The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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[TD]And God raised up against him an adversary, Rezon, the son of Eliada, who had fled from Hadadezer, the king of Zobah, his master.[/TD]
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[TD="class: hebrew, align: right"]כגוַיָּ֨קֶם אֱלֹהִ֥ים לוֹ֙ שָׂטָ֔ן אֶת־רְז֖וֹן בֶּן־אֶלְיָדָ֑ע אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּרַ֗ח מֵאֵ֛ת הֲדַדְעֶ֥זֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־צוֹבָ֖ה אֲדֹנָֽיו:[/TD]
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1 Kings 11:26 (NIV)

Also, Jeroboam son of Nebat rebelled against the king. He was one of Solomon’s officials, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, and his mother was a widow named Zeruah.
 
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1 Kings 11:27 (NIV)

Here is the account of how he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the terraces and had filled in the gap in the wall of the city of David his father.
 
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1 Kings 11:28
New International Version (NIV)


Now Jeroboam was a man of standing, and when Solomon saw how well the young man did his work, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the tribes of Joseph.
 
1 Kings 11:32 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]But for the sake of my servant David and the city of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, he will have one tribe.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
 
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1 Kings 11:33,

"Because they have forsaken Me, and bow themselves to Ashtoreth (Ishtar/Easter) the mighty one of the Tsiḏonians, to Kemosh the mighty one of the Mo’aḇites, and to Milkom the mighty one of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways – to do what is right in My eyes, and My laws and My right-rulings, as did his father Dawiḏ."
 
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1 Kings 11:34 (NIV)

But I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand; I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose and who obeyed my commands and decrees.
 
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1 Kings 11:36 (NIV)

I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.
 
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1 Kings 11:37, "So I take you, and you shall reign over all that your being desires, and you shall be sovereign over Yisra’yl."
 
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1 Kings 11:38 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]If you do whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] in my eyes by obeying my decrees[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you.[/FONT]
 
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1 Kings 11:40 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam fled[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] to Egypt, to Shishak [/FONT][FONT=&quot]the king, and stayed there until Solomon’s death.[/FONT]
 
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1 Kings 11:41, "And the rest of the acts of Shelomoh, all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Shelomoh?"
 
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