And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
to Shemaiah
2 Chronicles 12:5,7,15 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of …
1 Kings 12:22-24 But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying…
the man
2 Chronicles 8:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the …
Deuteronomy 33:1 And this is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed …
1 Samuel 2:27 And there came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus said the …
1 Timothy 6:11 But you, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, …
Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
against
Genesis 13:8 And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between …
2 Samuel 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? …
Acts 7:26 And the next day he showed himself to them as they strove, and would …
1 Corinthians 6:5-8 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among …
Hebrews 13:1 Let brotherly love continue.
1 Peter 3:8 Finally, be you all of one mind, having compassion one of another, …
1 John 3:11-13 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we …
return
2 Chronicles 10:16 And when all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the …
1 Kings 22:36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going …
for this thing
2 Chronicles 10:15 So the king listened not to the people: for the cause was of God, …
Genesis 50:20 But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it to …
1 Kings 11:29-38 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, …
Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart …
Hosea 8:4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and …
they obeyed
2 Chronicles 25:7-10 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army …
2 Chronicles 28:9-15 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he …
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
Beth-lehem Bethlehem, called Bethlehem Judah (Jud.
2 Chronicles 17:7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even …
Joshua 19:15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: …
Genesis 35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
1 Samuel 17:12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose …
Matthew 2:5,6 And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written …
Etam
Judges 15:8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went …
1 Chronicles 4:32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, …
Tekoa
2 Chronicles 20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness …
2 Samuel 14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched there a wise woman, and said …
Nehemiah 3:5,27 And next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not …
Jeremiah 6:1 O you children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the …
Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he …
And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
Beth-zur
Joshua 15:58 Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,
Shoco
Joshua 15:35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
Socoh
Adullam
Joshua 12:15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Joshua 15:35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
1 Samuel 22:1 David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave Adullam: …
2 Samuel 23:13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the …
Micah 1:15 Yet will I bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall …
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
Gath
1 Chronicles 18:1 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, …
Mareshah
Joshua 15:44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
Ziph
Joshua 15:24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
1 Samuel 23:14,19 And David stayed in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained …
Psalm 54:1 Save me, O God, by your name, and judge me by your strength.
And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
suburbs
Numbers 35:2-5 Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of …
Joshua 21:20-42 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained …
1 Chronicles 6:66-81 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities …
their possession
Leviticus 27:30-34 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or …
Numbers 18:21-28 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel …
Jeroboam
2 Chronicles 13:9 Have you not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, …
1 Kings 12:28-33 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and …
1 Kings 13:33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made …
And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
for the devils The word, seirim literally signifies hairy ones, or goats see Note on
Leviticus 17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices to devils, after whom …
Deuteronomy 32:17 They sacrificed to devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, …
1 Corinthians 10:20,21 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice …
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall …
Revelation 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth …
for the calves
Exodus 32:4-8,31 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a engraving …
1 Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and …
1 Kings 14:9 But have done evil above all that were before you: for you have gone …
Psalm 106:19,20 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image…
Hosea 8:5,6 Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off; my anger is kindled against …
Hosea 13:2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images …
And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.
And after
2 Chronicles 15:9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them …
2 Chronicles 30:11,18,19 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled …
Joshua 22:19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then …
Psalm 84:5-7 Blessed is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the …
set
Exodus 9:21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and …
Deuteronomy 32:46 And he said to them, Set your hearts to all the words which I testify …
1 Samuel 7:3,4 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return …
1 Chronicles 22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise …
Job 34:14 If he set his heart on man, if he gather to himself his spirit and his breath;
Psalm 62:10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches …
Psalm 108:1 O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
Daniel 6:14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with …
Hosea 4:8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
Haggai 1:5 Now therefore thus said the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
Acts 11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted …
to sacrifice
Deuteronomy 12:5,6,11,13,14 But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all …
1 Chronicles 16:29 Give to the LORD the glory due to his name: bring an offering, and …
1 Chronicles 22:1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the …
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
A.M.
2 Chronicles 12:1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and …
three years
2 Chronicles 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches, …
2 Chronicles 7:17-19 And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father …
2 Chronicles 8:13-16 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment …
Hosea 6:4 O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? …
Matthew 13:20,21 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that …
And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
eighteen wives
2 Chronicles 11:23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout …
Deuteronomy 17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not …
Judges 8:30 And Gideon had three score and ten sons of his body begotten: for …
2 Samuel 3:2-5 And to David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, …
2 Samuel 5:13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after …
1 Kings 11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: …
1 Chronicles 3:1-9 Now these were the sons of David, which were born to him in Hebron; …
Songs 6:8,9 There are three score queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins …
And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
he dealt
2 Chronicles 10:8-15 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel …
Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely…
dispersed
2 Chronicles 21:3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and …
Genesis 25:6 But to the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave …
1 Kings 1:5,6 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will …
every fenced city
2 Chronicles 11:11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and …
many wives [heb] a multitude of wives
2 Chronicles 11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his …
