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1 Kings 12:24-26
Tree of Life Version
1 Kings 12:24-26
Tree of Life Version
24 Thus says Adonai: you are not to go up or fight against your brothers, the children of Israel. Turn back every man to his own house, for this matter is from Me.”
So they heeded the word of Adonai. They turned and went back, according to the word of Adonai.
25 Then Jeroboam rebuilt Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and resided there. From there he went out and built Penuel.[a]
Jeroboam Resorts to Idolatry
26 But Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom may return to the house of David.
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- 1 Kings 12:25 Heb. face of God.
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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