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The Revolt Against Rehoboam

1 And aRehoboam went to bShechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.  
2 So it happened, when aJeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was still in bEgypt, for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt ),  
3 that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
4 “Your father made our ayoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”  
5 So he said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” And the people departed.
6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
7 And they spoke to him, saying, a“If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”  
8 But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
9 And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”
10 Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you should speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us’—thus you shall say to them: ‘My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s waist!
11 And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with1 scourges!’ ”  
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had directed, saying, “Come back to me the third day.”
13 Then the king answered the people1 roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;  
14 and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with1 scourges!”  
15 So the king did not listen to the people; for athe turn of events was from the Lord, that He might fulfill His word, which the Lord had bspoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.  
16 Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying:
a“What share have we in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
To your tents, O Israel!
Now, see to your own house, O David!” So Israel departed to their tents.  
17 But Rehoboam reigned over athe children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.  
18 Then King Rehoboam asent Adoram, who was in charge of the revenue; but all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.  
19 So aIsrael has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.  
Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 12:1

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American Standard Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

Amplified® Bible
REHOBOAM WENT to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

Contemporary English Version
Rehoboam went to Shechem where everyone was waiting to crown him king.

Darby English Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

Good News Bible
Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all the people of northern Israel had gathered to make him king.

King James Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

New American Standard Bible
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

New International Version
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all the Israelites had gone there to make him king.

New King James Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

Revised Standard Version
Rehobo'am went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

Young's Literal Translation
And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem hath all Israel come to make him king.

New English Translation
Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in1 Shechem to make Rehoboam2 king.


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