Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him forsook the law of the Lord.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

When Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he abandoned the law of the Lord—he and all Israel with him.

International Standard Version

At the height of his power, after he had consolidated his rule, Rehoboam abandoned the LORD's Law, along with all of Israel with him.

A Conservative Version

And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of LORD, and all Israel with him.

American Standard Version

And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

Amplified

When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

Now when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and when he had become strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

Julia Smith Translation

And it will be when Rehoboam established the kingdom, and when he strengthened himself, he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and when he was strengthened, he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.

Modern King James verseion

And it happened when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had made himself strong, he departed from the Law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and made it strong, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him;

NET Bible

After Rehoboam's rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord.

New Heart English Bible

It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.

The Emphasized Bible

And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of Yahweh, - and all Israel with him.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.

Youngs Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he hath forsaken the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רחבעם 
R@chab`am 
Usage: 50

the kingdom
מלכיּה מלכת מלכוּת 
Malkuwth 
Usage: 91

חזקה 
Chezqah 
Usage: 3

the law
תּרה תּורה 
Towrah 
law
Usage: 219

of the Lord

Usage: 0

and all Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

Context Readings

Shishak Of Egypt Invades Jerusalem

1 When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him forsook the law of the Lord. 2 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem

Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:17

They strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they made Rehoboam the son of Solomon secure, for they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.

2 Chronicles 12:13

So King Rehoboam grew strong in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.

1 Kings 14:22-24

And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.

2 Chronicles 26:13-16

Under their command was an army of 307,500, who could make war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

Deuteronomy 6:10-12

"And when the LORD your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you--with great and good cities that you did not build,

Deuteronomy 8:10-14

And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.

Deuteronomy 32:15

"But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

Deuteronomy 32:18

You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you, and you forgot the God who gave you birth.

1 Kings 9:9

Then they will say, 'Because they abandoned the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore the LORD has brought all this disaster on them.'"

1 Kings 12:17

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

2 Kings 17:19

Judah also did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced.

2 Chronicles 11:3

"Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

Jeremiah 2:31

And you, O generation, behold the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, 'We are free, we will come no more to you'?

Hosea 5:10-11

The princes of Judah have become like those who move the landmark; upon them I will pour out my wrath like water.

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died.

Hosea 13:6-8

but when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me.

Micah 6:16

For you have kept the statutes of Omri, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and you have walked in their counsels, that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing; so you shall bear the scorn of my people."

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