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And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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 class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant to 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 class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that had grown up with him, and who stood before him: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he said to 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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak to this people who spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter to us; thus shalt thou say to them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And now whereas my father burdened 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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And spoke 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 class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Wherefore the king hearkened not to the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.</p> <a name="16" id="16"></a><p class="hdg">The Kingdom Divided<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_chronicles/10.htm#16">2 Chronicles 10:16-19</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thy own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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 enter his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.</p> <a name="20" id="20"></a><p class="hdg">Shemaiah's Prophecy<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_chronicles/11.htm">2 Chronicles 11:1-4</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="hdg">Jeroboam's Idolatry</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt in it, and went out from thence, and built Penuel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>If this people go up to perform sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Upon which the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other he placed in Dan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even to Dan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing to the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast to the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Webster Bible Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><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><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/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"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>