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2 Chronicles 12:1

And when the kingdom of Roboam was strengthened and fortified, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Character;   Ingratitude;   Prosperity;   Rehoboam;   Repentance;   War;   Thompson Chain Reference - Faithfulness-Unfaithfulness;   Forsaking God;   Rehoboam;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Forsaking God;   Jerusalem;   Law of God, the;   Visions;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Israel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Libya;   Shemaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Rehoboam,;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apostasy;   Shishak;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Torah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he abandoned the law of the Lord—he and all Israel with him.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened, when the kingdom of Rechav`am was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Yisra'el with him.
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.
English Standard Version
When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the law of the Lord , and all Israel with him.
New Century Version
After Rehoboam's kingdom was set up and he became strong, he and the people of Judah stopped obeying the teachings of the Lord .
New English Translation
After Rehoboam's rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord .
Amplified Bible
When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the Law of the LORD.
World English Bible
It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when Rehoboam had established the kingdome and made it strong, hee forsooke the Lawe of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened that when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him forsook the law of Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the law of the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
Soon after Rehoboam had control of his kingdom, he and everyone in Judah stopped obeying the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
But in time, after Rechav‘am had consolidated his rulership and had become strong, he, and with him all Isra'el, abandoned the Torah of Adonai .
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Rehoboam became a strong king and made his kingdom strong. Then Rehoboam and the whole tribe of Judah refused to obey the law of the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
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.
Good News Translation
As soon as Rehoboam had established his authority as king, he and all his people abandoned the Law of the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
And when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and when he was strengthened, he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.
Literal Translation
And it happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was settled, and when he was strong, he forsook the Law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Bvt wha the kyngdome of Roboam was confirmed and stablyshed, he forsoke the lawe of the LORDE & 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.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it came to passe, that when Rehoboam had stablished the kingdome & became mightie, he forsooke the law of the Lorde, and all Israel with him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe when Rehoboam had established the kingdome, and had strengthened himselfe, hee forsooke the Law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass when the kingdom of Roboam was established, and when he had grown strong, that he forsook the commandments of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne the rewme of Roboam was maad strong and coumfortid, he forsook the lawe of the Lord, and al Israel with hym.
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New King James Version
1 Kings 14:25-28">[xr] Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel along with him.
New Living Translation
But when Rehoboam was firmly established and strong, he abandoned the Law of the Lord , and all Israel followed him in this sin.
New Life Bible
When King Rehoboam's nation had been made strong, he and all Israel turned away from the Law of the Lord.
New Revised Standard
When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he grew strong, he abandoned the law of the Lord , he and all Israel with him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of Yahweh, - and all Israel with him.
Revised Standard Version
When the rule of Rehobo'am was established and was strong, he forsook the law of the LORD, 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.
THE MESSAGE
By the time Rehoboam had secured his kingdom and was strong again, he, and all Israel with him, had virtually abandoned God and his ways.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him forsook the law of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

1 And when the kingdom of Roboam was strengthened and fortified, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him. 2 And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem (because they had sinned against the Lord) 3 With twelve hundred chariots and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt, to wit, Libyans, and Troglodites, and Ethiopians. 4 And he took the strongest cities in Juda, and came to Jerusalem. 5 And Semeias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda, that were gathered together in Jerusalem, fleeing from Sesac, and he said to them: Thus saith the Lord: You have left me, and I have left you in the hand of Sesac. 6 And the princes of Israel, and the king, being in a consternation, said: The Lord is just. 7 And when the Lord saw that they were humbled, the word of the Lord came to Semeias, saying: Because they are humbled, I will not destroy them, and I will give them a little help, and my wrath shall not fall upon Jerusalem by the hand of Sesac. 8 But yet they shall serve him, that they may know the difference between my service, and the service of a kingdom of the earth. 9 So Sesac king of Egypt departed from Jerusalem, taking away the treasures of the king’s house, and he took all with him, and the golden shields that Solomon had made, 10 Instead of which the king made brazen ones, and delivered them to the captains of the shieldbearers, who guarded the entrance of the palace.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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when Rehoboam: 2 Chronicles 12:13, 2 Chronicles 11:17

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, Jeremiah 2:31, Hosea 13:1, Hosea 13:6-8

all Israel: 2 Chronicles 11:3, 1 Kings 12:17, 1 Kings 14:22-24, 2 Kings 17:19, Hosea 5:10, Hosea 5:11, Micah 6:16

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 12:5 - Ye have forsaken me 2 Chronicles 15:2 - if ye forsake 2 Chronicles 17:1 - and strengthened 2 Chronicles 32:5 - he strengthened 2 Chronicles 34:14 - the law Psalms 89:38 - wroth Matthew 1:7 - Abia

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
Genesis 12:3
I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 12:6
Abram passed through the country unto the place of Sichem, as far as the noble vale: now the Chanaanite was at that time in the land.
Genesis 12:10
And there came a famine in the country: and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land.
Genesis 12:11
And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautiful woman:
Genesis 15:7
And he said to him: I am the Lord who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land, and that thou mightest possess it.
Nehemiah 9:7
Thou O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham.
Isaiah 41:9
In whom I have taken thee from the ends of the earth, and from the remote parts thereof have called thee, and said to thee: Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and have not cast thee away.
Isaiah 51:2
Look unto Abraham your father, and to Sara that bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.
Ezekiel 33:24
Son of man, they that dwell in these ruinous places in the land of Israel, speak, saying: Abraham was one, and he inherited the land, but we are many, the land is given us in possession.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom,.... Or when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established; the tribes of Judah and Benjamin being firmly attached to him, and great numbers from the other tribes coming over to him, and things going on peaceably and prosperously during the three years that he and his people abode by the pure worship of God:

and had strengthened himself; built fortified cities for the defence of himself and kingdom, 2 Chronicles 11:5, he forsook the law of the Lord; after he had reigned three years, and was become strong, and thought himself safe and secure on the throne, trusting to his strength:

and all Israel with him; the greater part of them following the example of their king; of this defection, and the sins they fell into, see

1 Kings 14:22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All Israel with him - i. e., “all Judah and Benjamin” - all the Israelites of those two tribes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XII

Rehoboam and his subjects, forsaking the Lord, are delivered

into the hands of Shishak, king of Egypt, 1-4.

Shemaiah the prophet remonstrates with them, and they humble

themselves, and Jerusalem is not destroyed; but Shishak takes

away all the treasures, and the golden shields, instead of

which Rehoboam makes shields of brass, 5-12.

He reigns badly seventeen years, dies, and is succeeded by his

son Abijah, 13-16.

NOTES ON CHAP. XII

Verse 2 Chronicles 12:1. He forsook the law of the Lord — This was after the three years mentioned 2 Chronicles 11:17.


 
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