1 Kings 11:43
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43 Solomon slept with his ancestors and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam succeeded him.(A)
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1 Kings 12:8
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8 But he disregarded the advice that the older men gave him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and now attended him.(A)
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1 Kings 12:28
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28 So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. He said to the people,[a] “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”(A)
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- 12.28 Gk: Heb to them
Sirach 10:3
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3 An undisciplined king ruins his people,
but a city becomes fit to live in through the understanding of its rulers.(A)
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