12:1 And
Rehoboam
went
to
Shechem:
for
all
Israel
were
come
to
Shechem
to
make
him
king.
12:2 And
it
came
to
passe
when
Ieroboam
the
sonne
of
Nebat,
who
was
yet
in
Egypt,
heard
of
it
(for
hee
was
fled
from
the
presence
of
king
Solomon,
and
Ieroboam
dwelt
in
Egypt:)
12:3 That
they
sent,
and
called
him:
and
Ieroboam
and
all
the
Congregation
of
Israel
came,
and
spake
vnto
Rehoboam,
saying;
12:4 Thy
father
made
our
yoke
grieuous:
now
therefore,
make
thou
the
grieuous
seruice
of
thy
father,
and
his
heauy
yoke
which
he
put
vpon
vs,
lighter,
and
we
will
serue
thee.
12:5 And
hee
said
vnto
them,
Depart
yet
for
three
daies,
then
come
againe
to
me.
And
the
people
departed.
12:6 And
king
Rehoboam
consulted
with
the
old
men
that
stood
before
Solomon
his
father,
while
he
yet
liued,
and
said,
How
doe
you
aduise,
that
I
may
answere
this
people
12:7 And
they
spake
vnto
him,
saying,
If
thou
wilt
be
a
seruant
vnto
this
people
this
day,
and
wilt
serue
them,
and
answere
them,
and
speake
good
words
to
them,
then
they
will
be
thy
seruants
for
euer.
12:8 But
hee
forsooke
the
counsell
of
the
old
men,
which
they
had
giuen
him,
and
consulted
with
the
yong
men,
that
were
growen
vp
with
him,
and
which
stood
before
him.
12:9 And
hee
said
vnto
them,
What
counsell
giue
ye,
that
we
may
answere
this
people,
who
haue
spoken
to
mee,
saying,
Make
the
yoke
which
thy
father
did
put
vpon
vs,
lighter
12:10 And
the
young
men
that
were
growen
vp
with
him,
spake
vnto
him,
saying,
Thus
shalt
thou
speake
vnto
this
people
that
spake
vnto
thee,
saying,
Thy
father
made
our
yoke
heauy,
but
make
thou
it
lighter
vnto
vs;
thus
shalt
thou
say
vnto
them,
My
litle
finger
shall
bee
thicker
then
my
fathers
loynes.
12:11 And
now
whereas
my
father
did
lade
you
with
a
heauy
yoke,
I
wil
adde
to
your
yoke:
my
father
hath
chastised
you
with
whippes,
but
I
will
chastise
you
with
scorpions.
12:12 So
Ieroboam
and
all
the
people
came
to
Rehoboam
the
third
day,
as
the
king
had
appointed,
saying,
Come
to
me
againe
the
third
day.
12:13 And
the
king
answered
the
people
roughly,
and
forsooke
the
old
mens
counsell
that
they
gaue
him:
12:14 And
spake
to
them
after
the
counsell
of
the
young
men,
saying,
My
father
made
your
yoke
heauy,
and
I
will
adde
to
your
yoke;
my
father
also
chastised
you
with
whips,
but
I
will
chastise
you
with
scorpions.
12:15 Wherefore
the
king
hearkened
not
vnto
the
people:
for
the
cause
was
from
the
Lord,
that
hee
might
performe
his
saying,
which
the
Lord
spake
by
Ahiiah
the
Shilonite
vnto
Ieroboam
the
sonne
of
Nebat.
12:16 So
when
all
Israel
saw
that
the
king
hearkned
not
vnto
them,
the
people
answered
the
king,
saying,
What
portion
haue
we
in
Dauid
neither
haue
we
inheritance
in
the
sonne
of
Iesse:
to
your
tents,
O
Israel:
nowe
see
to
thine
owne
house,
Dauid.
So
Israel
departed
vnto
their
tents.
12:17 But
as
for
the
children
of
Israel
which
dwelt
in
the
cities
of
Iudah,
Rehoboam
reigned
ouer
them.
12:18 Then
king
Rehoboam
sent
Adoram,
who
was
ouer
the
tribute,
and
all
Israel
stoned
him
with
stones
that
hee
died:
therefore
king
Rehoboam
made
speed
to
get
him
vp
to
his
charet,
to
flee
to
Ierusalem.
12:19 So
Israel
rebelled
against
the
house
of
Dauid
vnto
this
day.
12:20 And
it
came
to
passe
when
all
Israel
heard
that
Ieroboam
was
come
againe,
that
they
sent
and
called
him
vnto
the
Congregation,
and
made
him
king
ouer
all
Israel:
there
was
none
that
followed
the
house
of
Dauid,
but
the
tribe
of
Iudah
onely.
12:21 And
when
Rehoboam
was
come
to
Ierusalem,
hee
assembled
all
the
house
of
Iudah,
with
the
tribe
of
Beniamin,
an
hundred
and
fourescore
thousand
chosen
men
which
were
warriers,
to
fight
against
the
house
of
Israel,
to
bring
the
kingdome
againe
to
Rehoboam
the
sonne
of
Solomon.
12:22 But
the
word
of
God
came
vnto
Shemaiah,
the
man
of
God,
saying,
12:23 Speake
vnto
Rehoboam
the
sonne
of
Solomon
king
of
Iudah,
and
vnto
all
the
house
of
Iudah
and
Beniamin,
and
to
the
remnant
of
the
people,
saying,
12:24 Thus
saith
the
Lord,
Ye
shall
not
goe
vp,
nor
fight
against
your
brethren
the
children
of
Israel:
returne
euery
man
to
his
house,
for
this
thing
is
from
me.
They
hearkened
therefore
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
and
returned
to
depart,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord.
12:25 Then
Ieroboam
built
Shechem
in
mount
Ephraim,
and
dwelt
therein,
and
went
out
from
thence,
and
built
Penuel.
12:26 And
Ieroboam
said
in
his
heart,
Now
shall
the
kingdome
returne
to
the
house
of
Dauid:
12:27 If
this
people
goe
vp,
to
doe
sacrifice
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
at
Ierusalem,
then
shall
the
heart
of
this
people
turne
againe
vnto
their
lorde,
euen
vnto
Rehoboam
king
of
Iudah,
and
they
shall
kill
mee,
and
goe
againe
to
Rehoboam
king
of
Iudah.
12:28 Whereupon
the
king
tooke
counsell,
and
made
two
calues
of
gold,
and
said
vnto
them,
It
is
too
much
for
you
to
goe
vp
to
Ierusalem:
Behold
thy
gods,
O
Israel,
which
brought
thee
vp
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
12:29 And
he
set
the
one
in
Bethel,
and
the
other
put
he
in
Dan.
12:30 And
this
thing
became
a
sinne:
for
the
people
went
to
worship
before
the
one,
euen
vnto
Dan.
12:31 And
he
made
an
house
of
hie
places,
and
made
priests
of
the
lowest
of
the
people,
which
were
not
of
the
sonnes
of
Leui.
12:32 And
Ieroboam
ordeined
a
feast
in
the
eight
moneth,
on
the
fifteenth
day
of
the
moneth,
like
vnto
the
feast
that
is
in
Iudah,
and
he
offered
vpon
the
altar
(so
did
he
in
Bethel,)
sacrificing
vnto
the
calues
that
he
had
made:
and
he
placed
in
Bethel
the
priests
of
the
high
places
which
he
had
made.
12:33 So
hee
offered
vpon
the
altar,
which
hee
had
made
in
Bethel,
the
fifteenth
day
of
the
eighth
moneth,
euen
in
the
moneth
which
he
had
deuised
of
his
owne
heart:
and
ordeined
a
feast
vnto
the
children
of
Israel,
and
he
offered
vpon
the
altar,
and
burnt
incense.