2 Chronicles 12:1
And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
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Deuteronomy 6:10And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land which He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee — great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked — thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross — and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation.
Judges 2:15Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken, and as the LORD had sworn unto them; and they were sore distressed.
1 Kings 12:17But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
1 Kings 14:22And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and they moved Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
2 Chronicles 11:3'Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying:
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 12:1
This chapter gives us a more full account of the reign of Rehoboam than we had before in Kings and it is a very melancholy account. Methinks we are in the book of Judges again; for, I. Rehoboam and his people did evil in the sight of the Lord, ver. 1 . II. God thereupon sold them into the hands of Shishak, king of Egypt, who greatly oppressed them, ver. 2-4 . III. God sent a prophet to them, to expound to them the judgment and to call them to repentance, ver. 5 . IV. They thereupon humbled themselves, ver. 6 . V.… Read the whole commentary →