2 Chronicles 12:1
And it came to pass, when Rehobo'am had established the kingdom, and when he had become 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 hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto thee, great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,
Deuteronomy 32:15Thus did Yeshurun grow fat, and he kicked; [thou art grown fat, thick, fleshy;] and then he forsook the God who made him, and lightly esteemed 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 greatly distressed.
1 Kings 12:17But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, over them did Rehobo'am reign.
1 Kings 14:22And Judah did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and they moved him to wrath more than all that their fathers had done, with their sins which they committed.
2 Chronicles 11:3Say unto Rehobo'am the son of Solomon, the king of 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 →