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1 Kings 12

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33 verses in KJV · 301 outgoing cross-reference links

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Opening verses of 1 Kings 12 (KJV)

12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

12:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard [of it], (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)

12:3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

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Traditional writer attribution: Jeremiah

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