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1 Kings 12:24-26
New American Standard Bible
1 Kings 12:24-26
New American Standard Bible
24 ‘This is what the Lord says: “You shall not go up nor fight against your relatives the sons of Israel; return, every man to his house, (A)for this thing has come from Me.”’” So they listened to the word of the Lord, and returned to go their way in accordance with the word of the Lord.
Jeroboam’s Idolatry
25 Then (B)Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived [a]there. And he went out from there and built (C)Penuel. 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.
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- 1 Kings 12:25 Lit in it
1 Kings 12:24-26
New International Version
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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