1 Kings 12:27

New American Bible - revised edition

If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, the hearts of this people will return to their master, Rehoboam, king of Judah, and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam, king of Judah.”

Cross References

Genesis 26:7

When the men of the place asked questions about his wife, he answered, “She is my sister.” He was afraid that, if he called her his wife, the men of the place would kill him on account of Rebekah, since she was beautiful.

1 Kings 11:32

He shall have one tribe for the sake of my servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 12:26

Jeroboam thought to himself: “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

1 Kings 8:44

“When your people go out to war against their enemies, by whatever way you send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the house I have built for your name,

Psalm 120:1

A song of ascents. The Lord answered me when I called in my distress:

Proverbs 29:25

Fear of others becomes a snare, but the one who trusts in the Lord is safe.

Deuteronomy 12:11

then to the place which the Lord, your God, chooses as the dwelling place for his name you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and personal contributions, and every special offering you have vowed to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:14

but offer them in the place which the Lord chooses in one of your tribal territories; there you shall do what I command you. Profane and Sacred Slaughter.

Deuteronomy 16:2

You shall offer the Passover sacrifice from your flock and your herd to the Lord, your God, in the place the Lord will choose as the dwelling place of his name.

Deuteronomy 16:6

only at the place which the Lord, your God, will choose as the dwelling place of his name, and in the evening at sunset, at the very time when you left Egypt, shall you sacrifice the Passover.