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Then
Rehoboam went to Shechem ,
for all Israel had
gone
there
to make him king.
And
Rehoboam went to Shechem :
for all Israel were
come
to Shechem
to
make him king.
When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard
about
this
, he
was still
in Egypt where
he had
fled from King Solomon and had
been
living
ever
since.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, who
was yet
in Egypt ,
heard
of
it,
(for
he was
fled from the
presence
of
king Solomon ,
and Jeroboam
dwelt
in
Egypt;)
So
they sent for
Jeroboam,
and he
and the whole
assembly
of Israel came to
Rehoboam
and said
,
That
they sent and called
him.
And Jeroboam
and
all
the congregation
of Israel came ,
and spake
unto
Rehoboam
, saying,
“Your
father put
a
heavy
yoke on
us.
But
now you
should
lighten
the burden
of
your
father’s
service and the
heavy yoke he put on
us, and we will serve you
. ”
Thy
father made
our
yoke grievous:
now therefore
make
thou
the grievous
service of
thy
father,
and his
heavy yoke which
he put upon
us, lighter,
and we will serve thee
.
Rehoboam
answered
, “Go
away
for three days and
then return
to me. ”
So
the people departed.
And
he
said
unto
them
, Depart
yet
for three days ,
then come
again
to me. And
the people departed.
Then
King Rehoboam consulted with the elders
who
had
served
his
father
Solomon during
his lifetime.
“
How do you
advise me
to
respond
to
these
people? ”
he
asked.
And
king Rehoboam consulted with the old
men,
that
stood
before
Solomon his father
while
he
yet
lived,
and
said,
How do ye
advise that
I
may
answer
this
people?
They replied
, “
If you
will
be a servant to
these
people and serve them this
day
, and if
you
will
respond
by
speaking
kind
words to them, they will be your
servants forever
. ”
And
they spake
unto
him
, saying,
If thou
wilt
be a servant unto
this
people this
day,
and wilt
serve them, and answer
them,
and
speak
good
words to them, then
they will be thy
servants for
ever
.
But Rehoboam
rejected
the advice
of the elders;
instead
, he
consulted the young men who
had
grown up with him and served
him .
But he
forsook
the counsel
of the old
men
, which
they
had
given
him,
and
consulted with
the young men that
were
grown up with him ,
and which
stood
before
him :
He asked
them, “
What message
do
you
advise
that we send
back
to
these
people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten
the yoke your
father put on
us ’
? ”
And
he said
unto
them, What counsel
give
ye
that we may
answer
this
people ,
who have spoken to me, saying, Make
the yoke which
thy
father did
put upon
us lighter
?
The young men who
had
grown up with him replied
, “
This is
how
you
should
answer
these
people who
said
to
you
, ‘Your
father made our yoke heavy, but you
should
make it lighter .’
This
is
what
you
should
tell
them :
‘
My little finger is
thicker than my father’s
waist!
And
the young men that
were
grown up with him spake
unto
him
, saying,
Thus
shalt
thou
speak
unto
this people that
spake
unto
thee
, saying,
Thy
father made our yoke heavy, but make thou
it lighter unto
us;
thus
shalt
thou
say
unto
them ,
My little finger shall
be
thicker than my father's
loins.
Whereas my father burdened
you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke .
Whereas
my father scourged
you with whips, I will scourge
you with scorpions. ’”
And
now
whereas my father did
lade
you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke :
my father hath
chastised
you with whips, but
I will chastise
you with scorpions.
After
three
days,
Jeroboam and all the people returned
to Rehoboam, since
the king had said
, “
Come back
to me on
the third day. ”
So
Jeroboam and all the people came
to Rehoboam the
third
day
, as
the king had appointed
, saying,
Come to me again
the third day.
And the king answered the people harshly.
He
rejected
the
advice
of
the elders
And the king answered the people roughly,
and
forsook
the old
men's
counsel
that
they
gave
him;
and spoke
to them as
the young men had
advised
, saying, “Whereas
my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke .
Whereas
my father scourged
you with whips, I will scourge
you with scorpions. ”
And spake
to them after
the counsel
of
the
young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and
I will add to your yoke :
my father also
chastised
you with whips, but
I will chastise
you with scorpions.
So
the king did
not listen
to
the people ,
and
indeed
this
turn
of
events
was from the LORD, to
fulfill
the
word
He had
spoken
to
Jeroboam son of Nebat through
Ahijah
the
Shilonite
.
Wherefore
the king hearkened
not unto
the people ;
for
the
cause
was from the LORD, that
he might
perform
his
saying,
which
the
LORD
spake
by
Ahijah
the
Shilonite
unto
Jeroboam the
son of Nebat.
When all Israel saw that the king had
refused
to
listen
to
them, they
answered the king :
“
What portion do
we
have in David ,
and
what
inheritance in the son of Jesse ?
To your tents, O Israel !
Look
now to your
own house, O
David !”
So the
Israelites
went
home,
So
when all Israel saw that the king hearkened
not
unto
them, the
people
answered the king ,
saying,
What portion have we
in David ?
neither
have
we
inheritance in the son of Jesse :
to your tents, O Israel :
now see
to thine
own house, David .
So Israel
departed
unto
their
tents.
but Rehoboam
still
reigned
over
the Israelites
living
in the cities of Judah.
But as
for
the children
of
Israel
which
dwelt
in the cities of Judah ,
Rehoboam
reigned
over
them
.
Then King Rehoboam sent out
Adoram, who was in
charge
of
the forced
labor,
but
all Israel stoned him to
death
. And
King Rehoboam mounted
his chariot in
haste
and
escaped
to Jerusalem.
Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over
the tribute;
and
all Israel stoned him with
stones,
that
he
died
. Therefore
king Rehoboam made
speed
to
get
him
up
to
his chariot ,
to flee
to
Jerusalem.
So to
this
day
Israel has
been
in
rebellion
against the house of David.
So Israel rebelled
against the house of David unto
this
day
.
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had
returned
, they summoned
him to
the assembly
and made him king over all Israel .
Only
the
tribe
of
Judah
followed the house of David.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was
come
again
, that
they sent
and
called
him unto
the congregation,
and made him king over all Israel :
there
was
none
that
followed the house of David ,
but
the
tribe
of
Judah
only
.
And when Rehoboam arrived
in
Jerusalem, he mobilized
the whole
house of Judah and
the tribe of Benjamin —180
, 000
chosen warriors —
to fight against the house of Israel and
restore
the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
And when Rehoboam was
come
to
Jerusalem, he assembled
all
the house of Judah ,
with
the tribe of Benjamin, an
hundred
and
fourscore
thousand
chosen men,
which
were
warriors ,
to fight against the house of Israel ,
to
bring
the kingdom again
to Rehoboam the
son of Solomon.
But the word of God came to
Shemaiah the man of God :
But the word of God came unto
Shemaiah the man of God ,
saying,
“Tell
Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest
of the people
Speak
unto
Rehoboam ,
the
son of Solomon ,
king of Judah, and
unto
all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to
the remnant
of the people ,
saying,
that
this
is
what
the LORD says:
‘You
are
not to
go up and
fight against your brothers,
the Israelites.
Each
of you
must
return home,
for this word
is from Me. ’”
So
they listened
to the word of the LORD and turned
back
according to the word of the LORD.
Thus
saith
the LORD ,
Ye
shall
not go up ,
nor
fight against your brethren
the children
of Israel:
return every
man
to
his
house;
for this thing
is from me. They hearkened
therefore
to the word of the LORD ,
and returned
to
depart,
according to the word of the LORD.
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the
hill
country
of
Ephraim and lived
there.
And from
there
he
went out and built Penuel.
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount
Ephraim ,
and dwelt
therein;
and went out from
thence,
and built Penuel.
Jeroboam said in his heart, “
Now the kingdom might
revert
to the house of David .
And
Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall
the kingdom return
to the house of David :
If these
people go up to offer
sacrifices
in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their
hearts
will
return
to
their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah ;
then
they will
kill me and return
to Rehoboam king of Judah. ”
If this
people go up to do
sacrifice
in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then
shall
the
heart
of
this
people
turn
again
unto
their lord, even
unto
Rehoboam king of Judah ,
and
they shall
kill me ,
and go
again
to Rehoboam king of Judah.
After
seeking
advice,
the king made two golden
calves and said to
the
people
, “Going
up
to
Jerusalem
is too much for you .
Here
, O Israel, are
your
gods,
who
brought you
up out of the land of Egypt. ”
Whereupon
the king took
counsel,
and
made two calves of
gold,
and said unto
them
, It
is too much for you to
go
up
to
Jerusalem:
behold
thy
gods
, O Israel, which
brought thee
up out of the land of Egypt.
One
calf
he set up
in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
And
he set the
one
in Bethel, and the other put
he
in Dan.
And this thing became a sin ;
the people walked
as
far
as
Dan
to worship before one
of
the calves
.
And this thing became a sin :
for
the people went
to worship before the one,
even
unto
Dan
.
Jeroboam
also
built
shrines
on
the
high places and appointed
from
every
class
of people priests
who
were not Levites
.
And
he
made
an
house
of
high places ,
and made
priests
of the
lowest
of
the
people ,
which
were not of
the
sons
of
Levi
.
And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth
month, like the feast that was
in Judah, and he offered sacrifices
on
the altar ;
he made
this
offering
in Bethel to
sacrifice
to
the calves he had set
up,
and he installed
priests
in Bethel for
the high places he had set
up
.
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in
the
eighth
month,
on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto
the feast that is
in Judah, and he offered upon
the altar .
So
did
he in Bethel ,
sacrificing
unto
the calves that
he had made:
and he placed
in Bethel the priests
of
the
high places which
he had made
.
On
the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a
month of his own choosing,
Jeroboam
offered
sacrifices
on
the
altar
he
had
set
up
in
Bethel.
So
he
ordained a feast for
the Israelites,
offered sacrifices
on
the altar, and burned
incense.
So
he
offered
upon
the altar
which
he
had
made
in
Bethel
the
fifteenth day of the eighth month, even
in
the
month which
he
had
devised
of his own heart;
and
ordained a feast unto
the children
of
Israel:
and
he
offered upon
the altar, and burnt
incense.
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