Jerusalem
because
of
Shishak
, and
said
unto them, Thus
saith
the
LORD
, Ye have
forsaken
me, and therefore have I
also
left
you in the
hand
of
Shishak
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:6
@ Whereupon the
princes
of
Israel
and the
king
humbled
themselves; and they
said
, The
LORD
is
righteous
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:7
@ And when the
LORD
saw
that they
humbled
themselves, the
word
of the
LORD
came to
Shemaiah
Sh@,
saying
, They have
humbled
themselves; therefore I will not
destroy
them, but I will
grant
them
some
deliverance
; and my
wrath
shall not be poured
out
upon
Jerusalem
by the
hand
of
Shishak
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:8
@ Nevertheless they shall be his
servants
; that they may
know
my
service
, and the
service
of the
kingdoms
of the
countries
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:9
@ So
Shishak
king
of
Egypt
came
up
against
Jerusalem
, and took
away
the
treasures
of the
house
of the
LORD
, and the
treasures
of the
kings
house
; he
took
all: he carried
away
also the
shields
of
gold
which
Solomon
had
made
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:10
@ Instead of which
king
Rehoboam
made
shields
of
brass
, and
committed
them to the
hands
of the
chief
of the
guard
, that
kept
the
entrance
of the
kings
house
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:11
@ And
when
the
king
entered
into the
house
of the
LORD
, the
guard
came
and
fetched
them, and brought them
again
into the
guard
chamber
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:12
@ And when he
humbled
himself, the
wrath
of the
LORD
turned
from him, that he would not
destroy
him
altogether
: and also in
Judah
things
went
well
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:13
@ So
king
Rehoboam
strengthened
himself in
Jerusalem
, and
reigned
: for
Rehoboam
was
one
and
forty
years
old
when he began to
reign
, and he
reigned
seventeen
years
in
Jerusalem
, the
city
which the
LORD
had
chosen
out of all the
tribes
of
Israel
, to
put
his
name
there. And his
mothers
name
was
Naamah
an
Ammonitess
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:14
@ And he
did
evil
, because he
prepared
not his
heart
to
seek
the
LORD
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:15
@ Now the
acts
of
Rehoboam
R@,
first
and
last
, are they not
written
in the
book
of
Shemaiah
the
prophet
, and of
Iddo
the
seer
concerning
genealogies
? And there were
wars
between
Rehoboam
and
Jeroboam
continually
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:12:16
@ And
Rehoboam
slept
with his
fathers
, and was
buried
in the
city
of
David
: and
Abijah
his
son
reigned
in his stead.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:1
@ Now in the
eighteenth
sh@
year
of
king
Jeroboam
began
Abijah
to
reign
over
Judah
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:2
@ He
reigned
three
years
in
Jerusalem
. His
mothers
name
also was
Michaiah
the
daughter
of
Uriel
of
Gibeah
. And there was
war
between
Abijah
and
Jeroboam
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:3
@ And
Abijah
set
the
battle
in
array
with an
army
of valiant
men
of
war
, even
four
hundred
thousand
chosen
men
:
Jeroboam
also set the
battle
in
array
against him with
eight
hundred
thousand
chosen
men
, being mighty
men
of
valour
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:4
@ And
Abijah
stood
up
upon
mount
Zemaraim
, which is in
mount
Ephraim
, and
said
,
Hear
me, thou
Jeroboam
, and all
Israel
;
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:5
@ Ought ye not to
know
that the
LORD
God
of
Israel
gave
the
kingdom
over
Israel
to
David
for
ever
, even to him and to his
sons
by a
covenant
of
salt
?
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:6
@ Yet
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat
, the
servant
of
Solomon
the
son
of
David
, is risen
up
, and hath
rebelled
against his
lord
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:7
@ And there are
gathered
unto him
vain
men
, the
children
of
Belial
b@, and have
strengthened
themselves against
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon
, when
Rehoboam
was
young
and
tenderhearted
, and could not
withstand
them
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:8
@ And now ye
think
to
withstand
the
kingdom
of the
LORD
in the
hand
of the
sons
of
David
; and ye be a
great
multitude
, and there are with you
golden
calves
, which
Jeroboam
made
you for
gods
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:9
@ Have ye not cast
out
the
priests
of the
LORD
, the
sons
of
Aaron
, and the
Levites
, and have
made
you
priests
after the manner of the
nations
of other
lands
? so that whosoever
cometh
to
consecrate
himself with a
young
bullock
and
seven
rams
, the same may be a
priest
of them that are
no
gods
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:10
@ But as for us, the
LORD
is our
God
, and we have not
forsaken
him; and the
priests
, which
minister
unto the
LORD
, are the
sons
of
Aaron
, and the
Levites
wait upon their
business
m@:
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:11
@ And they
burn
unto the
LORD
every
morning
and every
evening
burnt
sacrifices
and
sweet
incense
: the
shewbread
also set they in order upon the
pure
table
; and the
candlestick
of
gold
with the
lamps
thereof, to
burn
every
evening
: for we
keep
the
charge
of the
LORD
our
God
; but ye have
forsaken
him.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:12
@ And, behold,
God
himself is with us for our
captain
, and his
priests
with
sounding
trumpets
to cry
alarm
against you. O
children
of
Israel
,
fight
ye not against the
LORD
God
of your
fathers
; for ye shall not
prosper
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:13
@ But
Jeroboam
caused an
ambushment
to
come
about
behind
them: so they were
before
Judah
, and the
ambushment
was
behind
them.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:14
@ And when
Judah
looked
back
, behold, the
battle
was
before
and
behind
: and they
cried
unto the
LORD
, and the
priests
sounded
with the
trumpets
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:15
@ Then the
men
of
Judah
gave a
shout
: and as the
men
of
Judah
shouted
, it came to pass, that
God
smote
Jeroboam
and all
Israel
before
Abijah
and
Judah
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:16
@ And the
children
of
Israel
fled
before
Judah
: and
God
delivered
them into their
hand
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:17
@ And
Abijah
and his
people
slew
them with a
great
slaughter
: so there fell
down
slain
of
Israel
five
hundred
thousand
chosen
men
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:18
@ Thus the
children
of
Israel
were
brought
under at that
time
, and the
children
of
Judah
prevailed
, because they
relied
upon the
LORD
God
of their
fathers
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:19
@ And
Abijah
pursued
after
Jeroboam
, and
took
cities
from him,
Bethel
Beyth- with the
towns
thereof, and
Jeshanah
with the
towns
thereof, and
Ephrain
with the
towns
thereof.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:20
@ Neither did
Jeroboam
recover
strength
again in the
days
of
Abijah
: and the
LORD
struck
him, and he
died
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:21
@ But
Abijah
waxed
mighty
, and
married
fourteen
H6240
wives
, and
begat
twenty
and
two
sons
, and
sixteen
daughters
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:22
@ And the
rest
of the
acts
of
Abijah
, and his
ways
, and his
sayings
, are
written
in the
story
of the
prophet
Iddo
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:14:1
@ So
Abijah
slept
with his
fathers
, and they
buried
him in the
city
of
David
: and
Asa
his
son
reigned
in his stead. In his
days
the
land
was
quiet
ten
years
.
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