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1 Kings 12:17

Howbeit ouer the children of Israel, which dwelt in the cities of Iudah, did Rehoboam reigne still.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaan;   Citizens;   Government;   Jeroboam;   Petition;   Rebellion;   Rehoboam;   Revolt;   Treason;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Tribute;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam;   Shechem;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Israel;   Jeroboam;   Jerusalem;   King;   Rehoboam;   Solomon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kings, First and Second, Theology of;   Wages;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Israel, Kingdom of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Rehoboam,;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam ;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;   Jeroboam;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Revolt;   Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Kings, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
Hebrew Names Version
But as for the children of Yisra'el who lived in the cities of Yehudah, Rechav`am reigned over them.
King James Version
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
English Standard Version
But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah.
New Century Version
But Rehoboam still ruled over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.
New English Translation
(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)
Amplified Bible
But as for the sons (descendants) of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah [including Benjamin], Rehoboam reigned over them.
New American Standard Bible
But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Legacy Standard Bible
But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Complete Jewish Bible
But as for the people of Isra'el living in the cities of Y'hudah, Rechav‘am ruled over them.
Darby Translation
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Easy-to-Read Version
But Rehoboam still ruled over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.
George Lamsa Translation
And the children of Israel dwelt in their cities; but Judah made Rehoboam the son of Solomon king over them.
Good News Translation
leaving Rehoboam as king only of the people who lived in the territory of Judah.
Lexham English Bible
The Israelites were living in the cities of Judah, and Rehoboam was reigning over them.
Literal Translation
As to the sons of Israel, those living in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for Roboam, he raigned but ouer ye children of Israel, which dwelt in the cities of Iuda.
American Standard Version
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Bible in Basic English
(But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.)
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howebeit, ouer the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Iuda, dyd Rehoboam raigne still.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
King James Version (1611)
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Iudah, Rehoboam reigned ouer them.
English Revised Version
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Berean Standard Bible
but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Roboam regnede on the sones of Israel, whiche euere dwelliden in the citees of Juda.
Young's Literal Translation
As to the sons of Israel, those dwelling in the cities of Judah -- over them reign doth Rehoboam.
Update Bible Version
But as for the sons of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Webster's Bible Translation
But [as for] the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
World English Bible
But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
New King James Version
But Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.
New Living Translation
But Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.
New Life Bible
But as for the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam ruled over them.
New Revised Standard
But Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, as for the sons of Israel who were dwelling in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But as for all the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned over them.
Revised Standard Version
But Rehobo'am reigned over the people of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

Contextual Overview

16 So when all Israel sawe that the King regarded them not, the people answered the King thus, saying, What portion haue we in Dauid? we haue none inheritance in the sonne of Ishai. To your tents, O Israel: nowe see to thine owne house, Dauid. So Israel departed vnto their tents. 17 Howbeit ouer the children of Israel, which dwelt in the cities of Iudah, did Rehoboam reigne still. 18 Nowe the King Rehoboam sent Adoram the receiuer of the tribute, and all Israel stoned him to death: then King Rehoboam made speede to get him vp to his charet, to flee to Ierusalem. 19 And Israel rebelled against the house of Dauid vnto this day. 20 And when all Israel had heard that Ieroboam was come againe, they sent and called him vnto the assemblie, and made him King ouer all Israel: none followed the house of Dauid, but the tribe of Iudah onely. 21 And when Rehoboam was come to Ierusalem, he gathered all the house of Iudah with the tribe of Beniamin an hundreth and foure score thousand of chosen men (which were good warriours) to fight against the house of Israel, and to bring the kingdome againe to Rehoboam the sonne of Salomon. 22 But the worde of God came vnto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 23 Speake vnto Rehoboam the sonne of Salomon King of Iudah, and vnto all the house of Iudah and Beniamin, and the remnant of the people, saying, 24 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go vp, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: returne euery man to his house: for this thing is done by me. They obeyed therefore the worde of the Lorde and returned, and departed, according to the worde of the Lorde.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the children: 1 Kings 11:13, 1 Kings 11:36, 2 Chronicles 10:17, 2 Chronicles 11:13-17

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:20 - none that followed 2 Chronicles 10:16 - What portion 2 Chronicles 12:1 - all Israel

Cross-References

Genesis 12:14
Nowe when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behelde the woman: for she was very faire.
Genesis 12:15
And the Princes of Pharaoh sawe her, and commended her vnto Pharaoh: so the woman was taken into Pharaohs house:
Genesis 20:18
For the Lorde had shut vp euery wombe of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abrahams wife.
1 Chronicles 16:21
He suffered no man to do them wrong, but rebuked Kings for their sakes, saying,
1 Chronicles 21:22
And Dauid saide to Ornan, Giue me the place of thy thresshing floore, that I may builde an altar therein vnto the Lorde: giue it me for sufficient money, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
Job 34:19
How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, & regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.
Hebrews 13:4
Mariage is honorable among all, and the bed vndefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah,.... Either such Israelites of the ten tribes that had before dwelt, or now upon this removed, for the sake of worship, to dwell in the tribe of Judah; or else that part of Israel, the tribe of Judah, which dwelt in the cities belonging to it:

Rehoboam reigned over them; they owned him to be their king, and submitted to his government.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Israel ... - The Israelites proper, or members of the other tribes, who happened to be settled within the limits of the land of Judah. These Israelites quietly submitted to Rehoboam. “Israel” through this chapter, and throughout the rest of Kings, designates ordinarily “the ten tribes,” and is antithetical to “Judah.”


 
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