1 Kings 12:26

Easy-to-Read Version

Jeroboam said to himself, "If the people keep going to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the Lord 's Temple, someday they will want to be ruled by their old masters. They will want to be ruled by King Rehoboam of Judah. And then they will kill me."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jeroboam said to himself, “The kingdom might now return to the house of David.

Hebrew Names Version
Yarov`am said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return to the house of David:

King James Version
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

English Standard Version
And Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David.

New Century Version
Jeroboam said to himself, "The kingdom will probably go back to David's family.

New English Translation
Jeroboam then thought to himself: "Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom.

Amplified Bible
Jeroboam [doubted God's promise to him and] said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

New American Standard Bible
And Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ieroboam thought in his heart, Nowe shall the kingdome returne to the house of Dauid.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

Contemporary English Version
One day, Jeroboam started thinking, "Everyone in Israel still goes to the temple in Jerusalem to offer sacrifices to the Lord . What if they become loyal to David's family again? They will kill me and accept Rehoboam as their king."

Complete Jewish Bible
Nevertheless Yarov‘am said to himself, "Now the rulership will return to the house of David.

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

George Lamsa Translation
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will return to the house of David;

Good News Translation
He said to himself, "As things are now, if my people go to Jerusalem and offer sacrifices to the Lord in the Temple there, they will transfer their allegiance to King Rehoboam of Judah and will kill me."

Lexham English Bible
Then Jeroboam said to himself, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David

Literal Translation
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom shall turn back to the house of David;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ieroboa thoughte in his hert: The kingdome shall fall agayne now vnto the house of Dauid,

American Standard Version
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return to the house of David:

Bible in Basic English
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will go back to the family of David:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Ieroboam thought in his heart: nowe shall the kingdome returne to the house of Dauid.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Jeroboam said in his heart: 'Now will the kingdom return to the house of David.

King James Version (1611)
And Ieroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdome returne to the house of Dauid:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Behold, now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

English Revised Version
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

Berean Standard Bible
Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jeroboam seide in his herte, Now the rewme schal turne ayen to the hows of Dauid,

Young's Literal Translation
and Jeroboam saith in his heart, `Now doth the kingdom turn back to the house of David --

Update Bible Version
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will return to the house of David:

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

World English Bible
Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return to the house of David:

New King James Version
And Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom may return to the house of David:

New Living Translation
Jeroboam thought to himself, "Unless I am careful, the kingdom will return to the dynasty of David.

New Life Bible
Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the nation will return to the family of David.

New Revised Standard
Then Jeroboam said to himself, "Now the kingdom may well revert to the house of David.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jeroboam said in his heart, - Now, shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David,

Revised Standard Version
And Jerobo'am said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David;

THE MESSAGE
But then Jeroboam thought, "It won't be long before the kingdom is reunited under David. As soon as these people resume worship at The Temple of God in Jerusalem, they'll start thinking of Rehoboam king of Judah as their ruler. They'll then kill me and go back to King Rehoboam."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

Contextual Overview

²⁵ Jeroboam rebuilt the city of Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived there. Later he went to the city of Penuel and rebuilt it. ²⁶Jeroboam said to himself, "If the people keep going to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the Lord 's Temple, someday they will want to be ruled by their old masters. They will want to be ruled by King Rehoboam of Judah. And then they will kill me." ²⁸ So the king asked his advisors what to do. They gave him their advice, and King Jeroboam made two golden calves. He said to the people, "You don't have to go to Jerusalem to worship anymore. Israel, these are the gods that brought you out of Egypt." ²⁹ King Jeroboam put one golden calf in Bethel and the other one in the city of Dan. ³⁰ What a terrible sin this was, because the Israelites started going to the cities of Dan and Bethel to worship the calves. ³¹ Jeroboam also built temples at the high places and chose priests from among the different tribes of Israel. (He did not choose priests only from the tribe of Levi.) ³² Then King Jeroboam started a new festival that was like the festival in Judah, but it was on the 15th day of the eighth month. At this time the king offered sacrifices on the altar at Bethel. He and the priests he chose offered the sacrifices to the calves that he had set up at the high places he had made. ³³ So King Jeroboam chose his own time for a festival for the Israelites, the 15th day of the eighth month. And during that time he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the altar he had built at Bethel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

said in his heart: Psalms 14:1, Mark 2:6-8, Luke 7:39

Now shall: 1 Kings 11:38, 1 Samuel 27:1, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Isaiah 7:9, Jeremiah 38:18-21, John 11:47-50, John 12:10, John 12:11, John 12:19, Acts 4:16, Acts 4:17

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 13:12 - said I 1 Samuel 16:6 - Surely 1 Kings 13:34 - to cut it off 1 Kings 16:26 - he walked 2 Kings 3:3 - he departed 2 Kings 13:2 - followed Psalms 53:1 - said Ezekiel 23:4 - Aholah Hosea 5:3 - thou Hosea 5:11 - he willingly Hosea 13:11 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jeroboam said in his heart, c,] As he was musing about the state of his kingdom and the affairs of it:

now shall the kingdom return to the house of David such were his fears, unless some method could be taken to prevent it, particularly with respect to religion, which was what his thoughts were employed about.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeroboam’s fear was lest a reaction should set in, and a desire for reunion manifest itself. He was not a man content to remain quiet, trusting simply to the promise made him 1 Kings 11:38. Hence, he gave way to the temptation of helping forward the plans of Providence by the crooked devices of a merely human policy. His measures, like all measures which involve a dereliction of principle, brought certain evils in their train, and drew down divine judgment on himself. But they fully secured the object at which he aimed. They prevented all healing of the breach between the two kingdoms. They made the separation final. They produced the result that not only no reunion took place, but no symptoms of an inclination to reunite ever manifested themselves during the whole period of the double kingdom.