Yet to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.
2 Chronicles 10:17 - Revised Standard Version But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But as for the Israelites who dwelt in Judah's cities, Rehoboam ruled over them. American Standard Version (1901) But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. Common English Bible and Rehoboam ruled over only the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah. Catholic Public Domain Version But Rehoboam reigned over the sons of Israel who were living in the cities of Judah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Roboam reigned over the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda. |
Yet to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.
But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.
And when all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them, the people answered the king, “What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each of you to your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.” So all Israel departed to their tents.
Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and the people of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah, and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight against Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
And he put shields and spears in all the cities, and made them very strong. So he held Judah and Benjamin.
“Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
“Son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah, and the children of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write upon it, ‘For Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him’;