1 Rehoboamwent to Shechem, where all the people of northern Israel had gathered to make him king. 2 When Jeroboamson of Nebat, who had gone to Egyptto escape from King Solomon, heard this news, he returned home. 3 The people of the northern tribes sent for him, and they all went together to Rehoboamand said to him, 4 "Your father placed heavy burdens on us. If you make these burdens lighter and make life easier for us, we will be your loyal subjects."
5 Rehoboam replied, "Give me three days to consider the matter. Then come back." So the people left.
6 King Rehoboamconsulted the older men who had served as his father Solomon’s advisers. "What answer do you advise me to give these people?" he asked.
7 They replied, "If you are kind to these people and try to please them by giving a considerate answer, they will always serve you loyally."
8 But he ignored the advice of the older men and went instead to the young men who had grown up with him and who were now his advisers. 9 "What do you advise me to do?" he asked. "What shall I say to the people who are asking me to make their burdens lighter?"
10 They replied, "This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.’ 11 Tell them, ‘My father placed heavy burdens on you; I will make them even heavier. He beat you with whips; I’ll flog you with bullwhips!’"
12 Three days later Jeroboamand all the people returned to King Rehoboam, as he had instructed them. 13 The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the people, 14 as the younger men had advised. He said, "My father placed heavy burdens on you; I will make them even heavier. He beat you with whips; I’ll flog you with bullwhips!" 15 It was the will of the LordGod to bring about what he had spoken to Jeroboamson of Nebatthrough the prophet Ahijahfrom Shiloh. This is why the king did not pay any attention to the people.
16 2 S 20.1When the people saw that the king would not listen to them, they shouted, "Down with Davidand his family! What have they ever done for us? People of Israel, let’s go home! Let Rehoboam look out for himself!"
So the people of Israel rebelled, 17 leaving Rehoboamas king only of the people who lived in the territory of Judah.
18 Then King Rehoboamsent Adoniram, who was in charge of the forced labor, to go to the Israelites, but they stoned him to death. At this, Rehoboamhurriedly got in his chariot and escaped to Jerusalem. 19 Ever since that time the people of the northern kingdom of Israel have been in rebellion against the dynasty of David.
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Rehoboam, son of Solomon, refused to lighten the people’s tribute, and the ten northern tribes separated from him; he reigned only over Judah (1 Kings 12:17).
Shechem is a city in the hill country of Ephraim where Joshua made a covenant with the people, the citizens turned against Abimelech, and Israel gathered to make Rehoboam king (Joshua 24:25).
Jeroboam, son of Nebat, led the ten tribes that separated from Rehoboam, became the first king of Israel in the north, and made two golden calves for worship in Bethel and Dan (1 Kings 12:20).
Nebat was the father of Jeroboam, a servant of Solomon who rebelled against the king and later reigned over Israel; Jeroboam’s mother was Zeruah, a widow (1 Kings 11:26).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Rehoboam, son of Solomon, refused to lighten the people’s tribute, and the ten northern tribes separated from him; he reigned only over Judah (1 Kings 12:17).
Rehoboam, son of Solomon, refused to lighten the people’s tribute, and the ten northern tribes separated from him; he reigned only over Judah (1 Kings 12:17).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Jeroboam, son of Nebat, led the ten tribes that separated from Rehoboam, became the first king of Israel in the north, and made two golden calves for worship in Bethel and Dan (1 Kings 12:20).
Rehoboam, son of Solomon, refused to lighten the people’s tribute, and the ten northern tribes separated from him; he reigned only over Judah (1 Kings 12:17).
Jeroboam, son of Nebat, led the ten tribes that separated from Rehoboam, became the first king of Israel in the north, and made two golden calves for worship in Bethel and Dan (1 Kings 12:20).
Nebat was the father of Jeroboam, a servant of Solomon who rebelled against the king and later reigned over Israel; Jeroboam’s mother was Zeruah, a widow (1 Kings 11:26).
Shiloh is the place where Joshua and Eleazar the priest divided the land by lot among the tribes of Israel in the presence of the Lord, and where the house of God stood (Joshua 19:51).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Rehoboam, son of Solomon, refused to lighten the people’s tribute, and the ten northern tribes separated from him; he reigned only over Judah (1 Kings 12:17).
Rehoboam, son of Solomon, refused to lighten the people’s tribute, and the ten northern tribes separated from him; he reigned only over Judah (1 Kings 12:17).
Rehoboam, son of Solomon, refused to lighten the people’s tribute, and the ten northern tribes separated from him; he reigned only over Judah (1 Kings 12:17).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).