1 Kings 12:16-29

16SoH7725 when all IsraelH3478 sawH7200 that the kingH4428 hearkenedH8085 not to them, the peopleH5971 answeredH1697 the kingH4428, sayingH559, What portionH2506 have we in DavidH1732? neither have we inheritanceH5159 in the sonH1121 of JesseH3448: to your tentsH168, O IsraelH3478: now seeH7200 to thy own houseH1004, DavidH1732. So IsraelH3478 departedH3212 to their tentsH168. 17But as for the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 who dweltH3427 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063, RehoboamH7346 reignedH4427 over them. 18Then kingH4428 RehoboamH7346 sentH7971 AdoramH151, who was over the forced labourH4522; and all IsraelH3478 stonedH7275 him with stonesH68, that he diedH4191. Therefore kingH4428 RehoboamH7346 made speedH553 to enterH5927 his chariotH4818, to fleeH5127 to JerusalemH3389.1 19So IsraelH3478 rebelledH6586 against the houseH1004 of DavidH1732 to this dayH3117.2 20And it came to pass, when all IsraelH3478 heardH8085 that JeroboamH3379 had come againH7725, that they sentH7971 and calledH7121 him to the congregationH5712, and made him kingH4427 over all IsraelH3478: there was none that followedH310 the houseH1004 of DavidH1732, butH2108 the tribeH7626 of JudahH3063 only. 21And when RehoboamH7346 had comeH935 to JerusalemH3389, he assembledH6950 all the houseH1004 of JudahH3063, with the tribeH7626 of BenjaminH1144, an hundredH3967 and eightyH8084 thousandH505 chosen menH977, who were warriorsH6213H4421, to fightH3898 against the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, to bringH7725 the kingdomH4410 againH7725 to RehoboamH7346 the sonH1121 of SolomonH8010. 22But the wordH1697 of GodH430 came to ShemaiahH8098 the manH376 of GodH430, sayingH559, 23SpeakH559 to RehoboamH7346, the sonH1121 of SolomonH8010, kingH4428 of JudahH3063, and to all the houseH1004 of JudahH3063 and BenjaminH1144, and to the remnantH3499 of the peopleH5971, sayingH559, 24Thus saithH559 the LORDH3068, Ye shall not go upH5927, nor fightH3898 against your brethrenH251 the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478: returnH7725 every manH376 to his houseH1004; for this thingH1697 isH1961 from me. They hearkenedH8085 therefore to the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068, and returnedH7725 to departH3212, according to the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068.

25Then JeroboamH3379 builtH1129 ShechemH7927 in mountH2022 EphraimH669, and dweltH3427 in it; and went outH3318 from there, and builtH1129 PenuelH6439. 26And JeroboamH3379 saidH559 in his heartH3820, Now shall the kingdomH4467 returnH7725 to the houseH1004 of DavidH1732: 27If this peopleH5971 go upH5927 to offerH6213 sacrificeH2077 in the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068 at JerusalemH3389, then shall the heartH3820 of this peopleH5971 turn againH7725 to their lordH113, even to RehoboamH7346 kingH4428 of JudahH3063, and they shall killH2026 me, and returnH7725 to RehoboamH7346 kingH4428 of JudahH3063. 28Upon which the kingH4428 took counselH3289, and madeH6213 twoH8147 calvesH5695 of goldH2091, and saidH559 to them, It is too muchH7227 for you to go upH5927 to JerusalemH3389: behold thy godsH430, O IsraelH3478, which brought theeH5927 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 29And he setH7760 the oneH259 in BethelH1008, and the otherH259 he placedH5414 in DanH1835.