1 Kings 12:16

Easy To Read Version

All the people of Israel saw that the new king refused to listen to them. So the people said to the king: “Are we part of David’s family? No! Do we get any of Jesse’s land? No! So Israel, let’s go to our own homes. Let David’s son rule his own people!” So the people of Israel went home.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:13

A man came in to tell the news to David. The man said, “The people of Israel are beginning to follow Absalom.”

2 Samuel 16:11

David also said to Abishai and all his servants, “Look, my very own son (Absalom) is trying to kill me. This man (Shimei) from the family group of Benjamin has more right to kill me. Let him alone. Let him keep on saying bad things to me. The Lord told him to do this.

2 Samuel 20:1

At that place, there was a man named Sheba son of Bicri. Sheba was a good-for-nothing troublemaker from the family group of Benjamin. Sheba blew a trumpet {to gather the people together}. Then he said,

1 Kings 11:11

So the Lord said to Solomon, “You have chosen to break your agreement with me. You have not obeyed my commands. So I promise that I will tear your kingdom away from you. I will give it to one of your servants.

1 Kings 11:13

Still, I will not tear away all of the kingdom from your son. I will leave him one family group to rule. I will do this for David—He was a good servant. And I will do this for Jerusalem—That is the city I chose.”

1 Kings 11:34

So I will take the kingdom away from Solomon’s family. But I will let Solomon be their ruler for the rest of his life. I will do this for my servant David. I chose David because he obeyed all my commands and laws.

1 Kings 11:35

But I will take the kingdom away from his son. And Jeroboam, I will allow you to rule over the ten family groups.

1 Kings 11:36

I will allow Solomon’s son to continue to rule over one family group. I will do this so that my servant David will always have a descendant to rule before me in Jerusalem, the city that I chose to be my own.

1 Kings 11:39

I will punish David’s children because of {the things Solomon did}. But I will not punish them forever.’”

1 Kings 22:17

So Micaiah answered, “I can see what will happen. The army of Israel will be scattered over the hills. They will be like sheep without anyone to lead them. This is what the Lord says, ‘These men have no leader. They should go home and not fight.’”

1 Kings 22:36

Near sunset, all men in the army of Israel were commanded to go back to their own city and land.

2 Chronicles 10:16

The people of Israel saw that King Rehoboam did not listen to them. Then they said to the king, “Are we part of David’s family? No! Do we get any of Jesse’s land? No! So Israel, let’s go to our own homes. Let David’s son rule his own people!” Then all the people of Israel went to their homes.

Psalm 132:17

In this place, I will make David strong.\par I will provide a lamp for my chosen king.\par

Psalm 76:10

God, people respect you\par when you punish evil people.\par You show your anger,\par and the survivors {\cf2\super [434]} become stronger.\par

Proverbs 15:1

A peaceful answer causes anger to disappear. But a rough answer causes anger to grow.

Isaiah 7:17

But \{you should be afraid of the Lord. Why? Because\} the Lord will bring some troubled times to you. Those troubles will come to your people and to the people of your father’s family. \{What will God do?\} God will bring the king of Assyria {\cf2\super [89]} to fight against you.

Isaiah 7:2

A message was told to the family of David. {\cf2\super [76]} The message said, “The army of Aram and the army of Ephraim (Israel) have joined together. The two armies are camped together.”

Jeremiah 33:21

then you could change my Agreement with David and Levi. Then descendants {\cf2\super [280]} from David would not be the kings and the family of Levi would not be priests.

Ezekiel 37:16

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [294]} get one stick and write this message on it: ‘This stick belongs to Judah and his friends, {\cf2\super [295]} the people of Israel.’ Then take another stick and write on it, ‘This stick of Ephraim belongs to Joseph and his friends, the people of Israel.’

Mark 3:24

A kingdom that fights against itself cannot continue.

Luke 19:14

But the people in the kingdom hated the man. So the people sent a group to follow the man to the other country. In the other country, this group said, ‘We don’t want that man to be our king!’

Luke 19:27

Now where are my enemies? Where are the people that did not want me to be king? Bring my enemies here and kill them. I will watch them die!’”

John 13:8

Peter said, “No! You will never wash my feet.”

Judges 8:35

The people of Israel were not loyal to the family of Jerub Baal (Gideon), even though he had done many good things for them.

Judges 9:28

Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “We are the men of Shechem. Why should we obey Abimelech? Who does he think he is? Abimelech is one of Jerub Baal’s sons, right? And Abimelech made Zebul his officer, right? We should not obey Abimelech! We should follow our own people, men from Hamor. [83] (Hamor was the father of Shechem.)