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1 Kings 12:24-26
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1 Kings 12:24-26
EasyEnglish Bible
24 This is what the Lord says: “Do not attack your brothers, the Israelites. Do not fight against them. Instead, you must all go home. I, the Lord, have decided that this must happen.” ’
So they obeyed the Lord's message. They went back to their homes, as the Lord had commanded them to do.
King Jeroboam
25 Jeroboam made Shechem into a strong city. He lived there, in the hill country of Ephraim. He also went to make Penuel a strong city.
26 Jeroboam thought, ‘I do not want the people of my kingdom to accept David's descendants as king again.
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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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