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1 Kings 12:1 (show verse)

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

1 Kings 12:2 (show verse)

And when Rehoboam the son of Nebat heard of it, being yet in Egypt - for he fled to Egypt for fear of Solomon - he came again out of Egypt.

1 Kings 12:3 (show verse)

And they sent and called him: and so Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

1 Kings 12:4 (show verse)

"Thy father made our yoke grievous, but now make thou the grievous service of thy father and his sore yoke which he put upon us, lighter; and so we will serve thee."

1 Kings 12:5 (show verse)

And he said unto them, "Depart yet for the space of three days, and then come again to me." And the people departed.

1 Kings 12:6 (show verse)

And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that stood before Solomon his father, while he yet lived, and said, "What counsel give ye to answer this people withal?"

1 Kings 12:7 (show verse)

And they said unto him, "If thou shalt be a servant unto this people this day and serve them and answer them and speak kind words to them: they will be thy servants forever."

1 Kings 12:8 (show verse)

But he forsook the counsel that the old men had given him, and counselled with the young men that were nourished up with him and had waited on him.

1 Kings 12:9 (show verse)

And he said unto them, "What counsel give ye, to answer this people withal which have communed with me saying, 'Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us, lighter?'"

1 Kings 12:10 (show verse)

And the young men that were brought up with him, answered him, saying, "This people that have said unto thee, 'Thy father made our yoke heavy, make thou it us lighter' - thus answer them: 'My little finger shall be weightier than my father's loins!

1 Kings 12:11 (show verse)

And now, where my father put a grievous yoke upon you, I will make it heavier. For where my father corrected you with scourges, I will chastise you with scorpions."

1 Kings 12:12 (show verse)

And when Jeroboam and all the people were come to Rehoboam the third day - as the king appointed them, saying, "Come to me again this day three days" -

1 Kings 12:13 (show verse)

the king answered the people churlishly and left the advice that old men gave him:

1 Kings 12:14 (show verse)

and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke grievous, but I will make it grievouser. For where my father chastised you with whips, I will chastise you with scorpions."

1 Kings 12:15 (show verse)

And so the king hearkened not unto the people: for the turning away was of the LORD, to perform his saying, which the LORD said by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

1 Kings 12:16 (show verse)

And when all Israel saw that the king regarded them not, the people answered the king again saying, "We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents therefore Israel, and now see to thine own house David." And so Israel departed unto their tents.

1 Kings 12:17 (show verse)

Howbeit, over the children of Israel which dwelt in the city of Judah, did Rehoboam reign still.

1 Kings 12:18 (show verse)

Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, the receiver of the tribute. And all Israel stoned him to death with stones. But king Rehoboam made speed and gat him up to his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.

1 Kings 12:19 (show verse)

And so Israel departed from the house of David unto this day.

1 Kings 12:20 (show verse)

And when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, they sent and called him unto the congregation and made him king over Israel: and no man followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

1 Kings 12:21 (show verse)

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and four score thousands of chosen men and good warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, and to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

1 Kings 12:22 (show verse)

Then came the word of God unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

1 Kings 12:23 (show verse)

"Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the remnant of the people and say,

1 Kings 12:24 (show verse)

'Thus sayeth the LORD: Go not, nor yet fight against your brethren the children of Israel, but return every man to his house, for this doing is of the LORD.'" And they obeyed the word of the LORD and returned and departed according to the word of the LORD.

1 Kings 12:25 (show verse)

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein. And went from thence and built Penuel.

1 Kings 12:26 (show verse)

And Jeroboam thought in his heart, "Now might the kingdom return to the house of David again.

1 Kings 12:27 (show verse)

For if this people shall go up and do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall their hearts turn again unto their lord Rehoboam king of Judah. And so shall they kill me and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah."

1 Kings 12:28 (show verse)

Whereupon the king took counsel and made two calves of gold and said unto the people, "Ye shall not need to go any more to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, Israel, which brought you out of the land of Egypt!"

1 Kings 12:29 (show verse)

And he put the one in Bethel and the other in Dan.

1 Kings 12:30 (show verse)

And that doing was a cause of sin. And the people went before the one as far as Dan.

1 Kings 12:31 (show verse)

And he made houses of hill altars, and made, of the lowest of the people, priests which were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kings 12:32 (show verse)

And Jeroboam made a feast the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like unto the feast that was in Judah, and offered on the altar. And so did he in Bethel, to offer unto the calves that he had made. And he put in Bethel the priests of the hill altars, which he had made.

1 Kings 12:33 (show verse)

And he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel, the fifteenth day of the eighth month, which he had imagined of his own heart: and made a solemn feast unto the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn sacrifice.