12:1 Rehoboam
went
to
Shechem,
for
all
Israel
had
come
to
Shechem
to
make
him
king.
12:2 And
as
soon
as
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat
heard
of
it
(for
he
was
still
in
Egypt,
where
he
had
fled
from
King
Solomon),
then
Jeroboam
returned
from
Egypt.
12:3 And
they
sent
and
called
him,
and
Jeroboam
and
all
the
assembly
of
Israel
came
and
said
to
Rehoboam,
12:4 "Your
father
made
our
yoke
heavy.
Now
therefore
lighten
the
hard
service
of
your
father
and
his
heavy
yoke
on
us,
and
we
will
serve
you."
12:5 He
said
to
them,
"Go
away
for
three
days,
then
come
again
to
me."
So
the
people
went
away.
12:6 Then
King
Rehoboam
took
counsel
with
the
old
men,
who
had
stood
before
Solomon
his
father
while
he
was
yet
alive,
saying,
"How
do
you
advise
me
to
answer
this
people"
12:7 And
they
said
to
him,
"If
you
will
be
a
servant
to
this
people
today
and
serve
them,
and
speak
good
words
to
them
when
you
answer
them,
then
they
will
be
your
servants
forever."
12:8 But
he
abandoned
the
counsel
that
the
old
men
gave
him
and
took
counsel
with
the
young
men
who
had
grown
up
with
him
and
stood
before
him.
12:9 And
he
said
to
them,
"What
do
you
advise
that
we
answer
this
people
who
have
said
to
me,
'Lighten
the
yoke
that
your
father
put
on
us'"
12:10 And
the
young
men
who
had
grown
up
with
him
said
to
him,
"Thus
shall
you
speak
to
this
people
who
said
to
you,
'Your
father
made
our
yoke
heavy,
but
you
lighten
it
for
us,'
thus
shall
you
say
to
them,
'My
little
finger
is
thicker
than
my
father's
thighs.
12:11 And
now,
whereas
my
father
laid
on
you
a
heavy
yoke,
I
will
add
to
your
yoke.
My
father
disciplined
you
with
whips,
but
I
will
discipline
you
with
scorpions.'"
12:12 So
Jeroboam
and
all
the
people
came
to
Rehoboam
the
third
day,
as
the
king
said,
"Come
to
me
again
the
third
day."
12:13 And
the
king
answered
the
people
harshly,
and
forsaking
the
counsel
that
the
old
men
had
given
him,
12:14 he
spoke
to
them
according
to
the
counsel
of
the
young
men,
saying,
"My
father
made
your
yoke
heavy,
but
I
will
add
to
your
yoke.
My
father
disciplined
you
with
whips,
but
I
will
discipline
you
with
scorpions."
12:15 So
the
king
did
not
listen
to
the
people,
for
it
was
a
turn
of
affairs
brought
about
by
the
LORD
that
he
might
fulfill
his
word,
which
the
LORD
spoke
by
Ahijah
the
Shilonite
to
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat.
12:16 And
when
all
Israel
saw
that
the
king
did
not
listen
to
them,
the
people
answered
the
king,
"What
portion
do
we
have
in
David
We
have
no
inheritance
in
the
son
of
Jesse.
To
your
tents,
O
Israel!
Look
now
to
your
own
house,
David."
So
Israel
went
to
their
tents.
12:17 But
Rehoboam
reigned
over
the
people
of
Israel
who
lived
in
the
cities
of
Judah.
12:18 Then
King
Rehoboam
sent
Adoram,
who
was
taskmaster
over
the
forced
labor,
and
all
Israel
stoned
him
to
death
with
stones.
And
King
Rehoboam
hurried
to
mount
his
chariot
to
flee
to
Jerusalem.
12:19 So
Israel
has
been
in
rebellion
against
the
house
of
David
to
this
day.
12:20 And
when
all
Israel
heard
that
Jeroboam
had
returned,
they
sent
and
called
him
to
the
assembly
and
made
him
king
over
all
Israel.
There
was
none
that
followed
the
house
of
David
but
the
tribe
of
Judah
only.
12:21 When
Rehoboam
came
to
Jerusalem,
he
assembled
all
the
house
of
Judah
and
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
180,000
chosen
warriors,
to
fight
against
the
house
of
Israel,
to
restore
the
kingdom
to
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon.
12:22 But
the
word
of
God
came
to
Shemaiah
the
man
of
God:
12:23 "Say
to
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon,
king
of
Judah,
and
to
all
the
house
of
Judah
and
Benjamin,
and
to
the
rest
of
the
people,
12:24 'Thus
says
the
LORD,
You
shall
not
go
up
or
fight
against
your
relatives
the
people
of
Israel.
Every
man
return
to
his
home,
for
this
thing
is
from
me.'"
So
they
listened
to
the
word
of
the
LORD
and
went
home
again,
according
to
the
word
of
the
LORD.
12:25 Then
Jeroboam
built
Shechem
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim
and
lived
there.
And
he
went
out
from
there
and
built
Penuel.
12:26 And
Jeroboam
said
in
his
heart,
"Now
the
kingdom
will
turn
back
to
the
house
of
David.
12:27 If
this
people
go
up
to
offer
sacrifices
in
the
temple
of
the
LORD
at
Jerusalem,
then
the
heart
of
this
people
will
turn
again
to
their
lord,
to
Rehoboam
king
of
Judah,
and
they
will
kill
me
and
return
to
Rehoboam
king
of
Judah."
12:28 So
the
king
took
counsel
and
made
two
calves
of
gold.
And
he
said
to
the
people,
"You
have
gone
up
to
Jerusalem
long
enough.
Behold
your
gods,
O
Israel,
who
brought
you
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt."
12:29 And
he
set
one
in
Bethel,
and
the
other
he
put
in
Dan.
12:30 Then
this
thing
became
a
sin,
for
the
people
went
as
far
as
Dan
to
be
before
one.
12:31 He
also
made
temples
on
high
places
and
appointed
priests
from
among
all
the
people,
who
were
not
of
the
Levites.
12:32 And
Jeroboam
appointed
a
feast
on
the
fifteenth
day
of
the
eighth
month
like
the
feast
that
was
in
Judah,
and
he
offered
sacrifices
on
the
altar.
So
he
did
in
Bethel,
sacrificing
to
the
calves
that
he
made.
And
he
placed
in
Bethel
the
priests
of
the
high
places
that
he
had
made.
12:33 He
went
up
to
the
altar
that
he
had
made
in
Bethel
on
the
fifteenth
day
in
the
eighth
month,
in
the
month
that
he
had
devised
from
his
own
heart.
And
he
instituted
a
feast
for
the
people
of
Israel
and
went
up
to
the
altar
to
make
offerings.