Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and we're
continuing to read today in
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the book of 2nd Chronicles.
As we are in the middle of
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Solomon's story, he has
completed the temple and
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come before the Lord, and the
Lord has given Solomon a solemn
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warning. He said, If you will
walk in my ways I will bless you
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but if you forsake my ways,
catastrophe and disaster will
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follow. We're going to pick
up that story; but let's pray
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together first. Dear
God thank you for your word
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and for the warning and for the
blessing, and for the lesson,
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of the story of King Solomon.
And just as he prayed, Lord,
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we come before you as sinners
and we ask you to hear our
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prayer and forgive us and heal
us, and come now to be with us
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as we read these words.
And teach us what you'd have us
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to learn from them. We love
you so much, and thank you for
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loving us. Amen. We're picking
up in 2nd Chronicles, chapter 7,
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and we'll start with verse
20. God is speaking to Solomon.
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And he says, Here is what
will happen if you forsake my
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commandments. Then I
will pluck them up by the
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roods out of my land which I
have given them; and this house
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which I have sanctified for
my name, will I cast out of my
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sight, and will make it to
be a proverb and a byword among
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all nations. And this house,
which is high, shall be an
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astonishment to every one that
passeth by it; so that he shall
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say, Why hath the Lord done
thus unto this land, and unto
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this house? And it shall be
answered, Because they forsook
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the Lord God of their fathers
which brought them forth out of
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the land of Egypt, and laid hold
on other gods, and worshipped
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them, and served them: therefore
hath he brought all this evil
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upon them. - Continuing now
in 2nd Chronicles, chapter 8,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And it came to pass at the
end of 20 years, wherein Solomon
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had built the house of the Lord,
and his own house, that the
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cities which Huram had restored
to Solomon, Solomon built them,
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and caused the children
of Israel to dwell there.
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And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah
and prevailed against it.
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And he built Tadmor in the
wilderness, and all the store
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cities which he built in Hamath.
Also he built Beth-horon the
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upper and Beth-horon the nether,
fenced cities, with walls, gates
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and bars; And Baalath, and all
the store cities that Solomon
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had, and all the chariot cities
and the cities of the horsemen,
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and all that Solomon desired
to build in Jerusalem, and in
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Lebanon, and throughout
all the land of his dominion.
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As for all the people that were
left of the Hittites, and the
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Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites,
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and the Jebusites, which
were not of Israel, But of their
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children, who were left
after them in the land, whom the
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children of Israel consumed not,
them did Solomon make to pay
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tribute until this day.
But of the children of Israel
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did Solomon make no servants for
his work; but they were men of
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war, and chief of his captains,
and captains of his chariot
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and horsemen. And these
were the chief of king Solomon's
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officers, even two hundred and
fifty, that bare rule over the
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people. And Solomon brought up
the daughter of Pharaoh out of
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the city of David unto the
house that he had built for her:
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for he said, My wife shall
not dwell in the house of David
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the king of Israel, because the
places are holy, whereunto the
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ark of the Lord hath come. Then
Solomon offered burnt offerings
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unto the Lord, on the altar
of the Lord which he had built
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before the porch, even
after a certain rate every day,
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offering according to
the commandment of Moses,
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on the sabbaths, and on the new
moons, and on the solemn feasts,
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three times in the year, even in
the feast of unleavened bread,
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and in the feast of weeks,
and in the feast of tabernacles.
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And he appointed, according to
the order of David his father,
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the courses of the priests to
their service, and the Levites
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to their charges, to praise
and minister before the priests,
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as the duty of every day
required: the porters also
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by their courses at every gate:
for so had David the man of God
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commanded. And they departed not
from the commandment of the king
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unto the priests and
Levites concerning any matter,
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or concerning the treasures.
Now all the work of Solomon was
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prepared unto the day of the
foundation of the house of the
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Lord, and until it was finished.
So the house of the Lord
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was perfected. Then went Solomon
to Eziongeber, and to Eloth,
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at the sea side in the land of
Edom. And Huram sent him by the
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hands of his servant ships, and
servants that had knowledge of
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the sea; and they went with the
servants of Solomon to Ophir,
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and took thence four hundred
and fifty talents of gold,
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and brought
them to king Solomon.
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Continuing with 2nd Chronicles,
chapter 9, and this is the
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King James Version.
And when the queen of Sheba
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heard of the fame of Solomon,
she came to prove Solomon,
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with hard questions at
Jerusalem, with a very great
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company, and camels that bare
spices, and gold in abundance,
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and precious stones: and
when she was come to Solomon,
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she communed with him of
all that was in her heart.
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And Solomon told her all her
questions: and there was nothing
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hid from Solomon which he told
her not. And when the queen of
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Sheba had seen the wisdom of
Solomon, and the house that he
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had built, and the meat of his
table, and the sitting of his
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servants, and the attendance of
his ministers and their apparel;
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his cupbearers also, and their
apparel; and his ascent by which
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he went up into the house of the
Lord; there was no more spirit
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in her. And she said to
the king, It was a true report
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which I heard in mine own land
of thine acts and of thy wisdom:
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Howbeit I believed not their
words, until I came, and mine
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eyes had seen it: and, behold
the one half of the greatness
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of thy wisdom was not told
me: for thou exceedest the fame
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that I heard. Happy are thy
men, and happy are these thy
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servants which stand continually
before thee and hear thy wisdom.
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Blessed be the Lord thy God,
which delighted in thee to set
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thee on his throne, to be
king for the Lord thy God:
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because thy God loved Israel,
to establish them for ever,
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therefore made he thee
king over them, to do judgment
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and justice. And she gave
the king an hundred and twenty
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talents of gold and of
spices great abundance,
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and precious stones: neither
was there any such spice as the
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queen of Sheba gave king
Solomon. And the servants also
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of Huram, and the servants of
Solomon, which brought gold from
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Ophir, brought algum
trees and precious stones.
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And the king made of the algum
trees terraces to the house of
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the Lord, and to the king's
palace, and harps and psalteries
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for singers: and there were
none such seen before in the
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land of Judah. And king Solomon
gave to the queen of Sheba
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all her desire, whatsoever she
asked, beside that which she had
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brought unto the king. So she
turned, and went away to her own
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land, she and her servants.
Now the weight of gold that
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came to Solomon in
one year was six hundred
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and threescore and six talents
of gold; beside that which
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chapmen and merchants brought.
And all the kings of Arabia
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and governors of the country
brought gold and silver to
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Solomon. And King Solomon made
two hundred targets of beaten
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gold: six hundred shekels of
beaten gold went to one target.
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And three hundred
shields made he of beaten gold:
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three hundred shekels
of gold went to one shield.
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And the king put them in the
house of the forest of Lebanon.
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Moreover the king made a great
throne of ivory, and overlaid it
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with pure gold. And there
were six steps to the throne,
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with a footstool of gold, which
were fastened to the throne,
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and stays on each side of
the sitting place, and two lions
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standing by the stays: And
12 lions stood there on the one
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side and on the other upon
the six steps. There was not
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the like made in any kingdom.
And all the drinking vessels
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of king Solomon were of gold,
and all the vessels of the house
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of the forest of Lebanon
were of pure gold: none were of
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silver. it was not anything
acounted of in the days of
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Solomon. For the kings
ships went to Tarshish with the
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servants of Huram every three
years once came the ships of
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Tarshish bringing gold and
silver, ivory, and apes, and
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peacocks. And king Solomon
passed all the kings of the
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earth in riches and wisdom.
And all the kings of the earth
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sought the presence of Solomon,
to hear his wisdom, that God had
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put in his heart. And they
brought every man his present,
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vessels of silver, and vessels
of gold, and raiment, harness
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and spices, horses and
mules, a rate year by year.
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And Solomon had 4,000
stalls for horses and chariots,
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and 12,000 horsemen; whom he
bestowed in the chariot cities,
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and with the king at Jerusalem.
And he reigned over all
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the kings from the river even
unto the land of the Philistines
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and to the border of Egypt.
And the king made silver in
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Jerusalem as stones, and cedar
trees made he as the sycamore
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trees that are in the
low plains in abundance.
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And they brought unto
Solomon horses out of Egypt,
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and out of all lands. Now
the rest of the acts of Solomon,
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first and last, are they not
written in the book of Nathan
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the prophet, and in the prophecy
of Ahijah the Shilonite, and
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in the visions of Iddo the
seer against Jeroboam the son of
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Nebat? And Solomon reigned
in Jerusalem over all Israel
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forty years. And Solomon slept
with his fathers, and he was
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buried in the city of David
his father: and Rehoboam his son
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reigned in his stead. - We're
continuing with 2nd Chronicles,
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chapter 10, and this
is the King James Version.
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And Rehoaboam went to Shechem:
for to Shechem were all Israel
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come to make him king. And
it came to pass, when Jeroboam
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the son of Nebat, who was in
Egypt, whither he had fled from
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the presence of Solomon the
king, heard it, that Jeroboam
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returned out of Egypt.
And they sent and called him.
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So Jeroboam and all Israel came
and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
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Thy father made our
yoke grievous: Now therefore
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ease thou somewhat the grievous
servidude of the father, and his
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heavy yoke that he put
upon us, and we will serve thee.
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And he said unto them,
Come again unto me after 3 days,
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And the people departed. And
king Rehoboam took counsel with
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the old men that had
stood before Solomon his father
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while he yet lived, saying, What
counsel give ye me to return
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answer to this people? And
they spake unto him, saying,
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If thou be kind to this people,
and please them, and speak good
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words to them, they will
be thy servants for ever.
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But he forsook the counsel
which the old men gave him,
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and took counsel with the
young men that were brought up
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with him, that stood before
him. And he said unto them,
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What advice give ye that we may
return answer to this people,
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which have spoken to me,
saying, Ease somewhat the yoke
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that thy father did put upon
us? And the young men that were
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brought up with him spake unto
him, saying, Thus shalt thou
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answer the people that spake
unto thee, saying, Thy father
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made our yoke heavy, but make
thou it somewhat lighter for us;
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thus shalt thou say unto
them, My little finger shall be
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thicker than my father's loins.
For whereas my father put a
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heavy yoke upon you, I
will put more to your yoke:
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my father chastised you with
whips, but I will chastise you
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with scorpions. So Jeroboam and
all the people came to Rehoboam
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on the 3rd day as the king bade,
saying, Come again to me on the
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third day. And the king answered
them roughly; and king Rehoboam
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forsook the counsel of the
old men, and answered them after
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the advise of the young men,
saying, My father made your yoke
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heavy, but I will add thereto:
my father chastised you with
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whips, but I will
chastise you with scorpions.
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So the king hearkened not unto
the people: for the cause was of
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God, that the Lord might perform
his word, which he spake by the
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hand of Ahijah the Shilomite
to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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And when all Israel saw that the
king would not hearken unto them
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the people answered the king,
saying, What portion have we
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in David? and we have none
inheritance in the son of Jesse:
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every man to your tents,
O Israel: and now, David,
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see to thine own house. So all
Israel that went to their tents.
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But as for the children of
Israel that dwelt in the cities
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of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over
them. Then King Rehoboam sent
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Hadoram that was over the
tribute; and the children of
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Israel stoned him with stones,
that he died. But king Rehoboam
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made speed to get him up to his
chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
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And Israel rebelled against the
house of David unto this day.
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We're continuing with
2nd Chronicles, chapter 11,
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This is the King James Version.
And when Rehoboam was come to
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Jerusalem, he gathered of
the house of Judah and Benjamin
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an hundred and
fourscore thousand chosen men,
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which were warriors, to fight
against Israel, that he might
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bring the kingdom
again to Rehoboam.
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But the word of the Lord
came to Shemaiah the man of God,
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saying, Speak unto
Rehoboam the son of Solomon,
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king of Judah, and to all Israel
in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
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Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall
not go up, nor fight against
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your brethren: for this thing is
done of me. And they obeyed the
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words of the Lord, and
returned from going against
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Jeroboam.
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