Bible in Basic English
"And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will go back to the family of David:"
— 1 Kings 12:26, Bible in Basic English
“And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:”
“And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return to the house of David: ”
“Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.”
“Jeroboam then thought to himself:“Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom.”
“And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David,”
“And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:”
Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the men of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people:
The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers, the children of Israel; go back, every man to his house, because this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the word of the Lord, and went back, as the Lord had said.
Then Jeroboam made the town of Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim a strong place, and was living there; and from there he went out and did the same to Penuel.
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will go back to the family of David:
If the people go up to make offerings in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, their heart will be turned again to their lord, to Rehoboam, king of Judah; and they will put me to death and go back to Rehoboam, king of Judah.
So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.
And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.