1 Kings 12:1-24 Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

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1 H7346 Rehoboam H3212 went H7927 to Shechem: H3478 for all Israel H935 had come H7927 to Shechem H4427 to make him king.

2 H3379 It happened, when Jeroboam H1121 the son H5028 of Nebat H8085 heard H4714 of it (for he was yet in Egypt, H1272 where he had fled H6440 from the presence H4428 of king H8010 Solomon, H3379 and Jeroboam H3427 lived H4714 in Egypt,

3 H7971 and they sent H7121 and called H3379 him), that Jeroboam H6951 and all the assembly H3478 of Israel H935 came, H1696 and spoke H7346 to Rehoboam, H559 saying,

4 H1 "Your father H7185 made H5923 our yoke H7185 grievous: H7186 now therefore make you the grievous H5656 service H1 of your father, H3515 and his heavy H5923 yoke H5414 which he put H7043 on us, lighter, H5647 and we will serve you."

5 H559 He said H3212 to them, "Depart H7969 for three H3117 days, H7725 then come back H5971 to me." The people H3212 departed.

6 H4428 King H7346 Rehoboam H3289 took counsel H2205 with the old men, H5975 who had stood H6440 before H8010 Solomon H1 his father H2416 while he yet lived, H559 saying, H3289 "What counsel H7725 do you give me to return H1697 answer H5971 to this people?"

7 H1696 They spoke H559 to him, saying, H5650 "If you will be a servant H5971 to this people H3117 this day, H5647 and will serve H6030 them, and answer H1696 them, and speak H2896 good H1697 words H5650 to them, then they will be your servants H3117 forever."

8 H5800 But he forsook H6098 the counsel H2205 of the old men H3289 which they had given H3289 him, and took counsel H3206 with the young men H1431 who had grown up H5975 with him, who stood H6440 before him.

9 H559 He said H3289 to them, "What counsel do you give, H7725 that we may H1697 return answer H5971 to this people, H1696 who have spoken H559 to me, saying, H7043 ‘Make H5923 the yoke H1 that your father H5414 put H7043 on us lighter?'"

10 H3206 The young men H1431 who had grown up H1696 with him spoke H559 to him, saying, H559 "Thus you shall tell H5971 this people H559 who spoke H559 to you, saying, H1 ‘Your father H3513 made H5923 our yoke H3513 heavy, H7043 but make it lighter H1696 to us;' you shall say H6995 to them, ‘My little H5666 finger is thicker H1 than my father's H4975 waist.

11 H1 Now whereas my father H6006 burdened H3515 you with a heavy H5923 yoke, H3254 I will add H5923 to your yoke: H1 my father H3256 chastised H7752 you with whips, H3256 but I will chastise H6137 you with scorpions.'"

12 H3379 So Jeroboam H5971 and all the people H935 came H7346 to Rehoboam H7992 the third H3117 day, H4428 as the king H1696 asked, H559 saying, H7725 "Come to me again H7992 the third H3117 day."

13 H4428 The king H6030 answered H5971 the people H7186 roughly, H5800 and forsook H6098 the counsel H2205 of the old men H3289 which they had given him,

14 H1696 and spoke H6098 to them according to the counsel H3206 of the young men, H559 saying, H1 "My father H3513 made H5923 your yoke H3513 heavy, H3254 but I will add H5923 to your yoke. H1 My father H3256 chastised H7752 you with whips, H3256 but I will chastise H6137 you with scorpions."

15 H4428 So the king H8085 didn't listen H5971 to the people; H5438 for it was H3068 a thing brought about of Yahweh, H6965 that he might establish H1697 his word, H3068 which Yahweh H1696 spoke H3027 by H281 Ahijah H7888 the Shilonite H3379 to Jeroboam H1121 the son H5028 of Nebat.

16 H7725 When H3478 all Israel H7200 saw H4428 that the king H8085 didn't listen H5971 to them, the people H1697 answered H4428 the king, H559 saying, H2506 "What portion H1732 have we in David? H5159 Neither do we have an inheritance H1121 in the son H3448 of Jesse. H168 To your tents, H3478 Israel! H7200 Now see H1004 to your own house, H1732 David." H3478 So Israel H3212 departed H168 to their tents.

17 H1121 But as for the children H3478 of Israel H3427 who lived H5892 in the cities H3063 of Judah, H7346 Rehoboam H4427 reigned over them.

18 H4428 Then king H7346 Rehoboam H7971 sent H151 Adoram, H4522 who was over the men subject to forced labor; H3478 and all Israel H7275 stoned H4191 him to death H68 with stones. H4428 King H7346 Rehoboam H553 made speed H5927 to get him up H4818 to his chariot, H5127 to flee H3389 to Jerusalem.

19 H3478 So Israel H6586 rebelled H1004 against the house H1732 of David H3117 to this day.

20 H3478 It happened, when all Israel H8085 heard H3379 that Jeroboam H7725 was returned, H7971 that they sent H7121 and called H5712 him to the congregation, H4427 and made him king H3478 over all Israel: H310 there was none who followed H1004 the house H1732 of David, H2108 but H7626 the tribe H3063 of Judah only.

21 H7346 When Rehoboam H935 had come H3389 to Jerusalem, H6950 he assembled H1004 all the house H3063 of Judah, H7626 and the tribe H1144 of Benjamin, H3967 a hundred H8084 and eighty H505 thousand H977 chosen men, H6213 who were warriors, H3898 to fight H1004 against the house H3478 of Israel, H7725 to bring H4410 the kingdom H7725 again H7346 to Rehoboam H1121 the son H8010 of Solomon.

22 H1697 But the word H430 of God H8098 came to Shemaiah H376 the man H430 of God, H559 saying,

23 H559 "Speak H7346 to Rehoboam H1121 the son H8010 of Solomon, H4428 king H3063 of Judah, H1004 and to all the house H3063 of Judah H1144 and Benjamin, H3499 and to the rest H5971 of the people, H559 saying,

24 H559 ‘Thus says H3068 Yahweh, H5927 "You shall not go up, H3898 nor fight H251 against your brothers, H1121 the children H3478 of Israel. H376 Everyone H7725 return H1004 to his house; H1697 for this thing H1961 is H8085 of me."'" So they listened H1697 to the word H3068 of Yahweh, H7725 and returned H3212 and went their way, H1697 according to the word H3068 of Yahweh.