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1 Kings 12:26

Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to David’s house.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to David’s house.

  • KJV King James Version

    And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And Jeroboam said in his heart: 'Now will the kingdom return to the house of David.

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Cross-references (12)

Passages linked to 1 Kings 12:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 27:1 David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand.”
  • 1 Kings 11:38 It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
  • 2 Chronicles 20:20 They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.”
  • Psalms 14:1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good.
  • Isaiah 7:9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’ ”
  • Jeremiah 38:18-21 But if you will not go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then this city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they will burn it with fire, and you won’t escape out of their hand.’ ” Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have defected to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.” But Jeremiah said, “They won’t deliver you. Obey, I beg you, Yahweh’s voice, in that which I speak to you; so it will be well with you, and your soul will live. But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:
  • Mark 2:6-8 But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, “Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts?
  • Luke 7:39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”
  • John 11:47-50 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs. If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.” But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
  • John 12:10-11 But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also, because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
  • John 12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”
  • Acts 4:16-17 saying, “What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it. But so that this spreads no further among the people, let’s threaten them, that from now on they don’t speak to anyone in this name.”

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Explain this verse (12 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now…

1Ki 12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

Ver. 26. And Jeroboam said in his heart.] His kingdom was not without cares, his throne without thorns: for help in which case, he consulteth with carnal reason, and thereby "consulteth shame and ruin to his house, and sinneth against his own soul." {Zep 2:10}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Said in his heart, i.e. reasoned within himself: The…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Whereupon the king took counsel,.... Of some of his…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Said, &c. - Reasoned within himself. The phrase discovers…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 12:26. Jeroboam said in his heart — Reasoned…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Jeroboam’s fear was lest a reaction should set in,…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 26. Jeroboam said in his heart — He earnestly…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. And Jeroboam said in his heart] Josephus (Ant.…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And Jeroboam said in his heart.
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 12:26-27 Jeroboam tried to satisfy Israel’s spiritual needs and…

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