Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. REHOBOAM 1KI 11:43 Then he rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king. 1KI 12:1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all the Israelites had gone there to make him king. 1KI 12:2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt. 1KI 12:3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him: 1KI 12:4 "Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you." 1KI 12:5 Rehoboam answered, "Go away for three days and then come back to me." So the people went away. 1KI 12:6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How would you advise me to answer these people?" he asked. 1KI 12:7 They replied, "If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants." 1KI 12:8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. 1KI 12:9 He asked them, "What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, 'Lighten the yoke your father put on us'?" 1KI 12:10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, "Tell these people who have said to you, 'Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter'--tell them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist. 1KI 12:11 My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.'" 1KI 12:12 Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, "Come back to me in three days." 1KI 12:13 The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders, 1KI 12:14 he followed the advice of the young men and said, "My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions." 1KI 12:15 So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word the LORD had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite. 1KI 12:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king: "What share do we have in David, what part in Jesse's son? To your tents, O Israel! Look after your own house, O David!" So the Israelites went home. 1KI 12:17 But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah, Rehoboam still ruled over them. 1KI 12:18 King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram, who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. 1KI 12:19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. 1KI 12:20 When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David. 1KI 12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mustered the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin--a hundred and eighty thousand fighting men--to make war against the house of Israel and to regain the kingdom for Rehoboam son of Solomon. 1KI 12:22 But this word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God: 1KI 12:23 "Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, to the whole house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, 1KI 12:24 'This is what the LORD says: Do not go up to fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.'" So they obeyed the word of the LORD and went home again, as the LORD had ordered. 1KI 14:25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. 1KI 14:26 He carried off the treasures of the temple of the LORD and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made. 1KI 14:27 So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1973, 1978, 1984 INTERNATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY 1KI 14:28 Whenever the king went to the LORD'S temple, the guards bore the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom. 1KI 14:29 As for the other events of Rehoboam's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 1KI 14:30 There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. 1KI 14:31 And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. And Abijah his son succeeded him as king. 1CH 3:1 These were the sons of David born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon the son of Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second, Daniel the son of Abigail of Carmel; 1CH 3:5 and these were the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. These four were by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel. 1CH 3:10 Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 1CH 3:11 Jehoram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 1CH 3:12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 1CH 3:13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 1CH 3:14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 1CH 3:15 The sons of Josiah: Johanan the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second son, Zedekiah the third, Shallum the fourth. 1CH 3:16 The successors of Jehoiakim: Jehoiachin his son, and Zedekiah. 1CH 3:17 The descendants of Jehoiachin the captive: Shealtiel his son, 1CH 3:18 Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah. 1CH 3:19 The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah. Shelomith was their sister. 1CH 3:20 There were also five others: Hashubah, Ohel, Berekiah, Hasadiah and Jushab-Hesed. 1CH 3:21 The descendants of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah and of Shecaniah. 1CH 3:22 The descendants of Shecaniah: Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah and Shaphat--six in all. 1CH 3:23 The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah and Azrikam--three in all. 1CH 3:24 The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah and Anani--seven in all. 2CH 9:31 Then he rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king. 2CH 10:1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all the Israelites had gone there to make him king. 2CH 10:2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt. 2CH 10:3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him: 2CH 10:4 "Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you." 2CH 10:5 Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days." So the people went away. 2CH 10:6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How would you advise me to answer these people?" he asked. 2CH 10:7 They replied, "If you will be kind to these people and please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants." 2CH 10:8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1973, 1978, 1984 INTERNATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY 2CH 10:9 He asked them, "What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, 'Lighten the yoke your father put on us'?" 2CH 10:10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, "Tell the people who have said to you, 'Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter'--tell them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist. 2CH 10:11 My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.'" 2CH 10:12 Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, "Come back to me in three days." 2CH 10:13 The king answered them harshly. Rejecting the advice of the elders, 2CH 10:14 he followed the advice of the young men and said, "My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions." 2CH 10:15 So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from God, to fulfill the word the LORD had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite. 2CH 10:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king: "What share do we have in David, what part in Jesse's son? To your tents, O Israel! Look after your own house, O David!" So all the Israelites went home. 2CH 10:17 But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah, Rehoboam still ruled over them. 2CH 10:18 King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram, who was in charge of forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. 2CH 10:19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. 2CH 11:1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mustered the house of Judah and Benjamin--a hundred and eighty thousand fighting men--to make war against Israel and to regain the kingdom for Rehoboam. 2CH 11:2 But this word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God: 2CH 11:3 "Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin, 2CH 11:4 'This is what the LORD says: Do not go up to fight against your brothers. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.'" So they obeyed the words of the LORD and turned back from marching against Jeroboam. 2CH 11:5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built up towns for defense in Judah: 2CH 11:6 Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, 2CH 11:7 Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam, 2CH 11:8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, 2CH 11:9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, 2CH 11:10 Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron. These were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin. 2CH 11:11 He strengthened their defenses and put commanders in them, with supplies of food, olive oil and wine. 2CH 11:12 He put shields and spears in all the cities, and made them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin were his. 2CH 11:13 The priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel sided with him. 2CH 11:14 The Levites even abandoned their pasturelands and property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD. 2CH 11:15 And he appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat and calf idols he had made. 2CH 11:16 Those from every tribe of Israel who set their hearts on seeking the LORD, the God of Israel, followed the Levites to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices to the LORD, the God of their fathers. 2CH 11:17 They strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon three years, walking in the ways of David and Solomon during this time. 2CH 11:18 Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David's son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse's son Eliab. NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1973, 1978, 1984 INTERNATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY 2CH 11:19 She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah and Zaham. 2CH 11:20 Then he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith. 2CH 11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than any of his other wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. 2CH 11:22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah to be the chief prince among his brothers, in order to make him king. 2CH 11:23 He acted wisely, dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and took many wives for them. 2CH 12:1 After Rehoboam's position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the LORD. 2CH 12:2 Because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam. 2CH 12:3 With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites that came with him from Egypt, 2CH 12:4 he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. 2CH 12:5 Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and he said to them, "This is what the LORD says, 'You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to Shishak.'" 2CH 12:6 The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is just." 2CH 12:7 When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, this word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: "Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them but will soon give them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak. 2CH 12:8 They will, however, become subject to him, so that they may learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands." 2CH 12:9 When Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem, he carried off the treasures of the temple of the LORD and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields Solomon had made. 2CH 12:10 So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. 2CH 12:11 Whenever the king went to the LORD'S temple, the guards went with him, bearing the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom. 2CH 12:12 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD'S anger turned from him, and he was not totally destroyed. Indeed, there was some good in Judah. 2CH 12:13 King Rehoboam established himself firmly in Jerusalem and continued as king. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. 2CH 12:14 He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the LORD. 2CH 12:15 As for the events of Rehoboam's reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that deal with genealogies? There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. 2CH 12:16 Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And Abijah his son succeeded him as king. MAT 1:1 A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham: MAT 1:2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, MAT 1:3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, MAT 1:4 Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, MAT 1:5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, MAT 1:6 and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1973, 1978, 1984 INTERNATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY MAT 1:7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, MAT 1:8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah, MAT 1:9 Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, MAT 1:10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah, MAT 1:11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. MAT 1:12 After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, MAT 1:13 Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, MAT 1:14 Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud, MAT 1:15 Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, MAT 1:16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. MAT 1:17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ. Bible Bulletin Board internet: www.biblebb.com modem: 609-324-9187 Box 318 Columbus, NJ 08022 ....online since 1986 Sysop/Webmaster: Tony Capoccia