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2 Chronicles 12:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead. "
2 Chronicles 12:16
Verse in Context
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14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
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2 Chronicles 12:1
"And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him."
2 Chronicles 12:2
"And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,"
2 Chronicles 12:3
"With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians."
2 Chronicles 12:4
"And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem."
2 Chronicles 12:5
"Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak."
2 Chronicles 12:6
"Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous."
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