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Hebrew Names Version

1 Kings 12:17

But as for the children of Yisra'el who lived in the cities of Yehudah, Rechav`am reigned over them.

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.
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Howbeit ouer the children of Israel, which dwelt in the cities of Iudah, did Rehoboam reigne still.
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 When all Yisra'el saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Yishai: to your tents, Yisra'el: now see to your own house, David. So Yisra'el departed to their tents. 17 But as for the children of Yisra'el who lived in the cities of Yehudah, Rechav`am reigned over them. 18 Then king Rechav`am sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and all Yisra'el stoned him to death with stones. King Rechav`am made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Yerushalayim. 19 So Yisra'el rebelled against the house of David to this day. 20 It happened, when all Yisra'el heard that Yarov`am was returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Yisra'el: there was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Yehudah only. 21 When Rechav`am was come to Yerushalayim, he assembled all the house of Yehudah, and the tribe of Binyamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Yisra'el, to bring the kingdom again to Rechav`am the son of Shlomo. 22 But the word of God came to Shemayah the man of God, saying, 23 Speak to Rechav`am the son of Shlomo, king of Yehudah, and to all the house of Yehudah and Binyamin, and to the rest of the people, saying, 24 Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the children of Yisra'el: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the word of the LORD, and returned and went their way, according to the word of the LORD.

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
It happened that when Avram had come into Mitzrayim, the Mitzrim saw that the woman was very beautiful.
Genesis 12:15
The princes of Par`oh saw her, and praised her to Par`oh; and the woman was taken into Par`oh's house.
Genesis 20:18
For the LORD had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Avimelekh, because of Sarah, Avraham's wife.
1 Chronicles 16:21
He allowed no man to do them wrong; Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
1 Chronicles 21:22
Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build thereon an altar to the LORD: for the full price shall you give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
Job 34:19
Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, Nor regards the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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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