The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[slave]

[h=1](1 Kings 12:17): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h]17 But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

 

[slave]

[h=1](1 Kings 12:18): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h]18 Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

 

[Deade]

1 Kings 12:19 (KJV)

So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 12:20 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.


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[slave]

[FONT=&quot][h=1](1 Kings 12:21): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h][FONT=&quot]21 Now when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.[/FONT]


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[slave]

[h=1](1 Kings 12:22): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h]22 But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 12:23 (NASB)

[FONT=&quot]“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin and to the [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot]rest of the people, saying,[/FONT]

 

[joefizz]

1 Kings 12:24 (KJV)
Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.

 

[Deade]

1 Kings 12:25 (KJV)

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 12:26 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:[/FONT]

 

[Deade]

1 Kings 12:27 (KJV)

If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 12:28 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.



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[Marcelo]

[h=1]1 Kings 12:29 New International Version (NIV)[/h][FONT=&quot]29 One he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.[/FONT]

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 12:30 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]And this thing became a sin;[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other.[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 12:31 (KJV)
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 12:32 (KJV)


[FONT=&quot]And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.[/FONT]

 

[Deade]

1 Kings 12:33 (KJV)

So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 13


1 Kings 13:1 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot] unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.[/FONT]

 

[Deade]

1 Kings 13:2 (KJV)

And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

 

[willfollowsGod]

1 Kings 13:3
New International Version (NIV)

That same day the man of God gave a sign: “This is the sign the LORD has declared: The altar will be split apart and the ashes on it will be poured out.”