10:1 Rehoboam
went
to
Shechem,
for
all
Israel
had
come
to
Shechem
to
make
him
king.
10:2 And
as
soon
as
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat
heard
of
it
(for
he
was
in
Egypt,
where
he
had
fled
from
King
Solomon),
then
Jeroboam
returned
from
Egypt.
10:3 And
they
sent
and
called
him.
And
Jeroboam
and
all
Israel
came
and
said
to
Rehoboam,
10:4 "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."
10:5 He
said
to
them,
"Come
to
me
again
in
three
days."
So
the
people
went
away.
10:6 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"
10:7 And
they
said
to
him,
"If
you
will
be
good
to
this
people
and
please
them
and
speak
good
words
to
them,
then
they
will
be
your
servants
forever."
10:8 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.
10:9 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'"
10:10 And
the
young
men
who
had
grown
up
with
him
said
to
him,
"Thus
shall
you
speak
to
the
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.
10:11 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.'"
10:12 So
Jeroboam
and
all
the
people
came
to
Rehoboam
the
third
day,
as
the
king
said,
"Come
to
me
again
the
third
day."
10:13 And
the
king
answered
them
harshly;
and
forsaking
the
counsel
of
the
old
men,
10:14 King
Rehoboam
spoke
to
them
according
to
the
counsel
of
the
young
men,
saying,
"My
father
made
your
yoke
heavy,
but
I
will
add
to
it.
My
father
disciplined
you
with
whips,
but
I
will
discipline
you
with
scorpions."
10:15 So
the
king
did
not
listen
to
the
people,
for
it
was
a
turn
of
affairs
brought
about
by
God
that
the
LORD
might
fulfill
his
word,
which
he
spoke
by
Ahijah
the
Shilonite
to
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat.
10:16 And
when
all
Israel
saw
that
the
king
did
not
listen
to
them,
the
people
answered
the
king,
"What
portion
have
we
in
David
We
have
no
inheritance
in
the
son
of
Jesse.
Each
of
you
to
your
tents,
O
Israel!
Look
now
to
your
own
house,
David."
So
all
Israel
went
to
their
tents.
10:17 But
Rehoboam
reigned
over
the
people
of
Israel
who
lived
in
the
cities
of
Judah.
10:18 Then
King
Rehoboam
sent
Hadoram,
who
was
taskmaster
over
the
forced
labor,
and
the
people
of
Israel
stoned
him
to
death
with
stones.
And
King
Rehoboam
quickly
mounted
his
chariot
to
flee
to
Jerusalem.
10:19 So
Israel
has
been
in
rebellion
against
the
house
of
David
to
this
day.