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";s:4:"text";s:5425:" Rehoboam gathered 180,000 warriors to fight against Jeroboam, but God spoke through the prophet Shemaiah to tell Rehoboam to stand down.
He therefore experienced and witnessed the glory and wonder of Israel’s golden age. Rehoboam was not ready to take charge of all Israel because he had not first prepared his heart to seek the Lord. Rehoboam wasn’t willing. We are only told as much as is necessary to explain the events in Judah and Jerusalem.The three chapters in 2 Chronicles devoted to Rehoboam (10–12) start by following the account in 1 Kings 12–14, but soon concentrate on Rehoboam to the exclusion of many of the details about Jeroboam. Upon Solomon’s death, the twelve tribe kingdom passed naturally to Rehoboam, his eldest son. The account of the prophecy about Jeroboam in 1 Kings 11:26–40 is assumed by the writer of Chronicles. It is all too easy to lose our freedom and once again become enslaved.
As King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam probably hung around with a bunch of spoiled, rich kids. We are hard-hearted when the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin, but we refuse to confess it and repent from it. Israel splitted into two kingdoms – the northern kingdom of Israel and the kingdom of Judah. The transformation was the result of a strict diet and an extreme exercise program.
Rather, it is the path to an abundant life.One of the ways that the Holy Spirit leads us is through the counsel and advice of others. 2 Chronicles 9: 29 King Solomon dies. That it was not wholehearted is indicated by God’s reply: “Twelve years passed, and Judah served Shishak for the rest of Rehoboam’s reign. He just needed someone to agree with him.One of the terms describing us when we are not willing to be led is “hard-hearted.” We’re hard-hearted when we know what we do or say is not pleasing to the Lord but we say or do it anyways. For just three short years, presumably when the immigrant Levites and God-fearers had most impact on the king and the people, the kingdom prospered. An experienced, customer focused server added a touch of panache to an exquisite evening meal with friends later that day. During this period, the border cities were strengthened; but arms and supplies do not prevent the subtle invasion of ideas and attitudes. Initially, their territory was similar to the area of the southern kingdom, and they were a province of the Persian empire, out of which they had been brought by a mighty and outstretched arm. Ten tribes of Israel, led by Jeroboam, rebelled against King Rehoboam.
Secondly, the Chronicles account emphasises how God responded directly to Judah’s waywardness by sending Shishak and the Egyptians to spoil the southern kingdom. Solomon’s loss of concentration caused him to become self-centered and his rule to become unjust.There certainly are a lot of things to distract us in our daily lives.
He writes, “For freedom Christ has set us free. They didn’t seek to discern God’s will. As the vast Egyptian-led army approached Jerusalem, Shemaiah took a message from God to the king: “Both Rehoboam, and the princes of Judah who had gathered to Jerusalem because of the Egyptian threat, heeded God’s warning: “If Judah’s repentance was wholehearted, there can be little doubt that the Egyptians would have returned completely empty-handed.
After Rehoboam there were good kings and bad kings over Judah. In our own lives, we can spend all our energy on things to do with our own personal interests, and those that do so “The decline happened awfully quickly. For as long as he could remember, he was the heir apparent, and he lived in the lap of luxury in a fabulous palace.David’s bequest to Solomon was a kingdom with secure boundaries, strong and friendly relations with many of the surrounding nations, and a powerful economy. Major events during the reign of King Rehoboam. They had forgotten God’s redemptive power, and once more they had to learn the lesson of servitude (2 Chronicles 12:8).The question raised by these chapters is, Would the returned exiles heed the warning of Rehoboam’s reign? We can learn from Sydney and Rehoboam.
When God told Solomon that he could ask for anything and God would give it to him, Solomon asked for wisdom. Rehoboam was the first king of the Kingdom of Judah. Brad pulled out of the driveway and everything went well.
How God’s mercy is displayed when His people repent is a much more important and relevant message, both for them and for us. In the account of I Kings and II Chronicles, he was initially king of the United Monarchy of Israel, but after the ten northern tribes of Israel rebelled in 932/931 BC to form the independent Northern Kingdom of Israel, under the rule of Jeroboam, Rehoboam remained as king only of the Kingdom of Judah, or southern kingdom.