Context 11As often as the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards came and carried them and then brought them back into the guards room. 12And when he humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and also conditions were good in Judah. 13So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Now Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. And his mothers name was Naamah the Ammonitess. 14He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD. 15Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, according to genealogical enrollment? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. 16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David; and his son Abijah became king in his place. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd it was so, that, as oft as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber. Douay-Rheims Bible And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the shieldbearers came and took them, and brought them back again to their armoury. Darby Bible Translation And it was so, that as often as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the couriers came and fetched them, and brought them again into the chamber of the couriers. English Revised Version And it was so, that as oft as the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber. Webster's Bible Translation And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and conveyed them, and brought them again into the guard-chamber. World English Bible It was so, that as often as the king entered into the house of Yahweh, the guard came and bore them, and brought them back into the guard room. Young's Literal Translation and it cometh to pass, from the time of the going in of the king to the house of Jehovah, the runners have come in and lifted them up, and brought them back unto the chamber of the runners. Library Contrasted Services'They shall be his servants: that they may know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.'--2 Chron. xii. 8. Rehoboam was a self-willed, godless king who, like some other kings, learned nothing by experience. His kingdom was nearly wrecked at the very beginning of his reign, and was saved much more by the folly of his rival than by his own wisdom. Jeroboam's religious revolution drove all the worshippers of God among the northern kingdom into flight. They might have endured the … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Rending of the Kingdom Chronicles Links 2 Chronicles 12:11 NIV • 2 Chronicles 12:11 NLT • 2 Chronicles 12:11 ESV • 2 Chronicles 12:11 NASB • 2 Chronicles 12:11 KJV • 2 Chronicles 12:11 Bible Apps • 2 Chronicles 12:11 Parallel • Bible Hub |