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1 # And Rehoboam <07346> went <03212> (8799) to Shechem <07927>: for all Israel <03478> were come <0935> (8804) to Shechem <07927> to make him king <04427> (8687).
2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>, who was yet in Egypt <04714>, heard <08085> (8800) of it, (for he was fled <01272> (8804) from the presence <06440> of king <04428> Solomon <08010>, and Jeroboam <03379> dwelt <03427> (8799) in Egypt <04714>;)
3 That they sent <07971> (8799) and called <07121> (8799) him. And Jeroboam <03379> and all the congregation <06951> of Israel <03478> came <0935> (8799), and spake <01696> (8762) unto Rehoboam <07346>, saying <0559> (8800),
4 Thy father <01> made <07185> <00> our yoke <05923> grievous <07185> (8689): now therefore make thou the grievous <07186> service <05656> of thy father <01>, and his heavy <03515> yoke <05923> which he put <05414> (8804) upon us, lighter <07043> (8685), and we will serve <05647> (8799) thee.
5 And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, Depart <03212> (8798) yet for three <07969> days <03117> , then come again <07725> (8798) to me. And the people <05971> departed <03212> (8799).
6 And king <04428> Rehoboam <07346> consulted <03289> (8735) with the old men <02205>, that stood <05975> (8802) before <06440> Solomon <08010> his father <01> while he yet lived <02416>, and said <0559> (8800), How do ye advise <03289> (8737) that I may <07725> (8687) answer <01697> this people <05971>?
7 And they spake <01696> (8762) unto him, saying <0559> (8800), If thou wilt be a servant <05650> unto this people <05971> this day <03117>, and wilt serve <05647> (8804) them, and answer <06030> (8804) them, and speak <01696> (8765) good <02896> words <01697> to them, then they will be thy servants <05650> for ever <03117>.
8 But he forsook <05800> (8799) the counsel <06098> of the old men <02205>, which they had given <03289> (8804) him, and consulted <03289> (8735) with the young men <03206> that were grown up <01431> (8804) with him, and which stood <05975> (8802) before <06440> him:
9 And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, What counsel give <03289> (8737) ye that we may <07725> (8686) answer <01697> this people <05971>, who have spoken <01696> (8765) to me, saying <0559> (8800), Make <07043> <00> the yoke <05923> which thy father <01> did put <05414> (8804) upon us lighter <07043> (8685)?
10 And the young men <03206> that were grown up <01431> (8804) with him spake <01696> (8762) unto him, saying <0559> (8800), Thus shalt thou speak <0559> (8799) unto this people <05971> that spake <01696> (8765) unto thee, saying <0559> (8800), Thy father <01> made <03513> <00> our yoke <05923> heavy <03513> (8689), but make thou it lighter <07043> (8685) unto us; thus shalt thou say <01696> (8762) unto them, My little <06995> finger shall be thicker <05666> (8804) than my father's <01> loins <04975>.
11 And now whereas my father <01> did lade <06006> (8689) you with a heavy <03515> yoke <05923>, I will add <03254> (8686) to your yoke <05923>: my father <01> hath chastised <03256> (8765) you with whips <07752>, but I will chastise <03256> (8762) you with scorpions <06137>.
12 So Jeroboam <03379> and all the people <05971> came <0935> (8799) to Rehoboam <07346> the third <07992> day <03117>, as the king <04428> had appointed <01696> (8765), saying <0559> (8800), Come to me again <07725> (8798) the third <07992> day <03117>.
13 And the king <04428> answered <06030> (8799) the people <05971> roughly <07186>, and forsook <05800> (8799) the old men's <02205> counsel <06098> that they gave <03289> (8804) him;
14 And spake <01696> (8762) to them after the counsel <06098> of the young men <03206>, saying <0559> (8800) , My father <01> made <03513> <00> your yoke <05923> heavy <03513> (8689), and I will add <03254> (8686) to your yoke <05923>: my father <01> also chastised <03256> (8765) you with whips <07752>, but I will chastise <03256> (8762) you with scorpions <06137>.
15 Wherefore the king <04428> hearkened <08085> (8804) not unto the people <05971>; for the cause <05438> was from the LORD <03068>, that he might perform <06965> (8687) his saying <01697>, which the LORD <03068> spake <01696> (8765) by <03027> Ahijah <0281> the Shilonite <07888> unto Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>.
16 # So <07725> (8686) when all Israel <03478> saw <07200> (8799) that the king <04428> hearkened <08085> (8804) not unto them, the people <05971> answered <01697> the king <04428>, saying <0559> (8800), What portion <02506> have we in David <01732>? neither have we inheritance <05159> in the son <01121> of Jesse <03448>: to your tents <0168>, O Israel <03478>: now see <07200> (8798) to thine own house <01004>, David <01732>. So Israel <03478> departed <03212> (8799) unto their tents <0168>.
17 But as for the children <01121> of Israel <03478> which dwelt <03427> (8802) in the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, Rehoboam <07346> reigned <04427> (8799) over them.
18 Then king <04428> Rehoboam <07346> sent <07971> (8799) Adoram <0151>, who was over the tribute <04522>; and all Israel <03478> stoned <07275> (8799) him with stones <068>, that he died <04191> (8799). Therefore king <04428> Rehoboam <07346> made speed <0553> (8694) to get him up <05927> (8800) to his chariot <04818>, to flee <05127> (8800) to Jerusalem <03389>.
19 So Israel <03478> rebelled <06586> (8799) against the house <01004> of David <01732> unto this day <03117>.
20 And it came to pass, when all Israel <03478> heard <08085> (8800) that Jeroboam <03379> was come again <07725> (8804), that they sent <07971> (8799) and called <07121> (8799) him unto the congregation <05712>, and made him king <04427> (8686) over all Israel <03478>: there was none that followed <0310> the house <01004> of David <01732>, but <02108> the tribe <07626> of Judah <03063> only.
21 And when Rehoboam <07346> was come <0935> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389>, he assembled <06950> (8686) all the house <01004> of Judah <03063>, with the tribe <07626> of Benjamin <01144>, an hundred <03967> and fourscore <08084> thousand <0505> chosen men <0977> (8803), which were warriors <06213> (8802) <04421>, to fight <03898> (8736) against the house <01004> of Israel <03478>, to bring <07725> <00> the kingdom <04410> again <07725> (8687) to Rehoboam <07346> the son <01121> of Solomon <08010>.
22 But the word <01697> of God <0430> came unto Shemaiah <08098> the man <0376> of God <0430>, saying <0559> (8800),
23 Speak <0559> (8798) unto Rehoboam <07346>, the son <01121> of Solomon <08010>, king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and unto all the house <01004> of Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>, and to the remnant <03499> of the people <05971> , saying <0559> (8800),
24 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Ye shall not go up <05927> (8799), nor fight <03898> (8735) against your brethren <0251> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>: return <07725> (8798) every man <0376> to his house <01004>; for this thing <01697> is <01961> (8738) from me. They hearkened <08085> (8799) therefore to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, and returned <07725> (8799) to depart <03212> (8800), according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>.
25 # Then Jeroboam <03379> built <01129> (8799) Shechem <07927> in mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, and dwelt <03427> (8799) therein; and went out <03318> (8799) from thence, and built <01129> (8799) Penuel <06439>.
26 And Jeroboam <03379> said <0559> (8799) in his heart <03820>, Now shall the kingdom <04467> return <07725> (8799) to the house <01004> of David <01732>:
27 If this people <05971> go up <05927> (8799) to do <06213> (8800) sacrifice <02077> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> at Jerusalem <03389>, then shall the heart <03820> of this people <05971> turn again <07725> (8804) unto their lord <0113>, even unto Rehoboam <07346> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and they shall kill <02026> (8804) me, and go again <07725> (8804) to Rehoboam <07346> king <04428> of Judah <03063>.
28 Whereupon the king <04428> took counsel <03289> (8735), and made <06213> (8799) two <08147> calves <05695> of gold <02091>, and said <0559> (8799) unto them, It is too much <07227> for you to go up <05927> (8800) to Jerusalem <03389>: behold thy gods <0430>, O Israel <03478>, which brought thee up <05927> (8689) out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
29 And he set <07760> (8799) the one <0259> in Bethel <01008>, and the other <0259> put <05414> (8804) he in Dan <01835>.
30 And this thing <01697> became a sin <02403>: for the people <05971> went <03212> (8799) to worship before <06440> the one <0259>, even unto Dan <01835>.
31 And he made <06213> (8799) an house <01004> of high places <01116>, and made <06213> (8799) priests <03548> of the lowest <07098> of the people <05971>, which were not of the sons <01121> of Levi <03878>.
32 And Jeroboam <03379> ordained <06213> (8799) a feast <02282> in the eighth <08066> month <02320> , on the fifteenth <02568> <06240> day <03117> of the month <02320>, like unto the feast <02282> that is in Judah <03063> , and he offered <05927> (8686) upon the altar <04196>. So did <06213> (8804) he in Bethel <01008>, sacrificing <02076> (8763) unto the calves <05695> that he had made <06213> (8804): and he placed <05975> (8689) in Bethel <01008> the priests <03548> of the high places <01116> which he had made <06213> (8804).
33 So he offered <05927> (8686) upon the altar <04196> which he had made <06213> (8804) in Bethel <01008> the fifteenth <02568> <06240> day <03117> of the eighth <08066> month <02320>, even in the month <02320> which he had devised <0908> (8804) of his own heart <03820>; and ordained <06213> (8799) a feast <02282> unto the children <01121> of Israel <03478>: and he offered <05927> (8686) upon the altar <04196>, and burnt incense <06999> (8687).