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June 24th
2 Chronicles 12,13,14 is our bible reading today.
For the first five years of Rehoboam’s reign, he followed the words of God given to him by his father Solomon. He assembled 180,000 choice warriors for Judah’s and Benjamin’s defense against Jereboam and the 10 tribes of the divided kingdom. He built and fortified 15 cities, including Bethlehem. He supplied them as fortresses ready for war...with mighty men and commanders to lead them. He made space for all of the Levitical priests that Jereboam evicted from the 10 tribes. That would imply that Rehoboam provided them with common lands to build upon and live upon.
From a distance, it would seem that Solomon’s son was ruling well. But a closer look would reveal the opposite. The high places for the worship of foreign gods that his father built were still intact still competing for the hearts of the sons and daughters of promise. Rehoboam should have torn them down. Instead, he turned away from God.
“When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he was “strong”, he abandoned the law of the Lord, and so all Israel with him.”
