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1 Kings · read by David Shirley
59 verses, in order. Only the verses David read aloud are shown.
1 Kings 2
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"I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.Read from KJV · Progress of Redemption #02
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And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,Read from NKJV · Progress of Redemption #02
1 Kings 4
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And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.Read from KJV · Progress of Redemption #09
1 Kings 7
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Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
1 Kings 8
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be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—Read from KJV · Progress of Redemption #09
1 Kings 11
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Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD's command.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen."Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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and said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon's hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Because of this, I will humble David's descendants—but not forever.'"Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
1 Kings 12
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Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.Read from ESV · Progress of Redemption #03
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"Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father's service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you."Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How do you advise me to respond to these people?" he asked.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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They replied, "If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever."Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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He asked them, "What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, 'Lighten the yoke your father put on us'?"Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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The young men who had grown up with him replied, "This is how you should answer these people who said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.' This is what you should tell them: 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.'"Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, "Come back to me on the third day."Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the eldersRead from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, "Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions."Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.Read from ESV · Progress of Redemption #03
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When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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"Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the peopleRead from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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that this is what the LORD says: 'You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.'" So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah."Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, "Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
1 Kings 14
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Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.' For the LORD has spoken.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit."Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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Then Jeroboam's wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03
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And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #03