Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seve
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for
Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, an
The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy moun
You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and g
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your bu
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating tha
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon
Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was lo