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He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

Mar 20

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highlighted 1 Kings 15:11 NLT

Asa did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight, as his ancestor David had done.

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highlighted 1 Kings 15:10 NLT

He reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.

Mar 20

There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam throughout Abijam’s reign. The rest of the events in Abijam’s reign and everything he did are recorded in When Abijam died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Asa became the next king.

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highlighted 1 Kings 15:5 NLT

For David had done what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight and had obeyed the LORD’s commands throughout his life, except in the affair concerning Uriah the Hittite.

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highlighted 1 Kings 15:4 NLT

But for David’s sake, the LORD his God allowed his descendants to continue ruling, shining like a lamp, and he gave Abijam a son to rule after him in Jerusalem.

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highlighted 1 Kings 15:3 NLT

He committed the same sins as his father before him, and he was not faithful to the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had been.

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highlighted 1 Kings 15:1 NLT

Abijam began to rule over Judah in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign in Israel.

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highlighted 1 Kings 14:28-31 NLT

Whenever the king went to the Temple of the LORD, the guards would also take the shields and then return them to the guardroom. The rest of the events in Rehoboam’s reign and everything he did are recorded in There was constant war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. When Rehoboam died, he was buried among his ancestors in the City of David. His mother was Naamah, an Ammonite woman. Then his son Abijam became the next king.

Mar 20

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highlighted 1 Kings 14:25-27 NLT

In the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem. He ransacked the treasuries of the LORD’s Temple and the royal palace; he stole everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made. King Rehoboam later replaced them with bronze shields as substitutes, and he entrusted them to the care of the commanders of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

Mar 20

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highlighted 1 Kings 14:22-24 NLT

During Rehoboam’s reign, the people of Judah did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, provoking his anger with their sin, for it was even worse than that of their ancestors. For they also built for themselves pagan shrines and set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. There were even male and female shrine prostitutes throughout the land. The people imitated the detestable practices of the pagan nations the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.

Mar 20

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highlighted 1 Kings 14:21 NLT

Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.

Mar 20

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highlighted 1 Kings 14:20 NLT

Jeroboam reigned in Israel twenty-two years. When Jeroboam died, his son Nadab became the next king.

Mar 20

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highlighted 1 Kings 14:17-19 NLT

So Jeroboam’s wife returned to Tirzah, and the child died just as she walked through the door of her home. And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, as the LORD had promised through the prophet Ahijah. The rest of the events in Jeroboam’s reign, including all his wars and how he ruled, are recorded in

Mar 20

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highlighted 1 Kings 14:16 NLT

He will abandon Israel because Jeroboam sinned and made Israel sin along with him.”

Mar 20

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highlighted 1 Kings 14:15 NLT

Then the LORD will shake Israel like a reed whipped about in a stream. He will uproot the people of Israel from this good land that he gave their ancestors and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, for they have angered the LORD with the Asherah poles they have set up for worship.

Mar 20

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highlighted 1 Kings 14:14 NLT

“In addition, the LORD will raise up a king over Israel who will destroy the family of Jeroboam. This will happen today, even now!

Mar 20

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highlighted 1 Kings 14:13 NLT

All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only member of your family who will have a proper burial, for this child is the only good thing that the LORD, the God of Israel, sees in the entire family of Jeroboam.

Mar 20

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highlighted 1 Kings 14:12 NLT

Then Ahijah said to Jeroboam’s wife, “Go on home, and when you enter the city, the child will die.

Mar 20

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highlighted 1 Kings 14:11 NLT

The members of Jeroboam’s family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures. I, the LORD, have spoken.’”

Mar 20

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