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2 Chron. 12:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had establishedh the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, hei forsookk the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

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2 Chron. 11:17• ¹⁷And they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong three years; for during three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon. (2 Chron. 11:17)

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1 Kings 14:22• ²²And Judah did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed more than all that their fathers had done. (1 Kings 14:22)

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Deut. 32:15,18• ¹⁵Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked--Thou art waxen fat, Thou art grown thick, And thou art covered with fatness;--He gave up +God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
¹⁸Of the Rock that begot thee wast thou unmindful, And thou hast forgotten *God who brought thee forth. (Deut. 32:15,18)

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1-4: Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished by Shishak.

5-12: He and the princes, repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah, are delivered from destruction, but not from spoil.

13-16: The reign and death of Rehoboam.

A.M. 3032.

B.C. 972.

when Rehoboam.

2 Chron. 12:13• ¹³And king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. (2 Chron. 12:13)

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2 Chron. 11:17• ¹⁷And they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong three years; for during three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon. (2 Chron. 11:17)

he forsook.

2 Chron. 26:13‑16• ¹³And under their hand was an army-host of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, that made war with mighty power to help the king against the enemy.
¹⁴And Uzziah prepared for them, throughout the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and even slinging-stones.
¹⁵And he made in Jerusalem machines invented by skilful men, to be upon the towers and upon the bulwarks, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he became strong.
¹⁶But when he became strong his heart was lifted up to his downfall; and he transgressed against Jehovah his God, and went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense. (2 Chron. 26:13‑16)

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Deut. 6:10‑12• ¹⁰And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee: great and good cities which thou buildedst not,
¹¹and houses full of everything good which thou filledst not, and wells digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards and oliveyards which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt have eaten and shalt be full;
¹²then beware lest thou forget Jehovah who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. (Deut. 6:10‑12)

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Deut. 8:10‑14• ¹⁰And thou shalt eat and be filled, and shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
¹¹Beware that thou forget not Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day;
¹²lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,
¹³and thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied,
¹⁴then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; (Deut. 8:10‑14)

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Deut. 32:15,18• ¹⁵Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked--Thou art waxen fat, Thou art grown thick, And thou art covered with fatness;--He gave up +God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
¹⁸Of the Rock that begot thee wast thou unmindful, And thou hast forgotten *God who brought thee forth. (Deut. 32:15,18)

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1 Kings 9:9• ⁹And they shall say, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have attached themselves to other gods, and have worshipped them and served them; therefore has Jehovah brought upon them all this evil. (1 Kings 9:9)

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Jer. 2:31• ³¹O generation, mark ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say my people, We have dominion; we will come no more unto thee? (Jer. 2:31)

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Hos. 13:1• ¹When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel: but he trespassed through Baal, and he died. (Hos. 13:1)

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Hos. 13:6‑8• ⁶According to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.
⁷And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;
⁸I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them. (Hos. 13:6‑8)

all Israel.

2 Chron. 11:3• ³Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, (2 Chron. 11:3)

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1 Kings 12:17• ¹⁷But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. (1 Kings 12:17)

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1 Kings 14:22‑24• ²²And Judah did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed more than all that their fathers had done.
²³And they also built for themselves high places, and columns, and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;
²⁴and there were also sodomites in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed before the children of Israel. (1 Kings 14:22‑24)

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2 Kings 17:19• ¹⁹Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made. (2 Kings 17:19)

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Hos. 5:10‑11• ¹⁰The princes of Judah are become like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
¹¹Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment of man. (Hos. 5:10‑11)

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Mic. 6:16• ¹⁶For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye walk in their counsels: that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people. (Mic. 6:16)

• The flesh uses even God's favors as an occasion to depart from Him. (“Rehoboam: 2 Chronicles 10-12” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.