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1 Kings 12:24-26
Christian Standard Bible
1 Kings 12:24-26
Christian Standard Bible
24 ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not to march up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you return home, for this situation is from me.’”(A)
So they listened to the word of the Lord and went back according to the word of the Lord.
Jeroboam’s Idolatry
25 Jeroboam built Shechem(B) in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built Penuel.(C) 26 Jeroboam said to himself, “The kingdom might now return to the house of David.(D)
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1 Kings 12:24-26
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1 Kings 12:24-26
New International Version
24 ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not go up to fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.’” So they obeyed the word of the Lord and went home again, as the Lord had ordered.
Golden Calves at Bethel and Dan
25 Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem(A) in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Peniel.[a](B)
26 Jeroboam thought to himself, “The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 12:25 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel
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