2 Chronicles 12:1
When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the Lord.
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
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
I will pour out My wrath on them like [an unrestrained flood of] water.
Hosea 13:1
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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When rehoboam
He forsook
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When rehoboam
He forsook
“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.
“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’?
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].
All israel
The princes of Judah are like those who
I will pour out My wrath on them like [an unrestrained flood of] water.
“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.”