When i started reading the passage today i wasn't sure who these Rehoboam and Jeroboam guys were, so i did alittle research on my own to figure it out. All my life i have read different stories in the old testament and never really connected all the random men, so it was really cool for me to make this connection. This is how i think of it-
David: becomes king after Saul
David's son: Solomon (reigned 40 years)
Solomon dies and his son Rehoboam becomes king: He decides to put an even heavier "yoke" on the people than his father did. (1 Kings 12)
Then all of the tribes (except for one- Judah) rebelled against Rehoboam and chose to make Jeroboam king.
So that's what i learned today. And it's not very applicable to life, but i did enjoy figuring that stuff out...
And i do agree that we are idol factories. So true.
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Michelle, you are going to be soooo ready for the DtO retreat! We are right in the middle of the split right now!!! :)
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