1 Kings 12:17
New International Version
But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah, Rehoboam still ruled over them.

New Living Translation
But Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.

English Standard Version
But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah.

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

King James Bible
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

New King James Version
But Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.

New American Standard Bible
But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

NASB 1995
But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

NASB 1977
But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

Legacy Standard Bible
But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

Amplified Bible
But as for the sons (descendants) of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah [including Benjamin], Rehoboam reigned over them.

Christian Standard Bible
but Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
but Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.

American Standard Version
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the children of Israel were dwelling in their towns, and Yehuda made Rekhabaam, son of Solomon, king over them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But as for all the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned over them.

English Revised Version
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But Rehoboam ruled the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.

Good News Translation
leaving Rehoboam as king only of the people who lived in the territory of Judah.

International Standard Version
And so Rehoboam ruled over the Israelis who lived in the cities of Judah.

JPS Tanakh 1917
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

Literal Standard Version
As for the sons of Israel, those dwelling in the cities of Judah—Rehoboam reigns over them.

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

New American Bible
But Rehoboam continued to reign over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.

NET Bible
(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)

New Revised Standard Version
But Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah.

New Heart English Bible
But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

Webster's Bible Translation
But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

World English Bible
But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

Young's Literal Translation
As to the sons of Israel, those dwelling in the cities of Judah -- over them reign doth Rehoboam.

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Context
The Kingdom Divided
16When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home, 17but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah. 18Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.…

Cross References
1 Kings 11:13
Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen."

1 Kings 11:35
But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.

1 Kings 11:36
I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

1 Kings 12:23
"Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people


Treasury of Scripture

But as for the children of Israel which dwelled in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

the children

1 Kings 11:13,36
Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen…

2 Chronicles 10:17
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

2 Chronicles 11:13-17
And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts…

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1 Kings 12
1. The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam,
4. by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him
6. Rehoboam, refusing the old men's counsel, answers them roughly
16. Ten tribes revolting, kill Adoram, and make Rehoboam flee
21. Rehoboam, raising an army, is forbidden by Shemaiah
25. Jeroboam strengthens himself by cities
26. and by idolatry of the two calves














(17) The children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah.--The expression is doubly significant. (a) Historically the tribe of Judah had its semi-dependent tribes--Simeon, already absorbed into Judah; Dan, in great part transferred to the extreme north; and Benjamin, closely united to Judah by the position of Jerusalem. All these, it would seem, are here included--so that the territory of the southern kingdom would be really the Jud?a of later times. In addition to these, we find from 2Chronicles 11:13-16, that, at any rate after the idolatry of Jeroboam, priests and Levites and other Israelites made their way into the cities of Judah. (b) But, besides this, there may be a significance in the phrase "children of Israel." Although the northern kingdom henceforth inherited the proud title of the kingdom of Israel, the phrase, as here used, is perhaps intended to remind the reader that in Judah also dwelt "children of Israel"--true descendants of the "Prince of God," and inheritors of the promise.

Verse 17. - But as for the children of Israel which dwelt In the cities of Judah [i.e., "the Israelites proper or members of other tribes, who happened to be settled within the limits of the land of Judah" (cf. ver. 23). A number of Simeonites were (Rawlinson) certainly among them (Joshua 19:1-9). The term "children of Israel" is henceforward to be understood in its restricted sense (see on ver. 1). It cannot include the men of Judah], Rehoboam reigned over them.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
but Rehoboam
רְחַבְעָֽם׃ (rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7346: Rehoboam -- 'a people are enlarged', a king of Judah

still reigned
וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ (way·yim·lōḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

over
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the Israelites
וּבְנֵ֣י (ū·ḇə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

living
הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים (hay·yō·šə·ḇîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in the cities
בְּעָרֵ֣י (bə·‘ā·rê)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 5892: Excitement

of Judah.
יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites


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