2 Chronicles 11:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And they strengthened the kingdom of Juda, and established Roboam the son of Solomon for three years: for they walked in the ways of David and of Solomon, only three years.
וַֽיְחַזְּקוּ֙ אֶת־מַלְכ֣וּת יְהוּדָ֔ה וַֽיְאַמְּצ֛וּ אֶת־רְחַבְעָ֥ם בֶּן־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְשָׁנִ֣ים שָׁל֑וֹשׁ כִּ֣י הָֽלְכ֗וּ בְּדֶ֧רֶךְ דָּוִ֛יד וּשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְשָׁנִ֥ים שָׁלֽוֹשׁ׃
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- 2 Chr 12:1And when the kingdom of Roboam was strengthened and fortified, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
- 2 Chr 8:13That every day an offering might be made on it according to the ordinance of Moses, in the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the festival days three times a year, that is to say, in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
- 2 Chr 8:16Solomon had all charges prepared, from the day that he founded the house of the Lord, until the day wherein he finished it.
- 2 Chr 1:1And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him to a high degree.
- 2 Chr 1:12Wisdom and knowledge are granted to thee: and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and glory, so that none of the kings before thee, nor after thee, shall be like thee.
- Matt 13:20And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.
- Matt 13:21Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized.
- Hos 6:4What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do to thee, O Juda? your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth away in the morning.