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The Book of 1st Kings
Chapter 12


1st Kings
Chapter 12


1 Rehoboam went to
Shechem, for all Israel had
come to Shechem to make
him king.
2 And when Jeroboam the
son of Nebat heard of it
(for he was still in Egypt,
whither he had fled from
King Solomon), then
Jeroboam returned from
Egypt.
3 And they sent and called
him; and Jeroboam and all
the assembly of Israel came
and said to Rehoboam,
4 "Your father made our
yoke heavy. Now therefore
lighten the hard service of
your father and his heavy
yoke upon us, and we will
serve you."
5 He said to them, "Depart
for three days, then come
again to me." So the
people went away.
6 Then King Rehoboam
took counsel with the old
men, who had stood before
Solomon his father while
he was yet alive, saying,
"How do you advise me to
answer this people?"
7 And they said to 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 for ever."
8 But he forsook the
counsel which the old men
gave him, and took counsel
with the young men who
had grown up with him and
stood before him.
9 And he said to them,
"What do you advise that
we answer this people who
have said to me, 'Lighten
the yoke that your father
put upon us'?"
10 And the young men
who had grown up with
him said to him, "Thus
shall you speak to this
people who said to you,
'Your father made our
yoke heavy, but do you
lighten it for us'; thus shall
you say to them, 'My little
finger is thicker than my
father's loins.
11 And now, whereas my
father laid upon you a
heavy yoke, I will add to
your yoke. My father
chastised you with whips,
but I will chastise you with
scorpions.'"
12 So Jeroboam and all
the people came to
Rehoboam the third day, as
the king said, "Come to me
again the third day."
13 And the king answered
the people harshly, and
forsaking the counsel
which the old men had
given him,
14 he spoke to them
according to the counsel of
the young men, saying,
"My father made your yoke
heavy, but I will add to
your yoke; my father
chastised you with whips,
but I will chastise you with
scorpions."
15 So the king did not
hearken to the people; for
it was a turn of affairs
brought about by
YAHWEH that he might fulfil
his word, which YAHWEH
spoke by Ahijah the
Shilonite to Jeroboam the
son of Nebat.
16 And when all Israel
saw that the king did not
hearken to them, the
people answered the king,
"What portion have we in
David? We have no
inheritance in the son of
Jesse. To your tents, O
Israel! Look now to your
own house, David." So
Israel departed to their
tents.
17 But Rehoboam reigned
over the people of Israel
who dwelt in the cities of
Judah.
18 Then King Rehoboam
sent Adoram, who was
taskmaster over the forced
labor, and all Israel stoned
him to death with stones.
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 And when all Israel
heard that Jeroboam had
returned, they sent and
called him to the assembly
and made him king over all
Israel. There was none that
followed the house of
David, but the tribe of
Judah only.



21 When Rehoboam came
to Jerusalem, he assembled
all the house of Judah, and
the tribe of Benjamin, a
hundred and eighty
thousand chosen 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:
23 "Say 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,
24 'Thus says YAHWEH,
You shall not go up or
fight against your kinsmen
the people of Israel. Return
every man to his home, for
this thing is from me.'" So
they hearkened to the word
of YAHWEH, and went
home again, according to
the word of YAHWEH.



25 Then Jeroboam built
Shechem in the hill country
of Ephraim, and dwelt
there; and he went out
from there and built
Penuel.
26 And Jeroboam said in
his heart, "Now the
kingdom will turn back to
the house of David;
27 if this people go up to
offer sacrifices in the house
of YAHWEH at Jerusalem,
then the heart of this
people will turn again to
their lord, to Rehoboam
king of Judah, and they will
kill me and return to
Rehoboam king of Judah."
28 So the king took
counsel, and made two
calves of gold. And he said
to the people, "You have
gone up to Jerusalem long
enough. Behold your gods,
O Israel, who brought you
up out of the land of
Egypt."
29 And he set one in
Bethel, and the other he
put in Dan.
30 And this thing became
a sin, for the people went
to the one at Bethel and to
the other as far as Dan.



31 He also made houses
on high places, and
appointed priests from
among all the people, who
were not of the Levites.















32 And Jeroboam
appointed a feast on the
fifteenth day of the eighth
month like the feast that
was in Judah, and he
offered sacrifices upon 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.
33 He went up to the altar
which he had made in
Bethel on the fifteenth day
in the eighth month, in the
month which he had
devised of his own heart;
and he ordained a feast for
the people of Israel, and
went up to the altar to burn
incense.
Chronicles or
Kings


2 Chronicles 10:1
Rehoboam went to
Shechem, for all Israel had
come to Shechem to make
him king.
2 Chronicles 10:2 And
when Jeroboam the son of
Nebat heard of it (for he
was in Egypt, whither he
had fled from King
Solomon), then Jeroboam
returned from Egypt.
2 Chronicles 10:3 And
they sent and called him;
and Jeroboam and all Israel
came and said to
Rehoboam,
2 Chronicles 10:4 "Your
father made our yoke
heavy. Now therefore
lighten the hard service of
your father and his heavy
yoke upon us, and we will
serve you."
2 Chronicles 10:5 He said
to them, "Come to me
again in three days." So the
people went away.
2 Chronicles 10:6 Then
King Rehoboam took
counsel with the old men,
who had stood before
Solomon his father while
he was yet alive, saying,
"How do you advise me to
answer this people?"
2 Chronicles 10:7 And
they said to him, "If you
will be kind to this people
and please them, and speak
good words to them, then
they will be your servants
for ever."
2 Chronicles 10:8 But he
forsook the counsel which
the old men gave him, and
took counsel with the
young men who had grown
up with him and stood
before him.
2 Chronicles 10:9 And he
said to them, "What do you
advise that we answer this
people who have said to
me, 'Lighten the yoke that
your father put upon us'?"
2 Chronicles 10:10 And
the young men who had
grown up with him said to
him, "Thus shall you speak
to the people who said to
you, 'Your father made our
yoke heavy, but do you
lighten it for us'; thus shall
you say to them, 'My little
finger is thicker than my
father's loins.
2 Chronicles 10:11 And
now, whereas my father
laid upon you a heavy
yoke, I will add to your
yoke. My father chastised
you with whips, but I will
chastise you with
scorpions.'"
2 Chronicles 10:12 So
Jeroboam and all the
people came to Rehoboam
the third day, as the king
said, "Come to me again
the third day."
2 Chronicles 10:13 And
the king answered them
harshly, and forsaking the
counsel of the old men,
2 Chronicles 10:14 King
Rehoboam spoke to them
according to the counsel of
the young men, saying,
"My father made your yoke
heavy, but I will add to it;
my father chastised you
with whips, but I will
chastise you with
scorpions."
2 Chronicles 10:15 So the
king did not hearken to the
people; for it was a turn of
affairs brought about by
God that YAHWEH might
fulfil his word, which he
spoke by Ahijah the
Shilonite to Jeroboam the
son of Nebat.
2 Chronicles 10:16 And
when all Israel saw that the
king did not hearken to
them, the people answered
the king, "What portion
have we in David? We
have no inheritance in the
son of Jesse. Each of you
to your tents, O Israel!
Look now to your own
house, David." So all Israel
departed to their tents.
2 Chronicles 10:17 But
Rehoboam reigned over the
people of Israel who dwelt
in the cities of Judah.
2 Chronicles 10:18 Then
King Rehoboam sent
Hadoram, who was
taskmaster over the forced
labor, and the people of
Israel stoned him to death
with stones. And King
Rehoboam made haste to
mount his chariot, to flee
to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 10:19 So
Israel has been in rebellion
against the house of David
to this day.















2 Chronicles 11:1 When
Rehoboam came to
Jerusalem, he assembled
the house of Judah, and
Benjamin, a hundred and
eighty thousand chosen
warriors, to fight against
Israel, to restore the
kingdom to Rehoboam.
2 Chronicles 11:2 But the
word of YAHWEH came to
Shemaiah the man of God:
2 Chronicles 11:3 "Say to
Rehoboam the son of
Solomon king of Judah,
and to all Israel in Judah
and Benjamin,
2 Chronicles 11:4 'Thus
says YAHWEH, You shall
not go up or fight against
your brethren. Return
every man to his home, for
this thing is from me.'" So
they hearkened to the word
of YAHWEH, and returned
and did not go against
Jeroboam.











































2 Chronicles 11:15 and he
appointed his own priests
for the high places, and for
the satyrs, and for the
calves which he had made.
2 Chronicles 13:9 Have
you not driven out the
priests of YAHWEH, the
sons of Aaron, and the
Levites, and made priests
for yourselves like the
peoples of other lands?
Whoever comes to
consecrate himself with a
young bull or seven rams
becomes a priest of what
are no gods.
Samuel



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