1 Kings 12
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1 Kings 12:13-20

13And the kingH4428 answeredH6030 the peopleH5971 harshlyH7186. He rejectedH5800 the adviceH6098 of the eldersH2205 14and spokeH1696 to themH413 as the young menH3206 had advisedH6098, sayingH559, “Whereas my fatherH1 made your yokeH5923 heavyH3513, IH589 will addH3254 toH5921 your yokeH5923. Whereas my fatherH1 scourgedH3256 youH853 with whipsH7752, IH589 will scourgeH3256 youH853 with scorpionsH6137.”

15So the kingH4428 did notH3808 listenH8085 toH413 the peopleH5971, and indeedH3588 this turn of eventsH5438 wasH1961 fromH5973 the LORDH3068, toH4616 fulfillH6965 the wordH1697 He had spokenH1696 toH413 JeroboamH3379 sonH1121 of NebatH5028 throughH3027 AhijahH281 the ShiloniteH7888.

16When allH3605 IsraelH3478 sawH7200 thatH3588 the kingH4428 had refusedH3808 to listenH8085 to themH413, they answeredH1697 the kingH4428H559:

“WhatH4100 portionH2506 do we have in DavidH1732,and whatH3808 inheritanceH5159 in the sonH1121 of JesseH3448?To your tentsH168, O IsraelH3478!LookH7200 nowH6258 to your own houseH1004, O DavidH1732!”

So the IsraelitesH3478 wentH1980 homeH168, 17but RehoboamH7346 still reignedH4427 overH5921 the IsraelitesH1121H3478 livingH3427 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063.

18Then KingH4428 RehoboamH7346 sent outH7971 AdoramH151,1 whoH834 was in chargeH5921 of the forced laborH4522, but allH3605 IsraelH3478 stonedH7275H68 him to deathH4191. And KingH4428 RehoboamH7346 mountedH5927 his chariotH4818 in hasteH553 and escapedH5127 to JerusalemH3389. 19So toH5704 thisH2088 dayH3117 IsraelH3478 has been in rebellionH6586 against the houseH1004 of DavidH1732.

20When allH3605 IsraelH3478 heardH1961H8085 thatH3588 JeroboamH3379 had returnedH7725, they summonedH7971H7121 himH853 toH413 the assemblyH5712 and made him kingH4427 overH5921 allH3605 IsraelH3478. OnlyH3808H2108 the tribeH7626 of JudahH3063 followedH310 the houseH1004 of DavidH1732.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 12:18 Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts and Syriac Adoniram; see 1 Kings 4:6 and 1 Kings 5:14. ↩

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