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so now lighten the hard labor and the heavy yoke your father imposed on us, and we will serve you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Rehoboam replied to them, “Leave for three days, then come back to me [for my decision].” So the people left. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served <i>and</i> advised his father Solomon while he was still alive and said, “How do you advise me to answer this people?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant their request, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But he <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>ignored the advice which the elders gave him and consulted the young men who grew up with him and served him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke (burden) which your father put on us’?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The young men who had grown up with him answered, “This is what you should say to this people who told you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but as for you, make our yoke lighter’--say this to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins [and my reign will be even more severe]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And now, 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 <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>scorpions.’” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Jeroboam and all the people came back to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had instructed, saying, “Return to me on the third day.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The king answered the people harshly and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>ignored the advice which the elders had given him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and spoke to them in accordance with the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but as for me, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So the king did not listen to the people; for the situation was from the LORD, so that He might fulfill His word which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. <p class="hdg">The Kingdom Divided; Jeroboam Rules Israel</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So when all [the ten northern tribes of] Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people replied to the king, saying, <p class="indent1stline">“What portion do we have in David? <t><p class="indent1"><i>We have</i> no inheritance in the son of Jesse; <t><p class="indent1">To your tents, O Israel! <t><p class="indent1">Look now after <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>your own house, David!” <p class="R">Then Israel went back to their tents. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But as for the sons (descendants) of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah [including Benjamin], Rehoboam reigned over them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then King Rehoboam sent <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor [to represent him], and all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam quickly mounted his chariot to escape to Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So Israel (the ten northern tribes) has rebelled against the house (royal line) of David to this day (the date of this writing). <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>It came about when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent <i>word</i> and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. None followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah [including Benjamin]. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Now when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he assembled all the [fighting men from the] house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel to bring the kingdom back 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>“Tell Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and all the house (fighting men) of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>‘Thus says the LORD, “You shall not go up and fight against your brothers, the sons of Israel. Let every man return to his house, for this thing has come about from Me.”’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and returned to go home, in accordance with the word of the LORD. <p class="hdg">Jeroboam’s Idolatry</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Jeroboam built Shechem [as his royal city] in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. He went out from there and rebuilt Penuel [as a stronghold]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Jeroboam [doubted God’s promise to him and] said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>If these people go up to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to offer sacrifices, then their heart will turn to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So the king took counsel [and followed bad advice] and made two <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>calves of gold. And he said to the people, “It is too much for you to go [all the way] up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He set the one [golden calf] in Bethel, and the other he put in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>Dan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Now this thing became a sin [for Israel]; because the people went <i>to worship</i> before the one [or the other of them] as far as Dan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And Jeroboam also made houses on high places, and he made priests from <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>all people who were not of the sons (descendants) of Levi. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Jeroboam held a feast on the fifteenth day of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>eighth month, like the feast which is <i>kept</i> in Judah, and he went up to the altar; he did this 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>So he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised in his own heart [in defiance of God’s commandments]; and he held a feast for the Israelites and he went up to the altar to burn <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>incense [in defiance of God’s law.]<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> An important city located in the tribal territory of Ephraim, about thirty miles north of Jerusalem.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>forsook</i>. Rehoboam’s decision was his own responsibility, but like Pharaoh in his dealings with Moses, Rehoboam was also led by the Lord to respond as he did so that the will of the Lord would be carried out (see v 15).<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> I.e. whips with sharp metal studs.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>forsook</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> This verse indicates the decision of the ten northern tribes to break away from David’s dynasty and, in so doing, creating the divided kingdom--Israel in the north and Judah (David’s tribe) in the south.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> <i>Adoniram</i> in 4:6; 5:14.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">28</span> Cf the incident of the golden calf in the wilderness, and see note Ex 32:4. Jeroboam evidently was convinced that the Israelites would respond to calf idols just as their ancestors had (despite the consequences), and unfortunately he was right.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">29</span> Northernmost city in Jeroboam’s kingdom.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">31</span> Lit <i>the extremities of the people</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">32</span> Jeroboam chose the eighth month to worship idols in competition with the Feast of Booths in Jerusalem during the seventh month at the temple.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">33</span> Or <i>sacrifices.</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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 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="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>