REHOBOAM

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• 1 Kings 11:43

  Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in his father David’s city; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

• 1 Kings 12:1

  Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

• 1 Kings 12:2

  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,

• 1 Kings 12:3

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

• 1 Kings 12:4

  “Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”

• 1 Kings 12:5

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

• 1 Kings 12:6

  King 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 answer these people?”

• 1 Kings 12:7

  They replied, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them, and answer them with good words, then they will be your servants forever.”

• 1 Kings 12:8

  But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

• 1 Kings 12:9

  He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may answer these people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter?’”

• 1 Kings 12:10

  The young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Tell these people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us;’ tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.

• 1 Kings 12:11

  Now my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’”

• 1 Kings 12:12

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

• 1 Kings 12:13

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

• 1 Kings 12:14

  and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”

• 1 Kings 12:15

  So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about from Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

• 1 Kings 12:16

  When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t 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.

• 1 Kings 12:17

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

• 1 Kings 12:18

  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 hurried to get himself up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

• 1 Kings 12:19

  So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day.

• 1 Kings 12:20

  When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed David’s house, except for the tribe of Judah only.

• 1 Kings 12:21

  When Rehoboam had 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.

• 1 Kings 12:22

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

• 1 Kings 12:23

  “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,

• 1 Kings 12:24

  ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not go up or fight against your brothers, the children of Israel. Everyone return to his house; for this thing is from me.”’” So they listened to Yahweh’s word, and returned and went their way, according to Yahweh’s word.

• 1 Kings 14:25

  In the fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,

• 1 Kings 14:26

  and he took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house. He even took away all of it, including all the gold shields which Solomon had made.

• 1 Kings 14:27

  King Rehoboam made shields of brass in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.

• 1 Kings 14:28

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

• 1 Kings 14:31

  Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Chronicles 9:31

  Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in his father David’s city: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Chronicles 10:1

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

• 2 Chronicles 10:2

  When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon), Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

• 2 Chronicles 10:3

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

• 2 Chronicles 10:4

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

• 2 Chronicles 10:5

  He said to them, “Come again to me after three days.” So the people departed.

• 2 Chronicles 10:6

  King 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 about how to answer these people?”

• 2 Chronicles 10:7

  They spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to these people, please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

• 2 Chronicles 10:8

  But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

• 2 Chronicles 10:9

  He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may give an answer to these people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter?’”

• 2 Chronicles 10:10

  The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall tell the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter on us;’ thus you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.

• 2 Chronicles 10:11

  Now 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.’”

• 2 Chronicles 10:12

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

• 2 Chronicles 10:13

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

• 2 Chronicles 10:14

  and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”

• 2 Chronicles 10:15

  So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was brought about by God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

• 2 Chronicles 10:16

  When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t have an 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.

• 2 Chronicles 10:17

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

• 2 Chronicles 10:18

  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 hurried to get himself up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 10:19

  So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day.

• 2 Chronicles 11:1

  When Rehoboam had 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.

• 2 Chronicles 11:2

  But Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

• 2 Chronicles 11:3

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

• 2 Chronicles 11:4

  ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers! Every man return to his house; for this thing is of me.”’” So they listened to Yahweh’s words, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

• 2 Chronicles 11:5

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

• 2 Chronicles 11:6

  He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

• 2 Chronicles 11:7

  Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,

• 2 Chronicles 11:8

  Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

• 2 Chronicles 11:9

  Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

• 2 Chronicles 11:10

  Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.

• 2 Chronicles 11:11

  He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, oil and wine.

• 2 Chronicles 11:12

  He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

• 2 Chronicles 11:13

  The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him out of all their territory.

• 2 Chronicles 11:14

  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.

• 2 Chronicles 11:15

  He himself appointed priests for the high places, for the male goats, and for the calves which he had made.

• 2 Chronicles 11:16

  After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

• 2 Chronicles 11:17

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

• 2 Chronicles 11:18

  Rehoboam took a wife for himself, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.

• 2 Chronicles 11:19

  She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

• 2 Chronicles 11:20

  After her, he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

• 2 Chronicles 11:21

  Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

• 2 Chronicles 11:22

  Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers; for he intended to make him king.

• 2 Chronicles 11:23

  He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city. He gave them food in abundance and he sought many wives for them.

• 2 Chronicles 12:1

  When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned Yahweh’s law, and all Israel with him.

• 2 Chronicles 12:2

  In the fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Yahweh,

• 2 Chronicles 12:3

  with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen. The people were without number who came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.

• 2 Chronicles 12:4

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

• 2 Chronicles 12:5

  Now 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, “Yahweh says, ‘You have forsaken me, therefore I have also left you in the hand of Shishak.’”

• 2 Chronicles 12:6

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

• 2 Chronicles 12:7

  When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath won’t be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

• 2 Chronicles 12:8

  Nevertheless they will be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”

• 2 Chronicles 12:9

  So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

• 2 Chronicles 12:10

  King Rehoboam made shields of brass in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.

• 2 Chronicles 12:11

  As often as the king entered into Yahweh’s house, the guard came and bore them, then brought them back into the guard room.

• 2 Chronicles 12:12

  When he humbled himself, Yahweh’s wrath turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether. Moreover, there were good things found in Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 12:16

  Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.

• Matthew 1:7

  Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.