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Updated Bible Version

1 Kings 12:3

and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Government;   Jeroboam;   Petition;   Rehoboam;   Revolt;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam;   Shechem;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Jerusalem;   Rehoboam;   Solomon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kings, First and Second, Theology of;   Wages;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Israel, Kingdom of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - High Places;   Kings, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Rehoboam,;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Solomon;   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 they summoned him, and Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam:
Hebrew Names Version
and they sent and called him), that Yarov`am and all the assembly of Yisra'el came, and spoke to Rechav`am, saying,
King James Version
That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
English Standard Version
And they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,
New Century Version
After the people sent for him, he and the people went to Rehoboam and said to him,
New English Translation
They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
Amplified Bible
So they sent word and called for him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then they sent word and summoned him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then they sent and called him: and Ieroboam and all the Congregation of Israel came, and spake vnto Rehoboam, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then they sent and called for him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
Contemporary English Version
But the people from the northern tribes of Israel sent for him. Then together they went to Rehoboam and said,
Complete Jewish Bible
but they sent and summoned him — Yarov‘am and the whole community of Isra'el came and said to Rechav‘am,
Darby Translation
and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
Then they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the people of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
Good News Translation
The people of the northern tribes sent for him, and then they all went together to Rehoboam and said to him,
Lexham English Bible
So they sent and summoned him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came. Then they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
Literal Translation
that they sent and called for him; and they came, Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they sent for him, and called him. And Ieroboam with all the congregacion of Israel came and spake to Roboam, and sayde:
American Standard Version
and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So they sent, and called him: and Ieroboam and all the congregation of Is-Israel came, & spake vnto Rehoboam, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and they sent and called him--that Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spoke unto Rehoboam, saying:
King James Version (1611)
That they sent, and called him: and Ieroboam and all the Congregation of Israel came, and spake vnto Rehoboam, saying;
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the people spoke to king Roboam, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy;
English Revised Version
and they sent and called him;) that Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thei senten, and clepiden hym. Therfor Jeroboam cam, and al the multitude of Israel, and thei spaken to Roboam,
Young's Literal Translation
that they send and call for him; and they come -- Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel -- and speak unto Rehoboam, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
World English Bible
and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
New King James Version
that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
New Living Translation
The leaders of Israel summoned him, and Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel went to speak with Rehoboam.
New Life Bible
They sent for him. Then Jeroboam and all the people of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,
New Revised Standard
And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
yes they sent, and called him, and Jeroboam and all the convocation of Israel came, - and spake unto Rehoboam, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And they sent and called him; and Jerobo'am and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehobo'am,
THE MESSAGE
Rehoboam assembled Jeroboam and all the people. They said to Rehoboam, "Your father made life hard for us—worked our fingers to the bone. Give us a break; lighten up on us and we'll willingly serve you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt, 3 and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 4 Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore you make the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you. 5 And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. 6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel do you give me to return answer to this people? 7 And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be a slave to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your slaves forever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that had grown up with him, that stood before him. 9 And he said to them, What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter? 10 And the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you shall say to this people that spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter to us; thus you shall speak to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Judges 9:1 - communed 2 Chronicles 10:3 - they sent Proverbs 26:21 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 18:18
seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Genesis 27:29
Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, And let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be every one that curses you, And blessed be every one that blesses you.
Genesis 28:14
And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in you and in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 30:27
And Laban said to him, If now I have found favor in your eyes, [tarry]: [for] I have used magic and [found that] Yahweh has blessed me for your sake.
Genesis 30:30
For you had little before I came, and it has increased to a multitude; and Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned: and now when shall I provide for my own house also?
Genesis 39:5
And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.
Exodus 23:22
But if you shall indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
Numbers 24:9
He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesses you, And cursed be every one that curses you.
Psalms 72:17
His name shall endure forever; His name shall increase as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy.
Matthew 25:40
And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of these my brothers, [even] these least, you did it to me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That they sent and called him,.... That is, the people of Israel, some of the principal of them, especially of the tribe of Ephraim, sent messengers to him, and gave him an invitation to come to them at Shechem; or, they had sent e, as Kimchi interprets it, which was the reason of his returning from Egypt, at least one of them:

and Jeroboam, and all the congregation of Israel, came; the chief men of them, the heads of the people; these, with Jeroboam at the head of them, who was come out of Egypt, came to Shechem, where Rehoboam was, and they had appointed to meet him:

and spake unto Rehoboam; one in the name of them all, perhaps Jeroboam:

saying; as follows.

e So Pagninus, Montanus.


 
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