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1 Kings 12:27

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If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

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  1. 1 Kings 12:25

    Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

  2. 1 Kings 12:26

    And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

  3. 1 Kings 12:28

    Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

  4. 1 Kings 12:29

    And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan.

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