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And Rehoboam[H7346]went[H3212] to Shechem[H7927]: for all Israel[H3478] were come[H935] to Shechem[H7927] to make him king[H4427].
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And it came to pass, when Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028], who was yet in Egypt[H4714], heard[H8085] of it,(for he was fled[H1272] from the presence[H6440] of king[H4428]Solomon[H8010], and Jeroboam[H3379]dwelt[H3427] in Egypt[H4714];)
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That they sent[H7971] and called[H7121] him. And Jeroboam[H3379] and all the congregation[H6951] of Israel[H3478]came[H935], and spake[H1696] unto Rehoboam[H7346], saying[H559],
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Thy father[H1]made[H7185] our yoke[H5923]grievous[H7185]: now therefore make thou the grievous[H7186]service[H5656] of thy father[H1], and his heavy[H3515]yoke[H5923] which he put[H5414] upon us, lighter[H7043], and we will serve[H5647] thee.
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And he said[H559] unto them, Depart[H3212] yet for three[H7969]days[H3117], then come again[H7725] to me. And the people[H5971]departed[H3212].
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And king[H4428]Rehoboam[H7346]consulted[H3289] with the old men[H2205], that stood[H5975]before[H6440]Solomon[H8010] his father[H1] while he yet lived[H2416], and said[H559], How do ye advise[H3289] that I may[H7725]answer[H1697] this people?[H5971]
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And they spake[H1696] unto him, saying[H559], If thou wilt be a servant[H5650] unto this people[H5971] this day[H3117], and wilt serve[H5647] them, and answer[H6030] them, and speak[H1696]good[H2896]words[H1697] to them, then they will be thy servants[H5650] for ever[H3117].
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But he forsook[H5800] the counsel[H6098] of the old men[H2205], which they had given[H3289] him, and consulted[H3289] with the young men[H3206] that were grown up[H1431] with him, and which stood[H5975]before[H6440] him:
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And he said[H559] unto them, What counsel give[H3289] ye that we may[H7725]answer[H1697] this people[H5971], who have spoken[H1696] to me, saying[H559], Make[H7043] the yoke[H5923] which thy father[H1] did put[H5414] upon us lighter?[H7043]
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And the young men[H3206] that were grown up[H1431] with him spake[H1696] unto him, saying[H559], Thus shalt thou speak[H559] unto this people[H5971] that spake[H1696] unto thee, saying[H559], Thy father[H1]made[H3513] our yoke[H5923]heavy[H3513], but make thou it lighter[H7043] unto us; thus shalt thou say[H1696] unto them, My little[H6995] finger shall be thicker[H5666] than my father[H1]'s loins[H4975].
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And now whereas my father[H1] did lade[H6006] you with a heavy[H3515]yoke[H5923], I will add[H3254] to your yoke[H5923]: my father[H1] hath chastised[H3256] you with whips[H7752], but I will chastise[H3256] you with scorpions[H6137].
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So Jeroboam[H3379] and all the people[H5971]came[H935] to Rehoboam[H7346] the third[H7992]day[H3117], as the king[H4428] had appointed[H1696], saying[H559], Come to me again[H7725] the third[H7992]day[H3117].
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And the king[H4428]answered[H6030] the people[H5971]roughly[H7186], and forsook[H5800] the old men's counsel[H6098] that they gave[H3289] him;
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And spake[H1696] to them after the counsel[H6098] of the young men[H3206], saying[H559], My father[H1]made[H3513] your yoke[H5923]heavy[H3513], and I will add[H3254] to your yoke[H5923]: my father[H1] also chastised[H3256] you with whips[H7752], but I will chastise[H3256] you with scorpions[H6137].
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Wherefore the king[H4428]hearkened[H8085] not unto the people[H5971]; for the cause[H5438] was from the LORD[H3068], that he might perform[H6965] his saying[H1697], which the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696]by[H3027]Ahijah[H281] the Shilonite[H7888] unto Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028].
16So[H7725] when all Israel[H3478]saw[H7200] that the king[H4428]hearkened[H8085] not unto them, the people[H5971]answered[H1697] the king[H4428], saying[H559], What portion[H2506] have we in David?[H1732] neither have we inheritance[H5159] in the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448]: to your tents[H168], O Israel[H3478]: now see[H7200] to thine own house[H1004], David[H1732]. So[H7725]Israel[H3478]departed[H3212] unto their tents[H168].
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But as for the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] which dwelt[H3427] in the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], Rehoboam[H7346]reigned[H4427] over them.
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Then king[H4428]Rehoboam[H7346]sent[H7971]Adoram[H151], who was over the tribute[H4522]; and all Israel[H3478]stoned[H7275] him with stones[H68], that he died[H4191]. Therefore king[H4428]Rehoboam[H7346] made speed[H553] to get him up[H5927] to his chariot[H4818], to flee[H5127] to Jerusalem[H3389].
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So Israel[H3478]rebelled[H6586] against the house[H1004] of David[H1732] unto this day[H3117].
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And it came to pass, when all Israel[H3478]heard[H8085] that Jeroboam[H3379] was come again[H7725], that they sent[H7971] and called[H7121] him unto the congregation[H5712], and made him king[H4427] over all Israel[H3478]: there was none that followed[H310] the house[H1004] of David[H1732], but[H2108] the tribe[H7626] of Judah[H3063] only.
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And when Rehoboam[H7346] was come[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389], he assembled[H6950] all the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063], with the tribe[H7626] of Benjamin[H1144], an hundred[H3967] and fourscore[H8084]thousand[H505] chosen men[H977], which were warriors[H6213], to fight[H3898] against the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], to bring[H7725] the kingdom[H4410]again[H7725] to Rehoboam[H7346] the son[H1121] of Solomon[H8010].
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But the word[H1697] of God[H430] came unto Shemaiah[H8098] the man[H376] of God[H430], saying[H559],
23Speak[H559] unto Rehoboam[H7346], the son[H1121] of Solomon[H8010], king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and unto all the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] and Benjamin[H1144], and to the remnant[H3499] of the people[H5971], saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Ye shall not go up[H5927], nor fight[H3898] against your brethren[H251] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: return[H7725] every man[H376] to his house[H1004]; for this thing[H1697]is[H1961] from me. They hearkened[H8085] therefore to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], and returned[H7725] to depart[H3212], according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068].
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Then Jeroboam[H3379]built[H1129]Shechem[H7927] in mount[H2022]Ephraim[H669], and dwelt[H3427] therein; and went out[H3318] from thence, and built[H1129]Penuel[H6439].
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And Jeroboam[H3379]said[H559] in his heart[H3820], Now shall the kingdom[H4467]return[H7725] to the house[H1004] of David[H1732]:
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If this people[H5971] go up[H5927] to do[H6213]sacrifice[H2077] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] at Jerusalem[H3389], then shall the heart[H3820] of this people[H5971] turn again[H7725] unto their lord[H113], even unto Rehoboam[H7346]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and they shall kill[H2026] me, and go again[H7725] to Rehoboam[H7346]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063].
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Whereupon the king[H4428] took counsel[H3289], and made[H6213]two[H8147]calves[H5695] of gold[H2091], and said[H559] unto them, It is too much[H7227] for you to go up[H5927] to Jerusalem[H3389]: behold thy gods[H430], O Israel[H3478], which brought thee up[H5927] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
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And he set[H7760] the one[H259] in Bethel[H1008], and the other[H259]put[H5414] he in Dan[H1835].
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And this thing[H1697] became a sin[H2403]: for the people[H5971]went[H3212] to worship before[H6440] the one[H259], even unto Dan[H1835].
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And he made[H6213] an house[H1004] of high places[H1116], and made[H6213]priests[H3548] of the lowest[H7098] of the people[H5971], which were not of the sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878].
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And Jeroboam[H3379]ordained[H6213] a feast[H2282] in the eighth[H8066]month[H2320], on the fifteenth[H2568]day[H3117] of the month[H2320], like unto the feast[H2282] that is in Judah[H3063], and he offered[H5927] upon the altar[H4196]. So did[H6213] he in Bethel[H1008], sacrificing[H2076] unto the calves[H5695] that he had made[H6213]: and he placed[H5975] in Bethel[H1008] the priests[H3548] of the high places[H1116] which he had made[H6213].
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So he offered[H5927] upon the altar[H4196] which he had made[H6213] in Bethel[H1008] the fifteenth[H2568]day[H3117] of the eighth[H8066]month[H2320], even in the month[H2320] which he had devised[H908] of his own heart[H3820]; and ordained[H6213] a feast[H2282] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: and he offered[H5927] upon the altar[H4196], and burnt incense[H6999].