2 Chronicles 12:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he grew strong, he abandoned the law of the Lord, he and all Israel with him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN REHOBOAM had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

Common English Bible

¹ But as soon as Rehoboam had secured his royal power, he, along with all Israel, abandoned the LORD’s Instruction.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And when the kingdom of Rehoboam had been strengthened and fortified, he abandoned the law of the Lord, and all of Israel with him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And when the kingdom of Roboam was strengthened and fortified, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

2 Chronicles 12:1 Cross References

1 Kings 12:17

But Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah.

1 Kings 14:21

Now Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

1 Kings 9:9

Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, worshiping them and serving them; therefore the Lord brought this disaster upon them.’ ”

2 Kings 17:19

Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced.

2 Chronicles 11:17

They strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they made Rehoboam son of Solomon secure, for they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.

2 Chronicles 11:23

He dealt wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the districts of Judah and Benjamin, in all the fortified cities; he gave them abundant provisions and found many wives for them.

2 Chronicles 11:3

“Say to King Rehoboam of Judah, son of Solomon, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin:

2 Chronicles 12:13

So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign; he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

2 Chronicles 24:18

They abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and served the sacred poles and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.

Isaiah 1:4

Woe, sinful nation, people laden with iniquity, offspring who do evil, children who act corruptly, who have forsaken the Lord, who have despised the Holy One of Israel, [[who are utterly estranged!]]

Jeremiah 2:31

And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord! Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, “We are free; we will come to you no more”?

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died.

Micah 6:16

For you have kept the statutes of Omri and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you have followed their counsels. Therefore I will make you a desolation and your inhabitants an object of hissing, so you shall bear the scorn of my people.

Deuteronomy 32:15

Jacob ate his fill; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. You grew fat, bloated, and gorged! He abandoned God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

Deuteronomy 32:18

You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

Judges 2:15

Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them to bring misfortune, as the Lord had warned them and sworn to them, and they were in great distress.