# Sirach 47:23

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/47/23
- Book: [Sirach](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach)
- Chapter: [Sirach 47](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/47)
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Thus rested Solomon with his fathers, and of his seed he left behind him Roboam, even the foolishness of the people, and one that had no understanding, who turned away the people through his counsel. There was also Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, and shewed Ephraim the way of sin: