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Bible Reading for September 03

2 Chronicles 10
[1] And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to
make him king.
[2] And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt,
whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that
Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
[3] And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake
to Rehoboam, saying,
[4] Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the
grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us,
and we will serve thee.
[5] And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the
people departed.
[6] And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before
Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to
return answer to this people?
[7] And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and
please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for
ever.
[8] But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel
with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
[9] And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to
this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that
thy father did put upon us?
[10] And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him,
saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy
father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus
shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my
father's loins.
[11] For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to
your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions.
[12] So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as
the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. [13] And the king
answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old
men,
[14] And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father
made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with
whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. [15] So the king hearkened
not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform
his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam
the son of Nebat. [16] And when all Israel saw that the king would not
hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have
we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to
your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel
went to their tents. [17] But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in
the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
[18] Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the
children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam
made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. [19] And
Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

2 Chronicles 11
[1] And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of
Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were
warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to
Rehoboam.
[2] But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, [3]
Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in
Judah and Benjamin, saying,
[4] Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your
brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And
they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against
Jeroboam. [5] And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence
in Judah. [6] He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, [7] And
Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, [8] And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, [9]
And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, [10] And Zorah, and Aijalon, and
Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
[11] And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store
of victual, and of oil and wine.
[12] And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them
exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. [13] And the
priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all
their coasts.
[14] For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to
Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from
executing the priest's office unto the LORD: [15] And he ordained him
priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which
he had made. [16] And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as
set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to
sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.
[17] So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son
of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of
David and Solomon.
[18] And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of
David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; [19]
Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. [20] And after
her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and
Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. [21] And Rehoboam loved Maachah the
daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took
eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons,
and threescore daughters.) [22] And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah
the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
[23] And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all
the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave
them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

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] 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,
[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.
[4] And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
[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.
[6] Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and
they said, The LORD is righteous.
[7] And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the
LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I
will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath
shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. [8]
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and
the service of the kingdoms of the countries. [9] So Shishak king of Egypt
came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the
LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away
also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
[10] Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed
them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the
king's house.
[11] And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came
and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. [12] And
when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him that he
would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well. [13]
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for
Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all
the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was
Naamah an Ammonitess.
[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.

2 Chronicles 13
[1] Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
[2] He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah
and Jeroboam.
[3] And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war,
even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in
array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men
of valour.
[4] And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and
said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; [5] Ought ye not to know that
the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even
to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? [6] Yet Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath
rebelled against his lord. [7] And there are gathered unto him vain men,
the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam
the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could
not withstand them. [8] And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the
LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and
there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. [9]
Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the
Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other
lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock
and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. [10] But
as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the
priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the
Levites wait upon their business:
[11] And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt
sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the
pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn
every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have
forsaken him.
[12] And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests
with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel,
fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not
prosper. [13] But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them:
so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. [14] And
when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they
cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. [15] Then
the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to
pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
[16] And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them
into their hand.
[17] And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there
fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. [18] Thus the
children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of
Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.
[19] And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel
with the towns thereof, and Jeshnah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain
with the towns thereof.
[20] Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and
the LORD struck him, and he died.
[21] But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty
and two sons, and sixteen daughters. [22] And the rest of the acts of
Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the
prophet Iddo.

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