2 Chronicles 12:1

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Summary

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.

When rehoboam

2 Chronicles 12:13

2 Chronicles 11:17

He forsook

Hosea 13:1

All israel

Bible References

When rehoboam

King Rehoboam strengthened his position in Jerusalem and ruled. He was forty-one years old when he began to rule. He ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah chose from all the tribes of Israel, and the city where Jehovah put his name. Rehoboam's mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.

So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah by supporting Rehoboam, son of Solomon, for three years. During those three years they lived the way David and Solomon had lived.

He forsook

They commanded an army of three hundred seven thousand and five hundred soldiers. They were a powerful force that could support the king against the enemy.

It shall be like the time when Jehovah your God brought you into the land he promised to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. He would give you large and beautiful cities that you did not build.

When you have eaten all you want, thank Jehovah your God for the good land he has given you.

Jeshurun (Israel) grew fat and disrespectful. You got fat! You were stuffed! You over eat! He abandoned the God who made him and scornfully treated the rock of his salvation.

The answer will be: 'Because they turned away from Jehovah their God. The one who took their fathers out of the land of Egypt. They took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why Jehovah has sent this evil on them.'

O you people of this generation consider the word of Jehovah! Have I been a wilderness, a land of thick darkness, for Israel? Why do my people say that they are free to wander around and no longer come to me?

When the tribe of Ephraim spoke, people trembled. The people of Ephraim were important in Israel. Then they became guilty of worshiping Baal, so they must die.

All israel

Speak to Judah's King Rehoboam, son of Solomon, and all Israel in Judah and Benjamin.

Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.

The people of Judah sinned against Jehovah. They did more to arouse his anger against them than all their ancestors had done.

But even Judah did not obey the commands of Jehovah their God. They were guided by the rules Israel made.

The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark. I will pour my wrath upon them like water.

The statutes of Omri and the works of the house of Ahab are observed. You walk in their counsels. I will make you desolation! The inhabitants will be hissed. You will bear the reproach of my people.