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officialyourdailyinspiration · 1 year

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Devotional Hours Within the Bible

by J.R. Miller

Jeroboam's Idolatry (1 Kings 12)

Jeroboam had a fine opportunity. He had come up from the ranks of the people through his own industry and efficiency. He was among the workmen engaged on the great public works of the nation when Solomon found him, his attention having been drawn to him by his industry and ability. He had risen, not through political influence but by sheer worth to a high place. Then he had been divinely pointed out as the man to be the king of the ten northern revolting tribes. The prophet had told him that the Lord would give him this responsible place. The people had also freely turned to him and chosen him as their leader. He had the gifts and qualifications for kingship. If only he had used his opportunity aright he might have become a great king and have built up a mighty empire.

But there was a condition, as there always is when God puts a trust into any man’s hands. “I will place you on the throne of Israel, and you will rule over all that your heart desires. If you listen to what I tell you and follow my ways and do whatever I consider to be right, and if you obey my laws and commands, as my servant David did, then I will always be with you. I will establish an enduring dynasty for you as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.” But Jeroboam threw away this magnificent opportunity, and wrecked the possibilities of his own life. He might have made a brilliant story of honor and blessing for himself and the new kingdom if he had been faithful to God.

Jeroboam was a good builder. Building had been his business. When he became king, he set to work at once to build and fortify cities. “Jeroboam built Shechem. .. and built Penuel.” What a pity it is that he did not stay at his building work all his life! We cannot help thinking how different the history of God’s people might have been if Jeroboam had not become king; or if, being king by divine appointment, he had walked in God’s ways.

A trail of sin, however, blotted every page of the nation’s story behind him. He is known as “the man who made Israel to sin.” Every time his name is mentioned, this mark of dishonor is attached to it. He was put upon his throne with a holy mission. He was called to be a godly king, and then was promised honor, divine blessing, and the perpetuity of his throne. But he proved a traitor to God, and failed to carry out the divine plan for his life. He not only wrecked his own destiny but he dragged a nation with him, down to sin and infamy. It seems a pity that he was ever discovered by Solomon and promoted to a place of honor. Better if he had remained all his life in his lowly place. He understood building cities and strengthening fortifications; had he only built morally and spiritually as well as he had built in material things, he would have been a successful king. There are many people who do this world’s part of their life-work well enough but fail utterly of their higher mission.

We must do our common work conscientiously. We are sure that Jesus was a good carpenter and did the work of His trade most honestly and carefully. But He had a higher mission than carpentering. There are fine carpenters, who are neglectful of their spiritual duties. No life is a success which does not build for heaven. Bricks and stones and timbers will not make eternal habitations. It is right to do one’s work well but if one’s work on the heavenly side is neglected meanwhile, the result will be disastrous in the end. The record of Jeroboam’s enterprise, is all eclipsed by the black spots of his great moral failure.

Jeroboam wanted to keep his people loyal and faithful to him, and set about devising ways of encouraging such loyalty and devotion. He thought he saw danger in the people’s returning to the feasts in Jerusalem. He feared that if this were still permitted, that they would be drawn back to their former allegiance to the southern kingdom of Judah. He knew that they would not be satisfied without some system of worship. They had been accustomed to go to Jerusalem to the great feasts, and these observances had a tremendous hold upon them. If they had no place of worship of their own, they would continue to go to the temple and would gradually drift back to Judah. “Jeroboam said in his heart. Now. .. if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn again unto the Lord.”

It is true that old religious faiths die hard. Religious ties are very strong. When bred in the blood and fiber, it is almost impossible to break them. Those who have been brought up with strong religious habits from their infancy can scarcely by any power be turned entirely away from these habits in later life. This is one reason why children should be trained from the cradle to obey God, and engage in His service. They may then for a time be drawn away from good paths by the world’s temptations but they will almost surely come back in the end. Jeroboam was right in his impression that the people would be apt to drift back to the old altars, unless he provided something in place of what they had left. Yet this was no justification for the sin into which he led them. If he had been loyal to God he would have sought the counsel of some wise and godly men, and have devised some plan to provide for his people religious worship, which would have the divine approval.

The king’s device to meet the danger was not God’s way. “The king made two gold calves. He said to the people, ‘It is too much trouble for you to worship in Jerusalem. O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!’ He placed these calf idols at the southern and northern ends of Israel in Bethel and in Dan. This became a great sin for the people worshiped them!”

Nature abhors a vacuum. A human heart cannot be left empty. “When one object of devotion is taken from it, something else must be put in its place. The king knew that the only way he could keep the people from returning to the old worship was by furnishing some other worship for them. So he was not content to forbid them going up to the old national feasts; he set up new shrines and appointed new festivals.

The old missionaries understood this law of life. When cutting down the sacred groves where the people had worshiped idols, they used the wood to erect Christian chapels on the same spot. If we seek to drive out evil we must do it by getting something good into the heart instead. There is little use in merely urging people to stop doing wrong they must be taught to do something in place of the wrong, and unless they are given something good to do they will continue to do the wrong things.

But while Jeroboam took advantage of this law of life, he erred grievously in the way he sought to fill the vacuum. Turning the people away from the worship of the true God he set up idols and taught them to worship these! Only evil came out of it. “This became a great sin, for the people worshiped them, traveling even as far as Dan!” The king’s plan worked well, according to his purpose. The people took readily to his new shrines. They went even to the farthest off, to Dan, to worship. They do not seem to have had any desire to return to Jerusalem. So Jeroboam had a religion of his own for his new kingdom, and thus one of the strongest ties of the old national life, was broken and the separation was made complete.

Yet this is one of the saddest records in the Bible. It tells of the beginning of a departure from God, which in the end brought bitter sorrow and terrible ruin upon the people, blotting from the very face of the earth the tribes who were thus set going on a wrong path! The man who starts an error never knows to what it will grow. He who sets another’s feet in a wrong path never knows where it will lead at last. To teach one child falsely may be to hurt thousands of lives in the end. Those who start new enterprises open fountains of influence, good or bad, which will flow on forever. Jeroboam gave shape and character to the new departure, and the nineteen kings who followed him all, with not on exception, walked in his evil steps!

There is an old story of an abbot who coveted a certain piece of ground. The owner refused to sell but consented to lease it for one crop only. The shrewd abbot sowed acorns, a crop of which would take three hundred years to grow and ripen. Jeroboam’s one evil sowing, mortgaged the new kingdom for evil through all its two hundred and fifty years of history!

Jeroboam’s evil work did not stop with the setting up of the calves of gold. He established a full religious cult and elaborated a complete system of worship. He made priests, and ordained feasts and systems of sacrifice.

We may trace the course of this man’s sin as it works itself out in the after history. What were the consequences in Jeroboam himself? Trouble followed trouble. His hand withered at the altar. His child died. He was defeated in war. His kingdom was partially torn from him. He was smitten in his person and went to his grave in dishonor.

Then in all the ages since his name has been gibbeted before the world, branded with infamy, as “the man who made Israel to sin.” But his sin did not stop with himself. He poisoned the springs of national life and led a nation into idolatry. The whole history of the ten tribes is one of disaster and calamity, ending in captivity and extinction. Commentators note the fact that in the seventh chapter of Revelation, where the names of the tribes that are sealed in heaven are given, two are missing, Ephraim and Dan, the tribes in whose territories the idol - calves were set up. Is there no significance in this omission? The story of sin is always terrible! “Sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death!”

Jeroboam’s record is preserved as a warning for those who come after him. The red light of the story shines out as a danger signal. Which way are you starting? Are you facing light or darkness? As you start in youth you will likely continue to go forever!

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martyschoenleber · 9 days

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Nine Biblical Reasons Why President Biden is a Poor Candidate for President

I don’t want to write this post. Just like I didn’t want to write last Friday’s post on why President Trump is a Poor Candidate for President. (By the way, that post drew considerable pushback from a few of my brothers and sisters in Christ. One thought I was unfair to Trump and viewed him as a kind of political savior of the country for this moment in time. Two were more measured saying neither…

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#1 Kings 12 #Biden #Election #James 1:20 #John 8:44 #President Biden #Proverbs 1 #Proverbs 16 #Proverbs 24 #Proverbs 26 #Proverbs 29:11 #Proverbs 6 #Voting

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andrew-dramaqueen-minyard · 1 year

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trans Neil could actually make so much sense if you think about it because imagine they’re on the run, and Neil says to Mary ‘mom what if I started dressing like a boy’ and Mary, hellbent on disguising them, thinks that a fantastic idea, and immediately agrees. And then Neil is like, ‘maybe I could change my name to more boy names’ and Mary agrees even more. It’ll be harder to find them. Meanwhile it settles something in Neil, makes him feel about as at home as he could be in a body on the run.

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jackalspine · 1 year

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Hath my liege found his gift satisfactory?

Horse is very big btw

Danny asks why fright knight doesn’t use the big horse. The knight says it’s cause it had been claimed for next king in line.

Danny is pretty sure it’s actually because fright knight would look silly and small on big horse.

@hailsatanacab lol I saw ur tags a drew somgjb kinda based off of it

#fucked up horsies au #skeh #danny phantom #ghost king au #1/12/22 #fright knight

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shit-im-bi · 2 years

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he's a 10 but he was liver-quakingly drunk while his entire family was getting murdered...

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mofffun · 7 months

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unfiltered set photos + offshots for kingoh ep35

#kingohger cast #kingohger #yanma gast #shiokara #ohsama sentai king ohger #ko35 #nkosopa #1-4 asahi story 5 mtpv 6-8 toei #9 12 chiwata tw 10 11 chw + aoto ig #12-14 mss cast blog

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shankss-magnificent-ass · 1 year

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Imagine figuring out when King's birthday is

That Fall

You: *notices King has it noted in his planner that he had no plans on the afternoon of December 1st* sir, would you like to schedule the quarterly finance meeting on the December first?

King: no, keep that afternoon open please, I'll be taking time off that afternoon.

You: I've worked for you for almost a year, and you've never taken time off. Is there any particular reason why?

King: ... No reason

You: *suspicious* okay.

A week later

You: *has to pull the past three years worth of King's planners from the archive for actual work but checks December 1st in all the planners and deduces that it must be important to him*, so he always takes that afternoon off

Yamato: *sprawled on top of a desk, eating Cheetos and intentionally get dust on the floor of Kaido's office* hmm yeah, my father will usually give him some sort of gift, and they go out to lunch together. Although few times Father even tried to get him some of the girls from the brothels to entertain him for the night, but the last time was back when I was a kid. I'm pretty sure after his lunch with my father, he holes himself up in his room.

You: oh can't imagine that went over well.

Yamato: HaHa! No, one of the girls got pushy and King had to throw her out of his quarters.

You: it must be his birthday then, King is too much of a duty driven workaholic to take time off for himself for anything.

Yamato: oh my god, maybe, now that I think about it, I don't know his birthday.

You: in that case I need to move around a few of his appointments

Yamato: *crushes a handful of puffy Cheetos and sprinkles it across Kaido's chair* why would you do that?

You: because he works too much, so any chance I can get him to relax I'll take it.

December 1st

King: when's my appointment with Orochi?

You: Tomorrow

King: You're wrong, check again, I scheduled it for today.

You: I'm not wrong, I moved it two weeks ago to tomorrow. In fact, I moved most of today's appointments to different days. The only thing on your schedule today is Queen's annual service review, torturing a few prisoners, and your lunch with Kaido.

King: oh my, what did I do to deserve such pleasant day?

You: *shrugs* just lucky I guess, it's not like it's your birthday or something. *Squints at King*

King: How'd you know?

You: because only you would need need to wait until your birthday to be able to justify taking time off to yourself. Oh, and remind me which restaurant you are going to with Kaido?

King: His chiefs are making Spicy Udon for us, it's one of my favorites.

You: but not your favorite, which is why I had a crew go out and get a bunch of flying fish to make sashimi for your dinner. It'll be delivered to your rooms at six, and the servants have instructions to deliver it to your door, where they'll ring a bell to announce that it's there, so you don't have to talk to or interact with anyone.

King: I don't deserve you sometimes.

You: I know

King: *ruffles your hair and laughs* you're not supposed to agree with me.

That evening

You: *knocks on King's bedroom door* Sir, I apologize for interrupting your evening, but I've come to deliver something.

King: *currently doing some self-care, so he's not wearing his mask* ... come in

You: *drags in a bouquet of massive flowers you had the Tontatta's grow, and his present* Alrighty tidy, these are yours, happy birthday

King: If you keep this up you'll spoil me. What flowers are these? I've never seen them before, but they're somehow familiar.

You: That's because they're from atop the Red Line. They're called, Flame Daisies, they were once the symbol of the Lunarian Kingdom. They also remind me of you, and they're good for your skin.

King: *didn't anticipate flowers would open an emotional can of worms*, and what's in the box?

You: just a little something something,

King: *opens it to find boxes filled with paperwork and gives you a confused look*

You: those are the only remaining copies of your Punk Hazard records, to do with as you please.

King: you're kidding

You: nope, I destroyed the others, I even got Vega Punk to delete his mental records of them. Good night King, and happy birthday.

King: now wait a damn minute, you can't make me feel like a weepy little bitch, and then just dip. No, your ass is staying here and drinking with me. You're also getting a few face masks, because your'r skin looks awful, sit your ass down.

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WIP Wednesday - 10/18/23

Playing @kedreeva's game again this week :)

It’s WIP Wednesday, time for a little accountability, sharing your work, and getting a kick in the pants.

Here’s how it works:

In a reblog of this post (so people can find you in the notes) or new thread (w/ rules attached) if you want to play on your own, post up to five (5) filenames of your WIPs; not titles, file names.

Post a snippet from one of them. Snippet must be words you wrote in the last 7 days. We’re posting progress here. If you haven’t made any, go make some and come back to play!

After you’ve posted, people can send you an ask with one of your file names. You must then write 3 sentences in that file. If the filename is one you can't share from (for example, an event or gift fic), write 3 sentences on it anyway, and then 3 more on another to share.

That’s it! You can invite others to join in, or just post. I’ll be searching the reblogs to find people to send asks to!

If you’re reading this, you’re invited!

If you see someone posting a WIP Wednesday Game snippet, send them an ask! Make them write.

Here are my offers this week: 1. Math Nerd AU 2. New Kings AU 3. Smalls AU 4. Foxhole Bake AU 5. Dealer's Choice - Send me a line and I'll either write something new or write something for it in one of my existing WIPS (could be one on offer or a fic I'm working on otherwise) (Example in the link)

Dealer's Choice - Pretty Boy (one of the things I could pick from) under the cut

"I'm going to put this in your ear and make sure there is not any glass in there okay?" The remaining EMT says holding up a small tool.

Neil settles looking irritated but nods and Andrew can see his discomfort as the EMT pulls on the bottom of his ear and puts the device in to inspect Neil's ear. "What exactly hit him in the head?" she asks.

"A glass bottle." Andrew answers eyes on Neil and offering his hand to his Junkie. An offering that Neil took almost immediately with a desperation that had Andrew wondering why he hadn't asked until he remembered who he was dealing with.

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#WIP Wednesday #WIP Wednesday Ask Game #10-18-23 WIP Wednesday #Pretty Boy - Chapter 1 - 12 #Math Nerd AU #New Kings AU #Smalls AU #Foxhole Bake AU #FIC: Pretty Boy #AFTG #AFTG FIc

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terra-toma · 2 years

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This scene my beloved

You ever find a podcast in the midst of a post-college job seeking crisis and get bitchslapped by its revelations at Mach 20

Im not even caught up yet and I will never emotionally recover

#malevolent podcast #john malevolent #the king in yellow #i am. so tired #this scene my beloved #eps 1-12 built up to the coolest most hype reveal and every episode after that has caused me emotional turmoil to the highest degree #im having a great time

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duskstarshit · 7 months

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Sindel is able to know which twin is, it does not matter if they look the same, she is perfectly able to know who is who.

They could even change clothes and Sindel still would know

While Jerrod is also able to do that, there had been time where he got confused, but Sindel had never been wrong about knowing who is who.

Sindel: Kitana, where is Mileena? You already got shot.

Kitana (With Mileena's cloths): Kitana? No, mom, im Mileena! I have pink cloths

Sindel: Young lady, either you tell me where your sister is, or you will get double shot and no dessert

Kitana: She is under our bed :(

#mk #kitana #mileena #sindel #king jerrod #mortal kombat 12 #mortal kombat x #mortal kombat 11 #mortal kombat #mortal kombat 1 #this is a headcanon btw

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rosencrantzsguildenstern · 2 months

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ROUND 2!

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an absurdist, existential tragicomedy following two minor characters in Hamlet, the courtiers Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. The action takes place mainly "in the wings" of Shakespeare's Hamlet, with brief appearances of major characters who enact fragments of the original's scenes. Between these episodes, the two protagonists voice their confusion at the progress of events occurring onstage without them in Hamlet, of which they have no direct knowledge. They also have little knowledge of their own lives, and a creeping fear that they're doomed.

do YOU like 4th wall breaks do YOU like metacommentary on the inherent horror of living in a story that cannot be taken off its rails no matter what you do. this is basically the mother of every other piece of metafiction work. even if youve never seen this play if you create or think about metafiction youve almost certainly consumed something that has its roots in this play. a vote for ragad is a vote for the history & legacy of metafiction!

Lion King 1 1/2 is the third Lion King movie. It focuses on Timon and Pumbaa's backstory, which they tell to the audience while watching the first Lion King movie in theaters. The story is loosely based on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, in a similar way to how The Lion King is based on Hamlet, and it turns out the two of them have been observers for a lot of the events in the original movie.

#i was debating making this a week but i think 1 day is ok #ill rb it in abt 12 hours #rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead #the lion king #lion king 1.5 #this is a rlly funny matchup to me #tournament

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officialyourdailyinspiration · 2 years

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Rebellion Against Rehoboam

1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all Israel had gone there to make him king.

2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon, he heard about this, and he returned from Egypt. 3 So the people sent for him.

Then Jeroboam and the entire assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam, 4 “Your father made our yoke heavy. Now lighten your father’s harsh service and the heavy yoke he laid on us, and we will serve you.”

5 Rehoboam said to them, “Leave me for three days and then return to me.” So the people left.

6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was alive. He asked, “What answer do you advise me to give to these people?”

7 They said to him, “If today you become a servant to this people—if you serve them and answer them with kind words—then they will be your servants for all time.”

8 But he rejected the advice which the old men offered him. Instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. 9 He said to them, “What answer do you advise that we should give to these people who said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father laid on us’?”

10 The young men who had grown up with him said, “This is what you should say to this people who said to you, ‘Your father laid a heavy yoke on us. Now lighten our yoke.’ Tell them this: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist. 11 My father imposed a heavy yoke on you. I will make your yoke heavier. My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.’”

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, because the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”

13 The king answered the people harshly, because he had rejected the advice which the old men had offered. 14 He spoke to them as the young men advised him: “My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke. My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.”

15 The king did not listen to the people, because this turn of events was from the Lord, in order to fulfill his word, which the Lord had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah from Shiloh.

16 All Israel saw that the king had not listened to them. So the people answered the king:

What share do we have in David?

No portion in the son of Jesse!

To your tents, Israel!

Now look after your own house, David!

So Israel went to their tents.

17 Rehoboam continued to rule over the people of Israel who were living in the cities of Judah.

18 King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam, however, was able to get in his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David until this day.

Jeroboam Becomes King of Israel

20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No tribe was left which followed the house of David, except the tribe of Judah alone.

(2 Chronicles 11:1-4)

21 When Rehoboam returned to Jerusalem, he assembled the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand specially chosen soldiers, to fight against the house of Israel and to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon.

22 But the word of God came to Shemaiah, the man of God: 23 “Say the following to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin and to the rest of the people. 24 This is what the Lord says. Do not attack and do not fight against your brothers, the people of Israel. Go home, every one of you, for this turn of events is from me.”

So they listened to the word of the Lord, and they returned home, just as the Lord said. 25 But Jeroboam fortified Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and he lived there. From there he also went out and fortified Penuel.

The Sin of Jeroboam Son of Nebat

26 But Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingship will go back to the house of David. 27 If this people goes up to offer sacrifices at the House of the Lord in Jerusalem, then the hearts of the people will return to their master, Rehoboam king of Judah. Then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

28 After the king sought advice, he made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much trouble for you. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!” 29 He set up one in Bethel and the other one in Dan.

30 This sin took hold, and the people traveled as far as Dan to worship. 31 Jeroboam also made shrines on the high places, and he appointed priests from all kinds of people, even though they were not Levites. 32 Jeroboam instituted a festival in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival that is held in Judah. He offered sacrifices on the altar. He did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. He appointed priests in Bethel for the high places he had made. 33 He instituted sacrifices on the altar which he had made in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month which he chose on his own. He instituted a festival for the people of Israel. He went up to the altar to send offerings up in smoke. — 1 Kings 12 | Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV) The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Cross References: Genesis 12:6; Genesis 28:19; Exodus 1:13-14; Exodus 29:34; Exodus 32:4; Leviticus 23:33-34; Numbers 15:39; Deuteronomy 2:30; Deuteronomy 12:5; Judges 9:6; 1 Samuel 8:11; 2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 4:1; 1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 11:32; 1 Kings 13:1; 1 Kings 13:32; 2 Kings 13:2; 2 Chronicles 10:7; 2 Chronicles 10:19; 2 Chronicles 11:1; Psalm 120:1; Proverbs 18:23; Isaiah 31:7; John 13:8

#rebellion against Rehoboam #the kingdom divided #Shemaiah's prophecy #Jeroboam's idolatry #1 Kings 12 #Book of First Kings #old testament #EHV #Evangelical Heritage Version Bible #Wartburg Project Inc.

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