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Podcast: Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio
Episode: 1 Kings 12:1-33: Rehoboam and Jeroboam Take Bad Counsel
Description: After Solomon's death, his son Rehoboam receives a request from Israel that their hard service for the king be eased. Rather than listening to the wisdom of the older counselors, Rehoboam takes the advice of his young friends to promise even harder work for Israel. The results are disastrous, as Jeroboam seizes the opportunity to take ten tribes of Israel under his reign. By the word of the LORD, a civil war is avoided, but the kingdom of Israel divides in two. In the northern kingdom, Jeroboam takes wicked counsel by abolishing worship that the LORD had given His...