2 Chronicles 12:1 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹ When the rule of Rehoboam was established and was strong, he forsook the law of the Lord, 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.

2 Chronicles 12:1 Cross References

1 Kings 12:17

But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.

1 Kings 14:21

Now Rehoboam the 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 which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

1 Kings 9:9

Then they will say, ‘Because they forsook the Lord their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore the Lord has brought all this evil upon them.’ ”

2 Kings 17:19

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

2 Chronicles 11:17

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

2 Chronicles 11:23

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

2 Chronicles 11:3

“Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

2 Chronicles 12:13

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

2 Chronicles 24:18

And they forsook the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt.

Isaiah 1:4

Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, sons who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.

Jeremiah 2:31

And you, O generation, heed 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 no more to thee’?

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spoke, men trembled; 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 walked in their counsels; that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing; so you shall bear the scorn of the peoples.”

Deuteronomy 32:15

“But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked; you waxed fat, you grew thick, you became sleek; then he forsook God who made him, and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

Deuteronomy 32:18

You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you, and you forgot the God who gave you birth.

Judges 2:15

Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had warned, and as the Lord had sworn to them; and they were in sore straits.