2 Chronicles 12:16

“And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.”

"And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead." - 2 Chronicles 12:16
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What does 2 Chronicles 12:16 mean?

2 Chronicles 12:16 (KJV): "And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead." 2 Chronicles 12:16 concludes the account of the reign of Rehoboam, who was the son of King Solomon and the grandson of David. The verse…

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The Legacy We Leave Behind: Lessons from Rehoboam's Reign

As we turn to the verse in 2 Chronicles 12:16, we read, "And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead." This succinct summary of King Rehoboam’s life prompts us to reflect not only on the end of a king’s reign…

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A Prayer for Legacy and Leadership

Heavenly Father, We come before You with humble hearts, acknowledging Your sovereignty over all creation. As we reflect upon the verse from 2 Chronicles 12:16, "And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead," we…

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2 Chronicles 12:16 - "And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead."
2 Chronicles 16:12 - "And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians."
1 Chronicles 12:16 - "And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David."
2 chronicles 13:12
1 Chronicles 16:12 - "Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;"
1 Chronicles 2:12 - "And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,"
2 Chronicles 13:16 - "And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand."
"And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David." - 1 Chronicles 12:16
2 Chronicles 28:16 - "¶ At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him."
2 Chronicles 16:13 - "¶ And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign."
2 Chronicles 12:6 - "Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous."
2 Chronicles 12:4 - "And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem."
2 Kings 12:16 - "The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'."
2 Chronicles 16:11 - "¶ And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel."
1 Chronicles 2:16 - "Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three."
2 Chronicles 17:12 - "¶ And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store."
2 Chronicles 21:16 - "¶ Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:"
2 Chronicles 32:16 - "And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah."
2 Kings 16:19 - "¶ Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
2 Chronicles 14:12 - "So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled."
2 Chronicles 15:12 - "And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;"
2 Chronicles 12:14 - "And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD."
2 Chronicles 12:12 - "And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well."
2 Chronicles 12:8 - "Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries."
2 Chronicles 22:12 - "And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land."
2 Kings 12:19 - "¶ And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
2 Chronicles 16:2 - "Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,"
2 Chronicles 23:16 - "¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people."
2 Chronicles 26:12 - "The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred."