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1
Then Rehoboam
went
to Shechem
,
for all
Israel
had come
to Shechem
to make him king.
2
Now when Jeroboam
the son
of Nebat
heard
of it, he was living
in Egypt
(for he was yet
in Egypt
,
where
he had fled
from the presence
of King
Solomon).
3
Then they sent
and called
him, and Jeroboam
and all
the assembly
of Israel
came
and spoke
to Rehoboam,
saying,
4
"Your father
made
our
yoke
hard;
now
therefore lighten
the hard
service
of your father
and his heavy
yoke
which
he put
on us, and we will serve
you."
5
Then he said
to them, "Depart
for three
days,
then return
to me." So the people
departed.
6
King
Rehoboam
consulted
with the elders
who
had
served
his father
Solomon
while he was still alive,
saying,
"How
do you counsel
me to answer
this
people?"
7
Then they spoke
to him, saying,
"If
you will be a servant
to this
people
today,
and will serve
them and grant them their petition,
and speak
good
words
to them, then they will be your servants
forever."
8
But he forsook
the counsel
of the elders
which
they had given
him, and consulted
with the young men
who
grew
up with him and served
him.
9
So he said
to them, "What
counsel do you give
that we may answer
this
people
who
have spoken
to me, saying,
'Lighten
the yoke
which
your father
put
on us'?"
10
The young men
who
grew
up with him
spoke
to him, saying,
"Thus
you shall say
to this
people
who
spoke
to you, saying,
'Your father
made
our yoke
heavy,
now you make it lighter
for us!' But you shall speak
to them, 'My little finger
is thicker
than
my father's
loins!
11
'
Whereas
my father
loaded
you with a heavy
yoke,
I will add
to your yoke;
my father
disciplined
you with whips,
but I will discipline
you with scorpions.'"
12
Then Jeroboam
and all
the people
came
to Rehoboam
on the third
day
as the king
had directed,
saying,
"Return
to me
on the third
day
."
13
The king
answered
the people
harshly,
for he forsook
the advice
of the elders
which
they had given
him,
14
and he spoke
to them according to the advice
of the young men,
saying,
"My father
made
your yoke
heavy,
but I will add
to
your yoke
;
my father
disciplined
you with whips,
but I will discipline
you with scorpions."
15
So the king
did not listen
to the people;
for it was a turn
of events from
the LORD
,
that He might establish
His word,
which
the LORD
spoke
through
Ahijah
the Shilonite
to Jeroboam
the son
of Nebat.
16
When all
Israel
saw that the king
did not listen
to them, the people
answered
the king,
saying,
"What
portion
do we have in David?
We have no
inheritance
in the son
of Jesse;
To your tents,
O
Israel
!
Now
look
after your own house,
David!"
So
Israel
departed
to their tents.
17
But as for the sons
of Israel
who lived
in the cities
of Judah,
Rehoboam
reigned
over
them.
18
Then King
Rehoboam
sent
Adoram,
who
was over
the forced labor,
and all
Israel
stoned
him to death.
And King
Rehoboam
made haste
to mount
his chariot
to flee
to Jerusalem.
19
So Israel
has been in rebellion
against the house
of David
to this
day.
20
It came
about when
all
Israel
heard
that Jeroboam
had returned,
that they sent
and called
him to the assembly
and made him king
over
all
Israel
.
None
but the tribe
of Judah
followed
the house
of David.
21
Now when Rehoboam
had come
to Jerusalem,
he assembled
all
the house
of Judah
and the tribe
of Benjamin,
180,000
chosen
men who were warriors,
to fight
against
the house
of Israel
to restore
the kingdom
to Rehoboam
the son
of Solomon.
22
But the word
of God
came
to Shemaiah
the man
of God
,
saying,
23
"Speak
to Rehoboam
the son
of Solomon,
king
of Judah
,
and to all
the house
of Judah
and Benjamin
and to the rest
of the people,
saying,
24
Thus
says
the LORD,
"You must not go
up and fight
against
your relatives
the sons
of Israel;
return
every man
to his house,
for this
thing
has come
from Me."'" So they listened
to the word
of
the LORD,
and
return
ed
and went
their way according
to the word
of the LORD.
25
Then Jeroboam
built
Shechem
in the hill country
of Ephraim,
and lived
there. And he went
out from there
and
built
Penuel.
26
Jeroboam
said
in his heart,
"Now
the kingdom
will return
to the house
of David.
27
"If
this
people
go
up to offer
sacrifices
in the house
of the LORD
at Jerusalem,
then the heart
of
this
people
will return
to their lord,
even
to Rehoboam
king
of Judah;
and they will kill
me and return
to Rehoboam
king
of Judah."
28
So the king
consulted,
and made
two
golden
calves,
and he said
to them, "It is too
much
for you to go
up to Jerusalem;
behold
your gods,
O Israel,
that brought
you up from the land
of Egypt."
29
He set
one
in Bethel,
and the other
he put
in Dan.
30
Now this
thing
became
a sin,
for the people
went
to worship before
the one
as far
as Dan.
31
And he made
houses
on high places,
and made
priests
from among all
the people
who
were not of the sons
of Levi.
32
Jeroboam
instituted
a feast
in the eighth
month
on the fifteenth
day
of the
month
,
like the feast
which
is in Judah,
and he went
up to the altar;
thus
he did
in Bethel
,
sacrificing
to the calves
which
he had made.
And he stationed
in Bethel
the priests
of the high places
which
he had made.
33
Then he went
up to the altar
which
he had made
in Bethel
on the fifteenth
day
in the eighth
month,
even in the month
which
he had devised
in his own heart;
and he instituted
a feast
for the sons
of Israel
and went
up to the altar
to burn incense.
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