Quotes About Heritage

but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.

“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin

Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.

He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,

Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of Davidís son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesseís son Eliab.

She bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.

He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.

From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;

They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,

The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their fathers.

Jehoramís brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; these were all sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the kingís son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”

Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.

Do not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see.

Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.

And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,

Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.