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day.” Then the king answered them roughly. 13 The boar out of the woods uproots it,
King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the el- And the wild beast of the field
ders, and he spoke to them according to the devours it.
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advice of the young men, saying, “My father Proverbs 20:16–18
made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my
father chastised you with whips, but I will chas- 16 Take the garment of one who is surety
tise you with scourges!” So the king did not lis- for a stranger,
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ten to the people; for the turn of events was from And hold it as a pledge when it is for
God, that the LORD might fulfill His word, which a seductress.
He had spoken by the hand of Ahijah the
Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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not listen to them, the people answered the 20:16 Garments were common security for a
king, saying: loan but they always had to be returned by
“What share have we in David? sundown (Ex. 22:26,27; Deut. 24:10–13).
We have no inheritance in the son of “Seductress” is more likely “foreigner.” Anyone
Jesse. who foolishly has taken on the responsibility
Every man to your tents, O Israel! for the debt of a stranger or an immoral
woman will likely never be paid back, so he
Now see to your own house, O David!”
will never pay his creditor unless his own gar-
So all Israel departed to their tents. But ment is taken as security.
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Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel
who dwelt in the cities of Judah.
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was in charge of revenue; but the children of Bread gained by deceit is sweet
to a man,
Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. But afterward his mouth will be filled
Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chari- with gravel.
ot in haste to flee to Jerusalem. So Israel has
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been in rebellion against the house of David to 18 Plans are established by counsel;
this day. By wise counsel wage war.
Psalm 80:7–13 Acts 14:1–28
Restore us, O God of hosts; Now it happened in Iconium that they
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Cause Your face to shine, 14 went together to the synagogue of the
And we shall be saved! Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both
of the Jews and of the Greeks believed. But
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8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt;
You have cast out the nations, and the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles
and poisoned their minds against the brethren.
planted it.
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Therefore they stayed there a long time,
speaking boldly in the Lord, who was bearing
witness to the word of His grace, granting
signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
80:8 vine out of Egypt.The vine is a metaphor 4 But the multitude of the city was divided:
for Israel, whom God delivered out of Egypt part sided with the Jews, and part with the
and nurtured into a powerful nation (Is. 5:1–7; apostles. And when a violent attempt was
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27:2–6; Matt. 21:33–40).
9 You prepared room for it,
And caused it to take deep root, 14:4 apostles. Barnabas was not an apostle in
And it filled the land. the same sense as Paul and the 12 since he was
10 The hills were covered with its shadow, not an eyewitness of the resurrected Christ nor
And the mighty cedars with its boughs. had he been called by Him. It is best to trans-
11 She sent out her boughs to the Sea, late “apostles”here as “messengers”(2 Cor.8:23;
And her branches to the River. Phil.2:25).The verb means “to send.”The 12 and
Paul were “apostles of Christ” (2 Cor. 11:13; 1
12 Why have You broken down her hedges, Thess. 2:6), while Barnabas and others were
So that all who pass by the way pluck “apostles of the churches”(2 Cor.8:23).
her fruit?

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