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2 Chronicles 10 1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.
2 Chronicles 10 2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of Solomon's death, he returned from Egypt, for he had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon.
2 Chronicles 10 3 The leaders of Israel sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel went together to speak with Rehoboam.
2 Chronicles 10 4 "Your father was a hard master," they said. "Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects."
2 Chronicles 10 5 Rehoboam replied, "Come back in three days for my answer." So the people went away.
2 Chronicles 10 6 Then King Rehoboam went to discuss the matter with the older men who had counseled his father, Solomon. "What is your advice?" he asked. "How should I answer these people?"
2 Chronicles 10 7 The older counselors replied, "If you are good to the people and show them kindness and do your best to please them, they will always be your loyal subjects."
2 Chronicles 10 8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders and instead asked the opinion of the young men who had grown up with him and who were now his advisers.
2 Chronicles 10 9 "What is your advice?" he asked them. "How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?"
2 Chronicles 10 10 The young men replied, "This is what you should tell those complainers: `My little finger is thicker than my father's waist--if you think he was hard on you, just wait and see what I'll be like!
2 Chronicles 10 11 Yes, my father was harsh on you, but I'll be even harsher! My father used whips on you, but I'll use scorpions!'"
2 Chronicles 10 12 Three days later, Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam's decision, just as the king had requested.
2 Chronicles 10 13 But Rehoboam spoke harshly to them, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors
2 Chronicles 10 14 and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, "My father was harsh on you, but I'll be even harsher! My father used whips on you, but I'll use scorpions!"
2 Chronicles 10 15 So the king paid no attention to the people's demands. This turn of events was the will of God, for it fulfilled the prophecy of the LORD spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.
2 Chronicles 10 16 When all Israel realized that the king had rejected their request, they shouted, "Down with David and his dynasty! We have no share in Jesse's son! Let's go home, Israel! Look out for your own house, O David!" So all Israel returned home.
2 Chronicles 10 17 But Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.
2 Chronicles 10 18 King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, who was in charge of the labor force, to restore order, but the Israelites stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 10 19 The northern tribes of Israel have refused to be ruled by a descendant of David to this day.
2 Chronicles 11 1 When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he mobilized the armies of Judah and Benjamin--180,000 select troops--to fight against the army of Israel and to restore the kingdom to himself.
2 Chronicles 11 2 But the LORD said to Shemaiah, the man of God,
2 Chronicles 11 3 "Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin:
2 Chronicles 11 4 `This is what the LORD says: Do not fight against your relatives. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!'" So they obeyed the message of the LORD and did not fight against Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 11 5 Rehoboam remained in Jerusalem and fortified various cities for the defense of Judah.
2 Chronicles 11 6 He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
2 Chronicles 11 7 Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
2 Chronicles 11 8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
2 Chronicles 11 9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
2 Chronicles 11 10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These became the fortified cities of Judah and Benjamin.
2 Chronicles 11 11 Rehoboam strengthened their defenses and stationed commanders in them. In each of them, he stored supplies of food, olive oil, and wine.
2 Chronicles 11 12 He also put shields and spears in these towns as a further safety measure. So only Judah and Benjamin remained under his control.
2 Chronicles 11 13 But all the priests and Levites living among the northern tribes of Israel sided with Rehoboam.
2 Chronicles 11 14 The Levites even abandoned their homes and property and moved to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to serve the LORD as priests.
2 Chronicles 11 15 Jeroboam appointed his own priests to serve at the pagan shrines, where they worshiped the goat and calf idols he had made.
2 Chronicles 11 16 From all over Israel, those who sincerely wanted to worship the LORD, the God of Israel, followed the Levites to Jerusalem, where they could offer sacrifices to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 11 17 This strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they supported Rehoboam son of Solomon and earnestly sought to obey the LORD as they had done during the reigns of David and Solomon.
2 Chronicles 11 18 Rehoboam married his cousin Mahalath, the daughter of David's son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab. (Eliab was one of David's brothers, a son of Jesse.)
2 Chronicles 11 19 Mahalath had three sons--Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
2 Chronicles 11 20 Later Rehoboam married another cousin, Maacah, the daughter of Absalom. Maacah gave birth to Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
2 Chronicles 11 21 Rehoboam loved Maacah more than any of his other wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and they gave birth to twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
2 Chronicles 11 22 Rehoboam made Maacah's son Abijah chief among the princes, making it clear that he would be the next king.
2 Chronicles 11 23 Rehoboam also wisely gave responsibilities to his other sons and stationed them in the fortified cities throughout the land of Judah and Benjamin. He provided them with generous provisions and arranged for each of them to have several wives.
2 Chronicles 12 1 But when Rehoboam was firmly established and strong, he abandoned the law of the LORD, and all Israel followed him in this sin.
2 Chronicles 12 2 Because they were unfaithful to the LORD, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam's reign.
2 Chronicles 12 3 He came with twelve hundred chariots, sixty thousand horsemen, and a countless army of foot soldiers, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.
2 Chronicles 12 4 Shishak conquered Judah's fortified cities and then advanced to attack Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 12 5 The prophet Shemaiah then met with Rehoboam and Judah's leaders, who had all fled to Jerusalem because of Shishak. Shemaiah told them, "This is what the LORD says: You have abandoned me, so I am abandoning you to Shishak."
2 Chronicles 12 6 The king and the leaders of Israel humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is right in doing this to us!"
2 Chronicles 12 7 When the LORD saw their change of heart, he gave this message to Shemaiah: "Since the people have humbled themselves, I will not completely destroy them and will soon give them some relief. I will not use Shishak to pour out my anger on Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 12 8 But they will become his subjects, so that they can learn how much better it is to serve me than to serve earthly rulers."
2 Chronicles 12 9 So King Shishak of Egypt came to Jerusalem and took away all the treasures of the Temple of the LORD and of the royal palace, including all of Solomon's gold shields.
2 Chronicles 12 10 King Rehoboam later replaced them with bronze shields and entrusted them to the care of the captain of his bodyguard.
2 Chronicles 12 11 Whenever the king went to the Temple of the LORD, the guards would carry them along and then return them to the guardroom.
2 Chronicles 12 12 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD's anger was turned aside, and he did not destroy him completely. And there was still goodness in the land of Judah.
2 Chronicles 12 13 King Rehoboam firmly established himself in Jerusalem and continued to rule. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name. Rehoboam's mother was Naamah, a woman from Ammon.
2 Chronicles 12 14 But he was an evil king, for he did not seek the LORD with all his heart.
2 Chronicles 12 15 The rest of the events of Rehoboam's reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Shemaiah the Prophet and in The Record of Iddo the Seer, which are part of the genealogical record. Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.
2 Chronicles 12 16 When Rehoboam died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Abijah became the next king.
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