Parallel Verses

Amplified

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

New American Standard Bible

When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him forsook the law of the Lord.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

When Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he abandoned the law of the Lord—he and all Israel with him.

International Standard Version

At the height of his power, after he had consolidated his rule, Rehoboam abandoned the LORD's Law, along with all of Israel with him.

A Conservative Version

And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of LORD, and all Israel with him.

American Standard Version

And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

Bible in Basic English

Now when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and when he had become strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

Julia Smith Translation

And it will be when Rehoboam established the kingdom, and when he strengthened himself, he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and when he was strengthened, he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.

Modern King James verseion

And it happened when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had made himself strong, he departed from the Law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and made it strong, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him;

NET Bible

After Rehoboam's rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of Yahweh, - and all Israel with him.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he hath forsaken the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam
רחבעם 
R@chab`am 
Usage: 50

the kingdom
מלכיּה מלכת מלכוּת 
Malkuwth 
Usage: 91

חזקה 
Chezqah 
Usage: 3

the law
תּרה תּורה 
Towrah 
law
Usage: 219

of the Lord

Usage: 0

and all Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

Context Readings

Shishak Of Egypt Invades Jerusalem

1 When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the Lord. 2 And it came about in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem


Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:17

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

2 Chronicles 12:13

So King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city in which the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His Name. And his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess.

1 Kings 14:22-24

And [the people of] Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord. They provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, with their sins which they had committed.

2 Chronicles 26:13-16

Under their command was an army of 307,500, who could wage war with great power, to help the king against the enemy.

Deuteronomy 6:10-12

“Then it shall come about when the Lord your God brings you into the land which He swore (solemnly promised) to [give] your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give you, [a land with] great and splendid cities which you did not build,

Deuteronomy 8:10-14

When you have eaten and are satisfied, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.

Deuteronomy 32:15


“But Jeshurun (Israel) became fat and kicked [at God].
You became fat, thick, sleek, and obstinate!
Then he abandoned God who had made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Deuteronomy 32:18


“You were unmindful of the Rock who bore you,
And you forgot the God who gave you birth.

1 Kings 9:9

And they [who know] will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and they have chosen other gods and have worshiped and served them; that is the reason the Lord has brought on them all this adversity.’”

1 Kings 12:17

But as for the sons (descendants) of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah [including Benjamin], Rehoboam reigned over them.

2 Kings 17:19

Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God either, but walked in the customs which Israel introduced.

2 Chronicles 11:3

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

Jeremiah 2:31


“O generation [that you are], consider and regard carefully the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel [like a land without food],
A land of thick and deep darkness [like a path without light]?
Why do My people say, ‘We [have broken loose and we] are free to roam [at will];
We will no longer come to You’?

Hosea 5:10-11


The princes of Judah are like those who move a boundary marker;
I will pour out My wrath on them like [an unrestrained flood of] water.

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling and terror.
He exalted himself [above the other tribes] in Israel;
But through [the worship of] Baal he became guilty and died [spiritually, and then came ruin, sealing Israel’s doom as a nation].

Hosea 13:6-8


When they had their pasture, they became satisfied,
And being satisfied, their heart became proud (self-centered);
Therefore they forgot Me.

Micah 6:16


“For [you have kept] the statutes of Omri [the idolatrous king],
And all the works of the [wicked] house (dynasty) of Ahab;
And you walk in their counsels and policies.
Therefore, I shall hand you over for destruction and horror
And your [city’s] inhabitants for ridicule,
And you shall bear the rebuke and scorn of My people.”

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