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The Kingdom Divided

1 Kings 12:17

In 11 translations

BSB
but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
KJV
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
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.
LSV
As for the sons of Israel, those dwelling in the cities of Judah—Rehoboam reigns over them.
YLT
As to the sons of Israel, those dwelling in the cities of Judah — over them reign doth Rehoboam.
DBY
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
DRC
But as for all the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned over them.
GNV
Howbeit ouer the children of Israel, which dwelt in the cities of Iudah, did Rehoboam reigne still.
JPS
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
LXXE12:24
and all the people spoke as one man, every one to his neighbour, and they cried out all together, saying, We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Jessæ: to thy tents, O Israel, every one; for this man is not for a prince or a ruler over us.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם רְחַבְעָֽם׃
LXX-Br12:24
καὶ εἶπε πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὡς ἀνὴρ εἷς ἕκαστος τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνέκραξαν ἅπαντες, λέγοντες, οὐ μερὶς ἡμῖν ἐν Δαυὶδ, οὐδὲ κληρονομία ἐν υἱῷ Ἰεσσαί· ἕκαστος εἰς τὰ σκηνώματά σου Ἰσραὴλ, ὅτι ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος οὐκ εἰς ἄρχοντα οὐδὲ εἰς ἡγούμενον·

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  • 1 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
  • 1 Kings 11:13Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
  • 2 Chronicles 10:17but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
  • 2 Chronicles 11:13–17Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam. For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his…

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  • 12:24t in some Bibles
  • In some Bibles also at 12:17.

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