1 Kings 12:17
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
1 Kings 12:17 in other translations
| BSB | but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah. |
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| WEB | But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. |
| ASV | But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. |
| YLT | As to the sons of Israel, those dwelling in the cities of Judah--over them reign doth Rehoboam. |
| DARBY | But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. |
| BBE | (But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.) |
| Webster | But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. |
What does 1 Kings 12:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 12:15-18
15-18. the king hearkened not unto the people, for the cause was from the Lord--That was the overruling cause. Rehoboam's weakness (Ec 2:18, 19) and inexperience in public affairs has given rise to the probable conjecture, that, like many other princes in the East, he had been kept secluded in the harem till the period of his accession (Ec 4:14), his father being either afraid of his aspiring to the sovereignty…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 12:16-24
The people speak unbecomingly of David. How soon are good men, and their good services to the public, forgotten ! These considerations should reconcile us to our losses and troubles, that God is the Author of them, and our brethren the instruments: let us not meditate revenge. Rehoboam and his people hearkened to the word of the Lord. When we know God's mind, we must submit, how much soever it crosses our own mind…
1 Kings 12:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 12:17
- 1 Kings 11:36
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
- 1 Kings 11:13
Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.
- 2 Chronicles 10:17
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
- 2 Chronicles 11:13-17
And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. 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: And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. 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. …
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Context
- 1 Kings 12:16
So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
- 1 Kings 12:17
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
- 1 Kings 12:18
Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
1 Kings 12:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas reinó Roboam sobre los hijos de Israel que moraban en las ciudades de Judá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais quant aux fils d’Israël qui habitaient dans les villes de Juda, Roboam régna sur eux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Kinder Israel aber, die in den Städten Judas wohnten, über sie wurde Rehabeam König. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Super filios autem Israël, quicumque habitabant in civitatibus Juda, regnavit Roboam. |