All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, blessing each one of them with a suitable blessing.
2 Chronicles 11:3 - New Revised Standard Version Say to King Rehoboam of Judah, son of Solomon, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, American Standard Version (1901) Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, Common English Bible Tell Judah’s King Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, and all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, Catholic Public Domain Version "Speak to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, the king of Judah, and to all of Israel who are of Judah, or of Benjamin: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Speak to Roboam the son of Solomon, the king of Juda, and to all Israel, in Juda and Benjamin: |
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, blessing each one of them with a suitable blessing.
To this day they continue to practice their former customs. They do not worship the Lord and they do not follow the statutes or the ordinances or the law or the commandment that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who were living in the cities of Judah.
“Thus says the Lord: You shall not go up or fight against your kindred. Let everyone return home, for this thing is from me.” So they heeded the word of the Lord and turned back from the expedition against Jeroboam.
And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and set up twelve pillars, corresponding to the twelve tribes of Israel.
circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;