ASV_Strong : 1 Kings 12
1. And Rehoboam[H7346] went[H3212] to Shechem[H7927]: for all Israel[H3478] were come[H935] to Shechem[H7927] to make him king[H4427].
2. And it came to pass[H3379], when Jeroboam the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028] heard[H8085] of it[H4714] (for he was yet in Egypt, whither he had fled[H1272] from the presence[H6440] of king[H4428] Solomon[H8010], and Jeroboam[H3379] dwelt[H3427] in Egypt[H4714],
3. and they sent[H7971] and called[H7121] him[H3379]), that Jeroboam and all the assembly[H6951] of Israel[H3478] came[H935], and spake[H1696] unto Rehoboam[H7346], saying[H559],
4. Thy father[H1] made[H7185] our yoke[H5923] grievous[H7185]: now therefore make thou the grievous[H7186] service[H5656] of thy father[H1], and his heavy[H3515] yoke[H5923] which he put[H5414] upon us[H7043], lighter, and we will serve thee[H5647].
5. And he said[H559] unto them[H3212], Depart yet for three[H7969] days[H3117], then come again[H7725] to me[H5971]. And the people departed[H3212].
6. And king[H4428] Rehoboam[H7346] took counsel[H3289] with the old men[H2205], that had stood[H5975] before[H6440] Solomon[H8010] his father[H1] while he yet lived[H2416], saying[H559], What counsel[H3289] give ye me to return[H7725] answer[H1697] to this people[H5971]?
7. And they spake[H1696] unto him[H559], saying, If thou wilt be a servant[H5650] unto this people[H5971] this day[H3117], and wilt serve[H5647] them[H6030], and answer them[H1696], and speak good[H2896] words[H1697] to them[H5650], then they will be thy servants for ever[H3117].
8. But he forsook[H5800] the counsel[H6098] of the old men[H2205] which they had given[H3289] him[H3289], and took counsel with the young men[H3206] that were grown up[H1431] with him[H5975], that stood before him[H6440].
9. And he said[H559] unto them[H3289], What counsel give ye[H7725], that we may return answer[H1697] to this people[H5971], who have spoken[H1696] to me[H559], saying, Make[H7043] the yoke[H5923] that thy father[H1] did put[H5414] upon us lighter[H7043]?
10. And the young men[H3206] that were grown up[H1431] with him spake[H1696] unto him[H559], saying, Thus shalt thou say[H559] unto this people[H5971] that spake[H1696] unto thee[H559], saying, Thy father[H1] made[H3513] our yoke[H5923] heavy[H3513], but make thou it lighter[H7043] unto us[H1696]; thus shalt thou speak unto them[H6995], My little finger is thicker[H5666] than my father[H1]'s loins[H4975].
11. And now whereas my father[H1] did lade[H6006] you with a heavy[H3515] yoke[H5923], I will add[H3254] to your yoke[H5923]: my father[H1] chastised[H3256] you with whips[H7752], but I will chastise[H3256] you with scorpions[H6137].
12. So Jeroboam[H3379] and all the people[H5971] came[H935] to Rehoboam[H7346] the third[H7992] day[H3117], as the king[H4428] bade[H1696], saying[H559], Come to me again[H7725] the third[H7992] day[H3117].
13. And the king[H4428] answered[H6030] the people[H5971] roughly[H7186], and forsook[H5800] the counsel[H6098] of the old men[H2205] which they had given him[H3289],
14. and spake[H1696] to them after the counsel[H6098] of the young men[H3206], saying[H559], My father[H1] made[H3513] your yoke[H5923] heavy[H3513], but I will add[H3254] to your yoke[H5923]: my father[H1] chastised[H3256] you with whips[H7752], but I will chastise[H3256] you with scorpions[H6137].
15. So the king[H4428] hearkened[H8085] not unto the people[H5971]; for it was[H5438] a thing brought about of Jehovah[H3068], that he might establish[H6965] his word[H1697], which Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] by[H3027] Ahijah[H281] the Shilonite[H7888] to Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028].
16. And[H7725] when all Israel[H3478] saw[H7200] that the king[H4428] hearkened[H8085] not unto them[H5971], the people answered[H1697] the king[H4428], saying[H559], What portion[H2506] have we in David[H1732]? neither have we inheritance[H5159] in the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448]: to your tents[H168], O Israel[H3478]: now see[H7200] to thine own house[H1004], David[H1732]. So Israel[H3478] departed[H3212] unto their tents[H168].
17. But as for the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] that dwelt[H3427] in the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], Rehoboam[H7346] reigned over them[H4427].
18. Then king[H4428] Rehoboam[H7346] sent[H7971] Adoram[H151], who was over the men subject to taskwork[H4522]; and all Israel[H3478] stoned[H7275] him to death[H4191] with stones[H68]. And king[H4428] Rehoboam[H7346] made speed[H553] to get him up[H5927] to his chariot[H4818], to flee[H5127] to Jerusalem[H3389].
19. So Israel[H3478] rebelled[H6586] against the house[H1004] of David[H1732] unto this day[H3117].
20. And it came to pass[H3478], when all Israel heard[H8085] that Jeroboam[H3379] was returned[H7725], that they sent[H7971] and called[H7121] him unto the congregation[H5712], and made him king[H4427] over all Israel[H3478]: there was none that followed[H310] the house[H1004] of David[H1732], but[H2108] the tribe[H7626] of Judah only[H3063].
21. And when Rehoboam[H7346] was come[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389], he assembled[H6950] all the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063], and the tribe[H7626] of Benjamin[H1144], a hundred[H3967] and fourscore[H8084] thousand[H505] chosen men[H977], that were warriors[H6213], to fight[H3898] against the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], to bring[H7725] the kingdom[H4410] again[H7725] to Rehoboam[H7346] the son[H1121] of Solomon[H8010].
22. But the word[H1697] of God[H430] came unto Shemaiah[H8098] the man[H376] of God[H430], saying[H559],
23. Speak[H559] unto Rehoboam[H7346] the son[H1121] of Solomon[H8010], king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and unto all the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] and Benjamin[H1144], and to the rest[H3499] of the people[H5971], saying[H559],
24. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Ye shall not go up[H5927], nor fight[H3898] against your brethren[H251] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: return[H7725] every man[H376] to his house[H1004]; for this thing[H1697] is[H1961] of me[H8085]. So they hearkened unto the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], and returned[H7725] and went their way[H3212], according to the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068].
25. Then Jeroboam[H3379] built[H1129] Shechem[H7927] in the hill-country[H2022] of Ephraim[H669], and dwelt[H3427] therein[H3318]; and he went out from thence[H1129], and built Penuel[H6439].
26. And Jeroboam[H3379] said[H559] in his heart[H3820], Now will the kingdom[H4467] return[H7725] to the house[H1004] of David[H1732]:
27. if this people[H5971] go up[H5927] to offer[H6213] sacrifices[H2077] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068] at Jerusalem[H3389], then will the heart[H3820] of this people[H5971] turn again[H7725] unto their lord[H113], even unto Rehoboam[H7346] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063]; and they will kill[H2026] me[H7725], and return to Rehoboam[H7346] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063].
28. Whereupon the king[H4428] took counsel[H3289], and made[H6213] two[H8147] calves[H5695] of gold[H2091]; and he said[H559] unto them[H7227], It is too much for you to go up[H5927] to Jerusalem[H3389]: behold thy gods[H430], O Israel[H3478], which brought thee up[H5927] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
29. And he set[H7760] the one[H259] in Beth-el[H1008], and the other[H259] put[H5414] he in Dan[H1835].
30. And this thing[H1697] became a sin[H2403]; for the people[H5971] went[H3212] to worship before[H6440] the one[H259], even unto Dan[H1835].
31. And he made[H6213] houses[H1004] of high places[H1116], and made[H6213] priests[H3548] from among[H7098] all the people[H5971], that were not of the sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878].
32. And Jeroboam[H3379] ordained[H6213] a feast[H2282] in the eighth[H8066] month[H2320], on the fifteenth[H2568] day[H3117] of the month[H2320], like unto the feast[H2282] that is in Judah[H3063], and he went[H5927] up unto the altar[H4196]; so did[H6213] he in Beth-el[H1008], sacrificing[H2076] unto the calves[H5695] that he had made[H6213]: and he placed[H5975] in Beth-el[H1008] the priests[H3548] of the high places[H1116] that he had made[H6213].
33. And he went[H5927] up unto the altar[H4196] which he had made[H6213] in Beth-el[H1008] on the fifteenth[H2568] day[H3117] in the eighth[H8066] month[H2320], even in the month[H2320] which he had devised[H908] of his own heart[H3820]: and he ordained[H6213] a feast[H2282] for the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and went[H5927] up unto the altar[H4196], to burn incense[H6999].
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