2 Chronicles 12:1 Cross References - LITV

¹ And it happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was settled, and when he was strong, he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

¹⁰ And it shall be, when Jehovah your God shall bring you into the land which He has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to you great and good cities, which you have not built, ¹¹ and houses full of every good thing which you have not filled, and wells dug which you did not dig, vineyards and oliveyards which you did not plant; and you shall eat and be satisfied; ¹² and you shall be on guard that you not forget Jehovah who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves.

¹⁰ And you shall eat and be satisfied; and you shall bless Jehovah your God in the good land which He has given you. ¹¹ Take heed to yourself, lest you forget Jehovah your God so as not to keep His commandments, and His ordinances, and His statutes, which I am commanding you today; ¹² that when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built goodly houses, and have lived in them; ¹³ and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold have multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied, ¹⁴ then it rises up into your heart, and you forget Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves;

¹⁵ But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, thick and sated. And he abandoned God who made him, and fell away from the Rock of his salvation.

¹⁸ You forgot the Rock that brought you into being and ceased to care for God who formed you.

⁹ And they shall say, Because they have forsaken Jehovah their God, who brought their fathers out from the land of Egypt, and they laid hold on other gods and bowed themselves to them and served them. On account of this Jehovah has brought in upon them all this evil.

¹⁷ As to the sons of Israel, those living in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

²² And Judah did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked Him to jealousy above all their fathers did by their sins that they had sinned. ²³ And they built, they also, high places for themselves, and standing pillars, and Asherahs on every high hill, and under every green tree. ²⁴ And also the sodomite was in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah expelled before the sons of Israel.

¹⁹ Also Judah did not keep the commands of Jehovah their God, and they walked in the statutes of Israel that they had made.

³ Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon the king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

¹⁷ And they made the kingdom of Judah stronger, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon stronger, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.

¹³ And king Rehoboam made himself strong in Jerusalem, and reigned. For Rehoboam was a son of forty one years when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah had chosen to put His name there, out of all the tribes of Israel. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

¹³ And under their hand was a powerful army, three hundred and seven thousand, five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. ¹⁴ And Uzziah prepared for them, for all the army, shields and spears and helmets, and breastplates, and bows, even to stones for the slings. ¹⁵ And he made engines in Jerusalem, the inventions of skillful men, to be on the towers and on the corners, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was wonderfully helped until he was strong. ¹⁶ And when he became strong, his heart was lifted up to act corruptly; and he trespassed against Jehovah his God, and went in to the temple of Jehovah to burn incense on the altar of incense.

³¹ O generation, see the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, We roam; we will come no more to You.

¹⁰ The rulers of Judah were as movers of a border; I will pour out My wrath on them like water. ¹¹ Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment; because he was pleased, he walked after the command.

¹ When Ephraim spoke trembling, he was lifted up in Israel. But he offended in Baal, and he died.

⁶ According to their pasture, so they were filled. They were filled, and their heart was lifted up. On account of this they have forgotten Me. ⁷ Now I am as a lion to them; I will watch by the way like a leopard. ⁸ I will meet them like a bereaved bear, and I will tear the lining of their heart; and as a lion, I will devour them there; the beast of the field shall tear them.

¹⁶ And one has kept himself as to the statutes of Omri and all the works of the house of Ahab. And you walk in their counsels, so that I may give you for a horror and her inhabitants for a hissing. And you shall bear the shame of My people.