1 Kings 12:26
And Jeroboam said in his heart: “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David,
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And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
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1 Kings 11:38Therefore, if you will listen to all that I will command you, and if you will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, keeping my commandments and my precepts, just as my servant David did, then I will be with you, and I will build for you a faithful house, in the way that I built a house for David, and I will deliver Israel to you.
Psalms 14:1A Psalm of David. O Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? Or who will rest on your holy mountain?
Isaiah 7:9For the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, you will not continue.
Mark 2:6But some of the scribes were sitting in that place and thinking in their hearts:
John 11:47And so, the high priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and they were saying: “What can we do? For this man accomplishes many signs.
John 12:19Therefore, the Pharisees said among themselves: “Do you see that we are accomplishing nothing? Behold, the entire world has gone after him.”
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 12:26-33
Jeroboam's Idolatry. ( b. c. 975.) 25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: 27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made… Read the whole commentary →