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And Rehoboam[H7346]went[H3212] to Shechem[H7927]: for to Shechem[H7927] were all Israel[H3478]come[H935] 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 in Egypt[H4714], whither he had fled[H1272] from the presence[H6440] of Solomon[H8010] the king[H4428], heard[H8085] it, that Jeroboam[H3379]returned[H7725] out of Egypt[H4714].
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And they sent[H7971] and called[H7121] him. So Jeroboam[H3379] and all Israel[H3478]came[H935] and spake[H1696] to Rehoboam[H7346], saying[H559],
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Thy father[H1] made our yoke[H5923]grievous[H7185]: now therefore ease[H7043] thou somewhat the grievous[H7186]servitude[H5656] of thy father[H1], and his heavy[H3515]yoke[H5923] that he put[H5414] upon us, and we will serve[H5647] thee.
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And he said[H559] unto them, Come again[H7725] unto me after three[H7969]days[H3117]. And the people[H5971]departed[H3212].
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And king[H4428]Rehoboam[H7346] took counsel[H3289] with the old[H2205] men that had stood[H5975]before[H6440]Solomon[H8010] his father[H1] while he yet lived[H2416], saying[H559], What[H349]counsel[H3289]give[H3289] ye me to return[H7725]answer[H1697] to this people?[H5971]
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And they spake[H1696] unto him, saying[H559], If thou be kind[H2896] to this people[H5971], and please[H7521] them, and speak[H1696]good[H2896]words[H1697] to them, they will be thy servants[H5650] for ever[H3117].
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But he forsook[H5800] the counsel[H6098] which the old men[H2205]gave[H3289] him, and took counsel[H3289] with the young men[H3206] that were brought up[H1431] with him, that stood[H5975]before[H6440] him.
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And he said[H559] unto them, What advice[H3289] give ye that we may return[H7725]answer[H1697] to this people[H5971], which have spoken[H1696] to me, saying[H559], Ease[H7043] somewhat the yoke[H5923] that thy father[H1] did put[H5414] upon us?
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And the young men[H3206] that were brought up[H1431] with him spake[H1696] unto him, saying[H559], Thus shalt thou answer[H559] the people[H5971] that spake[H1696] unto thee, saying[H559], Thy father[H1]made[H3513] our yoke[H5923]heavy[H3513], but make thou it somewhat lighter[H7043] for us; thus shalt thou say[H559] unto them, My little[H6995] finger shall be thicker[H5666] than my father[H1]'s loins[H4975].
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For whereas[H6258] my father[H1]put[H6006] a heavy[H3515]yoke[H5923] upon you, I will put[H6006]more[H3254] to your yoke[H5923]: my father[H1]chastised[H3256] you with whips[H7752], but I will chastise you with scorpions[H6137].
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So Jeroboam[H3379] and all the people[H5971]came[H935] to Rehoboam[H7346] on the third[H7992]day[H3117], as the king[H4428]bade[H1696], saying[H559], Come again[H7725] to me on the third[H7992]day[H3117].
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And the king[H4428]answered[H6030] them roughly[H7186]; and king[H4428]Rehoboam[H7346]forsook[H5800] the counsel[H6098] of the old men[H2205],
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And answered[H1696] them after the advice[H6098] of the young men[H3206], saying[H559], My father[H1] made your yoke[H5923]heavy[H3513], but I will add[H3254] thereto: my father[H1]chastised[H3256] you with whips[H7752], but I will chastise you with scorpions[H6137].
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So the king[H4428]hearkened[H8085] not unto the people[H5971]: for the cause[H5252] was of God[H430], that the LORD[H3068] might perform[H6965] his word[H1697], which he spake[H1696] by the hand[H3027] of Ahijah[H281] the Shilonite[H7888] to Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028].
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And when all Israel[H3478]saw[H7200] that the king[H4428] would not hearken[H8085] unto them, the people[H5971]answered[H7725] the king[H4428], saying[H559], What portion[H2506] have we in David?[H1732] and we have none inheritance[H5159] in the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448]: every man[H376] to your tents[H168], O Israel[H3478]: and now, David[H1732], see[H7200] to thine own house[H1004]. So all Israel[H3478]went[H3212] to their tents[H168].
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But as for the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] that 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]Hadoram[H1913] that was over the tribute[H4522]; and the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]stoned[H7275] him with stones[H68], that he died[H4191]. But 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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And Israel[H3478]rebelled[H6586] against the house[H1004] of David[H1732] unto this day[H3117].