1And when Rehoboam had established the kingdome and made it strong, hee forsooke the Lawe of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

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2 Chronicles 11:17, 2 Chronicles 11:17, 2 Chronicles 12:13, 2 Chronicles 12:13, 1 Kings 14:22

2Therefore in the fift yeere of King Rehoboam, Shishak the King of Egypt came vp against Ierusalem (because they had transgressed against the Lord)

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1 Kings 11:40, 1 Kings 11:40, 2 Chronicles 7:19, 2 Chronicles 7:20, 2 Chronicles 7:19

3With twelue hundreth charets, and three score thousande horsemen, and the people were without nomber, that came with him from Egypt, euen the Lubims, Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.

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Nahum 3:9, 2 Chronicles 16:8, Nahum 3:9, 2 Chronicles 16:8, Daniel 11:43

4And he tooke the strong cities which were of Iudah, and came vnto Ierusalem.

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2 Chronicles 11:5, 2 Chronicles 11:12, 2 Chronicles 11:5, 2 Chronicles 11:12, 2 Kings 18:17

5Then came Shemaiah the Prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Iudah, that were gathered together in Hierusalem, because of Shishak, and sayde vnto them, Thus sayth the Lord, Ye haue forsaken me, therefore haue I also left you in the handes of Shishak.

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2 Chronicles 11:2, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 11:2, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 1 Kings 12:22

6Then the princes of Israel, and the King humbled themselues, and sayde, The Lord is iust.

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Exodus 9:27, Exodus 9:27, Daniel 9:14, Daniel 9:14, Jeremiah 44:10

7And when the Lord sawe that they humbled themselues, the worde of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They haue humbled theselues, therefore I will not destroy them, but I will sende them deliuerance shortly, and my wrath shall not bee powred out vpon Ierusalem by the hand of Shishak.

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2 Chronicles 34:25, 2 Chronicles 34:25, Isaiah 42:25, 1 Kings 21:28, 1 Kings 21:29

8Neuerthelesse they shalbe his sernants: so shall they knowe my seruice, and the seruice of the kingdomes of the earth.

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Deuteronomy 28:47, Deuteronomy 28:48, Deuteronomy 28:47, Deuteronomy 28:48, Isaiah 26:13

9Then Shishak King of Egypt came vp against Ierusalem, and tooke the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the Kings house he tooke euen all, and hee caried away the shields of golde, which Salomon had made.

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2 Chronicles 9:15, 2 Chronicles 9:16, 1 Kings 10:16, 1 Kings 10:17, 2 Chronicles 9:15

10In stead whereof King Rehoboam made shieldes of brasse, and committed them to the handes of the chiefe of the garde, that wayted at the doore of the Kings house.

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2 Samuel 23:23, 1 Chronicles 11:25, 1 Kings 14:27, Song of Solomon 3:7, Song of Solomon 3:8

11And when the King entred into the house of the Lord, the garde came and bare them and brought them againe vnto the garde chamber.

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12And because hee humbled himselfe, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, that hee woulde not destroy all together. And also in Iudah the things prospered.

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2 Chronicles 19:3, 2 Chronicles 19:3, 2 Chronicles 12:6, 2 Chronicles 12:7, 1 Kings 14:13

13So King Rehoboam was strong in Ierusalem and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and fourtie yere olde, when he began to reigne, and reigned seuenteene yeres in Ierusalem, the citie which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his Name there. And his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonitesse.

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1 Kings 14:21, 1 Kings 14:21, 2 Chronicles 6:6, Deuteronomy 12:5, 2 Chronicles 6:6

14And he did euill: for hee prepared not his heart to seeke the Lord.

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2 Chronicles 19:3, 2 Chronicles 19:3, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, 1 Corinthians 15:58

15The actes also of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the booke of Shemaiah the Prophet, and Iddo the Seer, in rehearsing the genealogie? and there was warre alway betweene Rehoboam and Ieroboam.

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2 Chronicles 9:29, 2 Chronicles 9:29, 2 Chronicles 12:5, 2 Chronicles 12:5, 1 Kings 12:22

16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid, and Abiiah his sonne reigned in his stead.

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2 Chronicles 11:20, Matthew 1:7, 1 Chronicles 3:10, 2 Chronicles 13:1, 1 Kings 14:29