12Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.H7346H3212H7927H3478H935H7927H4427 2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it (for he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam returned from Egypt.H3379H1121H5028H4714H8085H1272H6440H4428H8010H3379H3427H4714 3And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,H7971H7121H3379H6951H3478H935H1696H7346H559 4"Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke that he placed on us, and we will serve you."H1H7185H5923H7185H7186H5656H1H3515H5923H5414H7043H5647 5He said to them, "Go away for three days, then come again to me." So the people went away.H559H3212H7969H3117H7725H5971H3212 6Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the older men who had attended his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you advise me to answer this people?"H4428H7346H3289H2205H5975H6440H8010H1H2416H559H3289H7725H1697H5971 7They answered him, "If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever."H1696H559H5650H5971H3117H5647H6030H1696H2896H1697H5650H3117 8But he disregarded the advice that the older men gave him, and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and now attended him.H5800H6098H2205H3289H3289H3206H1431H5975H6440 9He said to them, "What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, 'Lighten the yoke that your father put on us'?"H559H3289H7725H1697H5971H1696H559H7043H5923H1H5414H7043 10The young men who had grown up with him said to him, "Thus you should say to this people who spoke to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must lighten it for us'; thus you should say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.H3206H1431H1696H559H559H5971H1696H559H1H3513H5923H3513H7043H1696H6995H5666H1H4975 11Now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.'"H1H6006H3515H5923H3254H5923H1H3256H7752H3256H6137 12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had said, "Come to me again the third day."H3379H5971H935H7346H7992H3117H4428H1696H559H7725H7992H3117 13The king answered the people harshly. He disregarded the advice that the older men had given himH4428H6030H5971H7186H5800H2205H6098H3289 14and spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, "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."H1696H6098H3206H559H1H3513H5923H3513H3254H5923H1H3256H7752H3256H6137 15So the king did not listen to the people, because it was a turn of affairs brought about by the LORD that he might fulfill his word, which the LORD had spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.H4428H8085H5971H5438H3068H6965H1697H3068H1696H3027H281H7888H3379H1121H5028 16When all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king, "What share do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David." So Israel went away to their tents.H7725H3478H7200H4428H8085H5971H1697H4428H559H2506H1732H5159H1121H3448H168H3478H7200H1004H1732H3478H3212H168 17But Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah.H1121H3478H3427H5892H3063H7346H4427 18When King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam then hurriedly mounted his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.H4428H7346H7971H151H4522H3478H7275H68H4191H4428H7346H553H5927H4818H5127H3389 19So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.H3478H6586H1004H1732H3117 20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed the house of David, except the tribe of Judah alone.H3478H8085H3379H7725H7971H7121H5712H4427H3478H310H1004H1732H2108H7626H3063 21When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen troops to fight against the house of Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.H7346H935H3389H6950H1004H3063H7626H1144H3967H8084H505H977H6213H4421H3898H1004H3478H7725H4410H7725H7346H1121H8010 22But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:H1697H430H8098H376H430H559 23Say to King Rehoboam of Judah, son of Solomon, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people,H559H7346H1121H8010H4428H3063H1004H3063H1144H3499H5971H559 24"Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up or fight against your kindred the people of Israel. Let everyone go home, for this thing is from me." So they heeded the word of the LORD and went home again, according to the word of the LORD.H559H3068H5927H3898H251H1121H3478H7725H376H1004H1697H1961H8085H1697H3068H7725H3212H1697H3068 25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and resided there; he went out from there and built Penuel.H3379H1129H7927H2022H669H3427H3318H1129H6439 26Then Jeroboam said to himself, "Now the kingdom may well revert to the house of David.H3379H559H3820H4467H7725H1004H1732 27If this people continues to go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, the heart of this people will turn again to their master, King Rehoboam of Judah; they will kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah."H5971H5927H6213H2077H1004H3068H3389H3820H5971H7725H113H7346H4428H3063H2026H7725H7346H4428H3063 28So the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. He said to the people, "You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."H4428H3289H6213H8147H5695H2091H559H7227H5927H3389H430H3478H5927H776H4714 29He set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.H7760H259H1008H259H5414H1835 30And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one at Bethel and before the other as far as Dan.H1697H2403H5971H3212H6440H259H1835 31He also made houses on high places, and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not Levites.H6213H1004H1116H6213H3548H7098H5971H1121H3878 32Jeroboam appointed a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month like the festival that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; so he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.H3379H6213H2282H8066H2320H2568H6240H3117H2320H2282H3063H5927H4196H6213H1008H2076H5695H6213H5975H1008H3548H1116H6213 33He went up to the altar that he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, in the month that he alone had devised; he appointed a festival for the people of Israel, and he went up to the altar to offer incense.H5927H4196H6213H1008H2568H6240H3117H8066H2320H2320H908H3820H6213H2282H1121H3478H5927H4196H6999
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