Most Popular Bible Verses in 1 Kings 12
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The king answered the people harshly, for he forsook the advice of the elders which they had
and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “
When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying,
“What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;
Now look after your own house, David!”
So Israel departed to their tents.
But
So the king did not listen to the people;
Then King Rehoboam sent
So the king
Then
Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.
It came about when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel.
And
‘Thus says the Lord, “You must not go up and fight against your
Now
Now
“
Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”
He set
Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had
Then they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin and to the
King Rehoboam
The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!’ But you shall speak to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!
But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him
Then he
Then he said to them, “
So he said to them, “What counsel do you give that we may answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”
Jeroboam