2 Chronicles 12:1 “After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and…”

2 Chronicles 12:1

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the LORD’s law, and all Israel with him.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when Rehoboam had established the kingdome and made it strong, hee forsooke the Lawe of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he hath forsaken the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

Bible in Basic English

Now when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

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Cross references

“A. M. 3032. B.C. 972. when Rehoboam”

2 Chronicles 11:17 2 Chronicles 12:13

2 Chronicles 11:17 · BSB

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.

2 Chronicles 12:13 · BSB

Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. 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…

“he forsook”

2 Chronicles 26:13–16 Deuteronomy 6:10–12 Deuteronomy 8:10–14 Deuteronomy 32:15 Deuteronomy 32:18 1 Kings 9:9

2 Chronicles 26:13–16 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 6:10–12 · BSB

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,

Deuteronomy 8:10–14 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 32:15 · BSB

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Deuteronomy 32:18 · BSB

You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

1 Kings 9:9 · BSB

And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought a…

“all Israel”

1 Kings 14:22–24 2 Chronicles 11:3 1 Kings 12:17 2 Kings 17:19 Micah 6:16 Hosea 5:10

1 Kings 14:22–24 · BSB

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.

2 Chronicles 11:3 · BSB

“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin

1 Kings 12:17 · BSB

but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.

2 Kings 17:19 · BSB

and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.

Micah 6:16 · BSB

You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of th…

Hosea 5:10 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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