2 Chronicles 12:1
And it comes to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he has forsaken the Law of YHWH, and all Israel with him.
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Deuteronomy 6:10And it has been, when your God YHWH brings you into the land which He has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to you great and good cities which you have not built,
Deuteronomy 32:15And Yeshurun waxes fat, and kicks: You have been fat, you have been thick, || You have been covered. And he leaves God who made him, || And dishonors the Rock of his salvation.
Judges 2:15in every [place] where they have gone out, the hand of YHWH has been against them for calamity, as YHWH has spoken, and as YHWH has sworn to them, and they are greatly distressed.
1 Kings 12:17As for the sons of Israel, those dwelling in the cities of Judah—Rehoboam reigns over them.
1 Kings 14:22And Judah does evil in the eyes of YHWH, and they make Him zealous above all that their fathers did by their sins that they have sinned.
2 Chronicles 11:3“Speak to Rehoboam 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 →