26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David.


In Context

23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remainder of the people, saying,

24 Thus saith Jehovah: Go not up, nor fight with your brethren, the children of Israel; return every man to his house, for this thing is from me. And they hearkened to the word of Jehovah, and returned to depart, according to the word of Jehovah.

25 And Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David.

27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.

28 And the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!

1 Kings 12:26 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:26Jeroboam thought to himself, "The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return to the house of David:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:26Jeroboam said in his heart, |Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:26and Jeroboam saith in his heart, 'Now doth the kingdom turn back to the house of David —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: