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1 Kings 12

1 Kings 12:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Jeroboam
Yarob`am (Hebrew #3379)
(the) people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings
KJV usage: Jeroboam.
Pronounce: yaw-rob-awm'
Origin: from 7378 and 5971
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
in his heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
, Now shall the kingdom
mamlakah (Hebrew #4467)
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
KJV usage: kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
Pronounce: mam-law-kaw'
Origin: from 4427
return
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
to the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
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Ministry on This Verse

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said in his heart.
Psa. 14:1• 1To the chief musician, by David.{HR}The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.{HR}They have acted corruptly, they have acted abominably [in] work;{HR}There is none doing good. (Psa. 14:1)
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Mark 2:6‑8• 6{i}But{/i} certain of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
 7Why does this man thus speak? He blasphemes. Who can forgive sins but God only?
 8{i}And straightway Jesus, knowing in his spirit that they are reasoning thus within themselves, said to them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?{/i} (Mark 2:6‑8)
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Luke 7:39• 39{i}And the Pharisee who had invited him, seeing it, spoke with himself saying,{/i} This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, for she is a sinner. (Luke 7:39)
Now shall.
1 Kings 11:38• 38{i}And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my sight, in keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, that I will be with thee, and build thee a lasting house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.{/i} (1 Kings 11:38)
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1 Sam. 27:1• 1{i}And David said in his heart{/i}, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul, There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; {i}and Saul will despair of me to seek me anymore within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.{/i} (1 Sam. 27:1)
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2 Chron. 20:20• 20{i}And they rose early in the morning, and went forth towards the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Jehovah your God, and ye shall be established; believe his prophets, and ye shall prosper!{/i} (2 Chron. 20:20)
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Isa. 7:9• 9And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria, and the head of Samaria [is] Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. (Isa. 7:9)
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Jer. 38:18‑21• 18but if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hands.
 19And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
 20But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of Jehovah, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.
 21But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that Jehovah hath showed me: (Jer. 38:18‑21)
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John 11:47‑50• 47The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered together a council, and said, What do we, for this man doeth many signs?
 48[and] if we leave him thus, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.
 49But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest of that year, said to them, Ye know nothing,
 50nor reckon that it is profitable for you that one man should die for the people, and not the whole nation perish. (John 11:47‑50)
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John 12:10‑11,19• 10But the chief priests consulted that they might kill Lazarus also,
 11because on his account many of the Jews were going away and believing on Jesus.
 19The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Ye behold that ye profit nothing: behold, the world is gone away after him. (John 12:10‑11,19)
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Acts 4:16‑17• 16saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable sign hath been done through them [is] manifest to all that inhabit Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
 17But that it be not spread farther among the people, let us threaten them severely to speak to no man longer in this name. (Acts 4:16‑17)
• Not having confidence in God, he weighs over the probabilities and stops there. Faith never stops at probabilities — I would even go so far as to say that it feeds upon impossibilities and is the better for it. (“Jeroboam and His Policies: 1 Kings 12:25:33” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Jeroboam said in heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)