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Today, we're reading First Kings 12.

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The Battle of the Boeums, so to speak, takes place here in 1st Kings 12. Rehoboam and Jeroboam start out

the section of scripture as enemies, and as the passage ends, they are separate and the

respective kings of the nations of Israel and Judah.

Rehoboam in the south leading Judah and Jeroboam in the north leading Israel.

Both of these kings show huge lapses in judgment. The first mistake is made by Rehoboam.

Rehoboam, he's next in line to take the throne of all of Israel.

I think about it like this. Rehoboam, right. The double R's tell me he had the right to rule.

As Solomon's son, he would reign on his grandfather's throne, his grandfather being King David, or at least he should.

Talk about a lineage that is worth celebrating and some

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