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Day 154 - 1 Kings 12, Verses 1-20

From: Chapter-A-Day: Volume 2 By: Norman W. Berry

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V.1-5 Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, had a good beginning with “all Israel.”

V.6-11 But he soon begins to slip, by not listening to those older and wiser than he. “Scorpions” (v. 11) — a kind of whip with knotted points.

V.12-15 Rehoboam used rough, harsh talk, and we shall see the results. But the Lord was using all this to bring about what He had planned and written in 1 Kings 11:26-32²⁶And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. ²⁷And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. ²⁸And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. ²⁹And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: ³⁰And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: ³¹And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: ³²(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:) (1 Kings 11:26‑32) and because of verse 33.

V.20 The promise of 1 Kings 11:37³⁷And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. (1 Kings 11:37), was said privately to Jeroboam. The ten tribes did not hear that, but here they fulfill it and rebel against God’s king.

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• 1 Kings 8, Verses 1-32, Day 149 -

• 1 Kings 8, Verses 33-66, Day 150 -

• 1 Kings 9, Day 151 -

• 1 Kings 10, Day 152 -

• 1 Kings 11, Day 153 -

• 1 Kings 12, Verses 1-20, Day 154 -

• 1 Kings 12, Verses 21-33, Day 155 -

• 1 Kings 13, Verses 1-10, Day 156 -

• 1 Kings 13, Verses 11-34, Day 157 -

• 1 Kings 14, Day 158 -

• 1 Kings 15, Day 159 -

• 1 Kings 16, Day 160 -

• 1 Kings 17, Day 161 -

• 1 Kings 18, Day 162 -

• 1 Kings 19, Day 163 -

• 1 Kings 20, Day 164 -

• 1 Kings 21, Day 165 -

• 1 Kings 22, Verses 1-28, Day 166 -

• 1 Kings 22, Verses 29-53, Day 167 -

• Day 168 - 2 Kings 1

• 2 Kings 2, Day 169 -

• 2 Kings 3, Day 170 -

• 2 Kings 4, Day 171 -

• 2 Kings 5, Day 172 -

• 2 Kings 6, Verses 1-14, Day 173 -

• 2 Kings 6, Verses 15-33, Day 174 -

• 2 Kings 7, Day 175 -

• 2 Kings 8, Day 176 -

• 2 Kings 9, Verses 1-24, Day 177 -

• 2 Kings 9, Verses 25-37, Day 178 -