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And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-4.htm">1 Kings 12:4</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">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, <span class="cverse3">{a}</span> lighter, and we will serve thee.</span><p>(a) Do not oppress us with such high taxes, which we are not able to pay.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-5.htm">1 Kings 12:5</a></div><div class="verse">And he said unto them, Depart yet <i>for</i> three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-6.htm">1 Kings 12:6</a></div><div class="verse">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?</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">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?</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-7.htm">1 Kings 12:7</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a <span class="cverse3">{b}</span> 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.</span><p>(b) They showed him that there was no way to win the people's hearts but to grant them their just petition.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-8.htm">1 Kings 12:8</a></div><div class="verse">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, <i>and</i> which stood before him:</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">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:</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-9.htm">1 Kings 12:9</a></div><div class="verse">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?</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">And he said unto them, <span class="cverse3">{c}</span> 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?</span><p>(c) There is nothing harder for them that are in authority than to control their desires and follow good counsel.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-10.htm">1 Kings 12:10</a></div><div class="verse">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 <i>it</i> lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little <i>finger</i> shall be thicker than my father's loins.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">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 <i>it</i> lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little <i>finger</i> shall be <span class="cverse3">{d}</span> thicker than my father's loins.</span><p>(d) I am much more able to keep you in subjection than my father was.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-11.htm">1 Kings 12:11</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">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.</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-12.htm">1 Kings 12:12</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had <span class="cverse3">{e}</span> appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.</span><p>(e) The people declare their obedience in this that they attempted nothing before the king gave them just opportunity.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-13.htm">1 Kings 12:13</a></div><div class="verse">And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-14.htm">1 Kings 12:14</a></div><div class="verse">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 <i>also</i> chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">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.</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-15.htm">1 Kings 12:15</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">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.</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-16.htm">1 Kings 12:16</a></div><div class="verse">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 <i>have we</i> inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in <span class="cverse3">{f}</span> David? neither <i>have we</i> inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.</span><p>(f) Though their cause was good, yet it was hard for the people to control their desires, as these vile words declare.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-17.htm">1 Kings 12:17</a></div><div class="verse">But <i>as for</i> the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-18.htm">1 Kings 12:18</a></div><div class="verse">Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who <i>was</i> 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.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">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.</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-19.htm">1 Kings 12:19</a></div><div class="verse">So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">So Israel rebelled against the house <span class="cverse3">{g}</span> of David unto this day.</span><p>(g) By the just judgment of God for Solomon's sins.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-20.htm">1 Kings 12:20</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">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.</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-21.htm">1 Kings 12:21</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he <span class="cverse3">{h}</span> 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.</span><p>(h) For as yet he did not realize that the Lord had so appointed it.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-22.htm">1 Kings 12:22</a></div><div class="verse">But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the <span class="cverse3">{i}</span> man of God, saying,</span><p>(i) That is, the Prophet.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-23.htm">1 Kings 12:23</a></div><div class="verse">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,</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">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,</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-24.htm">1 Kings 12:24</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">Thus saith the <span class="cverse3">{k}</span> 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.</span><p>(k) Who of his just judgment will punish the trespasser, and of his mercy spare the innocent people.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-25.htm">1 Kings 12:25</a></div><div class="verse">Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-26.htm">1 Kings 12:26</a></div><div class="verse">And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-27.htm">1 Kings 12:27</a></div><div class="verse">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, <i>even</i> unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD <span class="cverse3">{l}</span> at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, <i>even</i> unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.</span><p>(l) He feared least his people should have by this means been enticed to rebel against him.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28</a></div><div class="verse">Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves <i>of</i> 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.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves <i>of</i> gold, and said unto them, <span class="cverse3">{m}</span> 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.</span><p>(m) So crafty are carnal persuasions of princes, when they will make a religion serve their appetite.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-29.htm">1 Kings 12:29</a></div><div class="verse">And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-30.htm">1 Kings 12:30</a></div><div class="verse">And this thing became a sin: for the people went <i>to worship</i> before the one, <i>even</i> unto Dan.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.</span></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm">1 Kings 12:31</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">And he made an <span class="cverse3">{n}</span> house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.</span><p>(n) That is, a temple, where altars were built for idolatry.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">1 Kings 12:32</a></div><div class="verse">And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that <i>is</i> 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.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the <span class="cverse3">{o}</span> fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that <i>is</i> 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.</span><p>(o) Because he would bind the people's devotion to his idolatry even more, he made a new holy day, besides those that the Lord had appointed in the law.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm">1 Kings 12:33</a></div><div class="verse">So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, <i>even</i> 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.</div><div class="comm"><span class="cverse2">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.</span></div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599]<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_kings/11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_kings/13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/1_kings/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhpar.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>