1 Kings 12:24-26
Jubilee Bible 2000
24 Thus hath the LORD said, Ye shall not go up nor fight against your brethren, the sons of Israel; return each one to his house, for this thing is from me. They hearkened, therefore, to the word of the LORD and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.
25 ¶ And Jeroboam rebuilt Shechem in Mount Ephraim and dwelt therein, and going out from there, rebuilt Penuel.
26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David
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1 Kings 12:24-26
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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.
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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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