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1 Kings · read by James Begg
13 verses, in order. Only the verses James read aloud are shown.
1 Kings 12
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Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.Read from KJV · Anarchy in Worship or Recent Innovation Contrasted W/ Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (1875)
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Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.Read from KJV · Anarchy in Worship or Recent Innovation Contrasted W/ Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (1875)
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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 KJV · Anarchy in Worship or Recent Innovation Contrasted W/ Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (1875)
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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 KJV · Anarchy in Worship or Recent Innovation Contrasted W/ Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (1875)
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One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.Read from ESV · Anarchy in Worship or Recent Innovation Contrasted W/ Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (1875)
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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 KJV · Anarchy in Worship or Recent Innovation Contrasted W/ Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (1875)
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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 KJV · Anarchy in Worship or Recent Innovation Contrasted W/ Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (1875)
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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 KJV · Anarchy in Worship or Recent Innovation Contrasted W/ Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (1875)
1 Kings 13
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Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.Read from KJV · Anarchy in Worship or Recent Innovation Contrasted W/ Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (1875)
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And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, "O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: 'A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.'"Read from KJV · Anarchy in Worship or Recent Innovation Contrasted W/ Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (1875)
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That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, "The LORD has spoken this sign: 'Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.'"Read from KJV · Anarchy in Worship or Recent Innovation Contrasted W/ Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (1875)
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Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, "Seize him!" But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.Read from KJV · Anarchy in Worship or Recent Innovation Contrasted W/ Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (1875)
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And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.Read from KJV · Anarchy in Worship or Recent Innovation Contrasted W/ Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (1875)