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1 Kings · read by Joseph Balsan
34 verses, in order. Only the verses Joseph read aloud are shown.
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As for the rest of the acts of Solomon—all that he did, as well as his wisdom—are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?Read from KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.Read from ESV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.Read from KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
1 Kings 12
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Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.Read from KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.Read from KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,Read from KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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Rehoboam answered, "Go away for three days and then return to me." So the people departed.Read from KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the eldersRead from KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: "What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!" So the Israelites went home,Read from KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.Read from KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.Read from KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 KJV · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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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 · Eternity to Eternity 06 Genesis 1:9
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Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?"Read from KJV · Atlantic Lyman conf.1972-02 Studies in Daniel 04
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Micaiah continued, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.Read from KJV · Atlantic Lyman conf.1972-02 Studies in Daniel 04
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And the LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one suggested this, and another that.Read from KJV · Atlantic Lyman conf.1972-02 Studies in Daniel 04
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Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, 'I will entice him.' 'By what means?' asked the LORD.Read from KJV · Atlantic Lyman conf.1972-02 Studies in Daniel 04
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And he replied, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' 'You will surely entice him and prevail,' said the LORD. 'Go and do it.'Read from KJV · Atlantic Lyman conf.1972-02 Studies in Daniel 04
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So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you."Read from KJV · Atlantic Lyman conf.1972-02 Studies in Daniel 04