2 Chronicles 12:1
After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the Lord.
Note That is, Judah; in 2 Chronicles, Judah is occasionally called Israel, as representative of the true Israel.
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the Lord’s law, and all Israel with him.
And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- when Rehoboam
- A.M. 3032. B.C. 972.
- 2 Chronicles 12:13; 2 Chronicles 11:17
- he forsook
- 2 Chronicles 26:13–16; Deuteronomy 6:10–12; Deuteronomy 8:10–14; Deuteronomy 32:15, 18; 1 Kings 9:9; Jeremiah 2:31; Hosea 13:1; Hosea 13:6–8
- all Israel
- 2 Chronicles 11:3; 1 Kings 12:17; 1 Kings 14:22–24; 2 Kings 17:19; Hosea 5:10, 11; Micah 6:16