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2 Chronicles 12:1

Rehoboam
PrideObedienceStrength and help in weakness
After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.

2 In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem

3 with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.

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BSB
After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
KJV
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.
WEB
When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the LORD’s law, and all Israel with him.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law of YHWH, and all Israel with him.
ÅB
Men da Rehabeams kongedømme var blitt trygget, og han var blitt mektig, forlot han Herrens lov, og hele Israel med ham.
OTB
Da Rehabeams kongedømme var etablert og ble sterkt, vendte han og hele Israel med ham seg bort fra Herrens lov.
B1930
Men da Rehabeams kongedømme var blitt trygget, og han var blitt mektig, forlot han Herrens lov, og hele Israel med ham.

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  • 2 Chronicles 11:17

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

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  • 2 Chronicles 12:13

    Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:13–16

    Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.

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  • 1 Kings 14:22–24

    And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.

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  • Hosea 5:10–11

    The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.

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  • Deuteronomy 6:10–12

    And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,

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  • Deuteronomy 8:10–14

    When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.

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  • Hosea 13:1

    When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.

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