Bible Cross References
Roboam
1 Kings 11:43
And Solomon rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
1 Kings 12:1-24
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And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
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So it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was still in Egypt, for he had fled from before King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt),
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that they sent and called for him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
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Your father had made our yoke severe; now therefore, lighten the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he had put on us, and we will serve you.
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So he said to them, Go away for three days, then come back to me. And the people departed.
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And King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, How do you counsel me to answer these people?
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And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak agreeable words to them, then they will be your servants all your days.
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But he rejected the counsel which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who were standing before him.
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And he said to them, What counsel do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, Lighten the yoke which your father has put on us?
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And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you shall speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us; thus you shall say to them: My little finger has become fatter than my father's loins!
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And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions!
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So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, Come back to me the third day.
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And the king answered the people harshly, and rejected the counsel which the elders had given him;
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and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions!
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Thus the king did not give heed to the people; for the turn of events was from Jehovah, to establish His word, which Jehovah had spoken by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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And when all Israel saw that the king had not heeded them, the people answered the king, saying: What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now, see to your own house, O David! And Israel departed to their tents.
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Thus Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.
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And King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute, but all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.
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Thus Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
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And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, that they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
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And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand choice men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
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But the Word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
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Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,
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Thus says Jehovah: You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel. Let every man return to his house, for this thing has come about from Me. Therefore they obeyed the Word of Jehovah, and returned to go back, according to the Word of Jehovah.
1 Chronicles 3:10
Solomon's son: Rehoboam; Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
2 Chronicles 9:31
And Solomon rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 13:7
And worthless men gathered to him, and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted and could not withstand them.
Rehoboam
1 Kings 14:31
So Rehoboam rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. His mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his place.
Abijam
2 Chronicles 12:1
Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of Jehovah.
Abijah
1 Kings 15:8-23
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And Abijam rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place.
9
In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.
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And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.
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Asa did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did his father David.
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And he took away the male temple prostitutes from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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Also he removed Maachah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrible thing in a grove. And Asa cut down her horrible thing and burned it by the Brook Kidron.
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But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect toward Jehovah all his days.
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He also brought into the house of Jehovah the things which his father had set apart, and the things which he himself had set apart: silver and gold and utensils.
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And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
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And Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might let no one go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
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Then Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah and the treasuries of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,
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Let there be a treaty between you and me, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you a present of silver and gold. Come and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.
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So Ben-Hadad heeded King Asa, and sent the commanders of his forces against the cities of Israel. And he struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maachah, and all Chinnereth, with all the land of Naphtali.
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Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.
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Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; no one was exempted. And they took away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
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The rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah. But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
2 Chronicles 14:1-16
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So Abijah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet for ten years.
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Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God,
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for he removed the foreign altars and the high places, and broke down the sacred pillars and chopped down the groves.
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He commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to do the Law and the commandment.
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He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet before him.
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And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest; he had no war in those years, because Jehovah had given him rest.
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Therefore he said to Judah, Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
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And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah who carried shields and spears, and from Benjamin two hundred and eighty thousand men who carried shields and drew bows; all these were mighty men of valor.
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Then Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
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And Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
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And Asa cried out unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it is nothing for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no strength; help us, O Jehovah our God, for we have trusted on You, and in Your name we go against this multitude. O Jehovah, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You.
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So Jehovah struck the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.
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And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar. So the Ethiopians fell, and they could not recover, for they were broken before Jehovah and His army. And they carried away very much spoils.
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And they struck all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of Jehovah had come upon them; and they plundered all the cities, for there was exceedingly much spoils in them.
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They also struck the tents of the livestock, and carried off sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.