1 Roboão foi a Siquém, onde todos os israelitas tinham se reunido para proclamá-lo rei.2 Assim que Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, que estava no Egito fugindo do rei Salomão, soube disso, voltou de lá.3 E mandaram chamá-lo. Então ele e todo o Israel foram ao encontro de Roboão e disseram:4 "Teu pai colocou sobre nós um jugo pesado, mas agora diminui o trabalho árduo e este jugo pesado, e nós te serviremos".5 Roboão respondeu: "Voltem a mim daqui a três dias". Então o povo foi embora.6 O rei Roboão perguntou às autoridades que haviam servido ao seu pai Salomão durante a vida dele: "Como vocês me aconselham a responder a este povo? "7 Eles responderam: "Se hoje fores bom para esse povo, se o agradares e lhe deres resposta favorável, eles sempre serão teus servos".8 Roboão, contudo, rejeitou o conselho que as autoridades de Israel lhe tinham dado e consultou os jovens que haviam crescido com ele e o estavam servindo.9 Perguntou-lhes: "Qual é o conselho de vocês? Como devemos responder a este povo que me diz: ‘Diminui o jugo que teu pai colocou sobre nós’? "10 Os jovens que haviam crescido com ele responderam: "A este povo que te disse: ‘Teu pai colocou sobre nós um jugo pesado; torna-o mais leve’ — dize: ‘Meu dedo mínimo é mais grosso do que a cintura do meu pai.11 Pois bem, meu pai lhes impôs um jugo pesado; eu o tornarei ainda mais pesado. Meu pai os castigou com simples chicotes; eu os castigarei com chicotes pontiagudos’ ".12 Três dias depois, Jeroboão e todo o povo voltaram a Roboão, segundo a orientação dada pelo rei: "Voltem a mim daqui a três dias".13 Mas o rei lhes respondeu asperamente. Rejeitando o conselho das autoridades de Israel,14 seguiu o conselho dos jovens e disse: "Meu pai lhes tornou pesado o jugo; eu o tornarei ainda mais pesado. Meu pai os castigou com simples chicotes; eu os castigarei com chicotes pontiagudos".15 E o rei não ouviu o povo, pois esta mudança nos acontecimentos vinha da parte de Deus, para que se cumprisse a palavra que o Senhor havia falado a Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, por meio do silonita Aías.16 Quando todo o Israel viu que o rei se recusava a ouvi-los, responderam ao rei: "Que temos em comum com Davi? Que temos em comum com o filho de Jessé? Para as suas tendas, ó Israel! Cuide da sua própria casa, ó Davi! " E assim os israelitas foram para as suas casas.17 Quanto, porém, aos israelitas que moravam nas cidades de Judá, Roboão continuou como rei deles.18 O rei Roboão enviou Adonirão, chefe de trabalhos forçados, mas todo o Israel o apedrejou até à morte. O rei, contudo, conseguiu subir em sua carruagem e fugir para Jerusalém.19 Desta forma Israel se rebelou contra a dinastia de Davi, e assim permanece até hoje.

1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon,) that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.3 And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,4 Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.5 And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed.6 And King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel do you{+} give me to return answer to this people?7 And they spoke to him, saying, If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your slaves forever.8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, that stood before him.9 And he said to them, What counsel do you{+} give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter?10 And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you will say to the people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us; thus you will say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.11 And now whereas my father laded you{+} with a heavy yoke, I will add to your{+} yoke: my father chastised you{+} with whips, but I [will chastise you{+}] with scorpions.12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.13 And the king answered them roughly; and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,14 and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, I will make your{+} yoke heavy, and I will add to [the yoke of] my father. He chastised you{+} with whips, but I [will chastise you{+}] with scorpions.15 So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was brought about of God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat16 and to all Israel: that the king would not listen to them. The people answered the king, saying, What portion do we have in David? Neither do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your{+} tents, O Israel: now see to your own house, David. So all Israel departed to their tents.17 But as for the sons of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.18 Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to slave labor; and the sons of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam made speed to get up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.