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"But is it true that God will live with man on the earth? See, heaven and the highest heaven cannot hold You. How much less can this house hold You which I have built!

But respect the prayer of Your servant and what he asks of You, O Lord my God. Listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays to You.

"But if you turn away and leave My Laws and My Word which I have given you, if you go and serve other gods and worship them,

But he did not make the people of Israel do hard work. They were soldiers, leaders, captains of war-wagons, and his horsemen.

But I did not believe the news until I came and saw it with my own eyes. See, half the greatness of your wisdom was not told to me. You are greater than what I had heard.

But Rehoboam would not listen to the wise words of the leaders. He spoke with the young men who grew up with him and served him.

The young men who grew up with him said to him, "Say this to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our load heavy, but you make it easier for us.' Tell them, ‘My little finger is bigger around than my father's body!

My father gave you a heavy load. I will add to your load. My father punished you with whips. But I will punish you with scorpions.'"

Instead he listened to the words of the young men. And he said to them, "My father made your load heavy, but I will add to it. My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions."

But Rehoboam ruled over the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah.

Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, the man who made the people work. But the people of Israel killed him with stones. So King Rehoboam got on his war-wagon in a hurry, to go to Jerusalem.

But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

The Lord saw that they had put away their pride. And the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, "They have put away their pride. I will not destroy them. But I will give them some help. My anger will not be poured out on Jerusalem by the power of Shishak.

But they will be made to work for him. In this way they may learn the difference between My work and the work of the kings of the countries."

But Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, went against his lord the king.

But as for us, the Lord is our God. We have not left Him. The sons of Aaron are working for the Lord as religious leaders. And the Levites are doing their work.

Every morning they give burnt gifts and burn special perfume to the Lord. The holy bread is set on the clean table. And the gold lamp-stand with its lamps is ready to light every evening. For we do the work of the Lord our God. But you have left Him.

But Jeroboam had sent soldiers to come from behind. So Israel was in front of Judah, and soldiers were behind them also.

But Abijah became very strong. He married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, "Lord, there is no one but You to help in the battle between the powerful and the weak. So help us, O Lord God. For we trust in You. In Your name we have come against these many people. O Lord, You are our God. Do not let any man win the fight against You."