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1 Kings 12 – New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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King Rehoboam Acts Foolishly

(2Ch 10:1–19; 11:1–4 )

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Then Rehoboam^H7346 went^H1980 to Shechem^H7927, because^H3588 all^H3605 Israel^H3478 had come^H935 to Shechem^H7927 to make^H4427 him king^H4427.

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1Ki 12:2 - Now when Jeroboam^H3379 the son^H1121 of Nebat^H5028 heard^H8085 about this, [fn]he was living^H3427 in Egypt^H4714 (for he was still^H5750 in Egypt^H4714, where^H834 he had fled^H1272 from the presence^H6440 of King^H4428 Solomon^H8010).

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1Ki 12:3 - Then they sent^H7971 word and summoned^H7121 him, and Jeroboam^H3379 and all^H3605 the assembly^H6951 of Israel^H3478 came^H935 and spoke^H1696 to Rehoboam^H7346, saying^H559,

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1Ki 12:4 - “Your father^H1 made^H7185 our yoke^H5923 hard^H7185; but now^H6258, lighten^H7043 the hard^H7186 labor^H5656 imposed by your father^H1 and his heavy^H3515 yoke^H5923 which^H834 he put^H5414 on us, and we will serve^H5647 you.”

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1Ki 12:5 - Then he said^H559 to them, “Depart^H1980 [fn]for three^H7969 days^H3117, then return^H7725 to me.” So the people^H5971 departed^H1980.

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And King^H4428 Rehoboam^H7346 consulted^H3289 with the elders^H2205 who^H834 had^H1961 [fn]served^H5975^H6440 his father^H1 Solomon^H8010 while he was still alive^H2416, saying^H559, “How^H349 do you advise^H3289 me to answer^H7725^H1697 this^H2088 people^H5971?”

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1Ki 12:7 - Then they spoke^H1696 to him, saying^H559, “If^H518 you will be a servant^H5650 to this^H2088 people^H5971 today^H3117, and will serve^H5647 them and [fn]grant^H6030 them their request^H6030, and speak^H1696 pleasant^H2896 words^H1697 to them, then they will be your servants^H5650 always^H3605^H3117.”

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1Ki 12:8 - But he ignored^H5800 the advice^H6098 of the elders^H2205 which^H834 they had given^H3289 him, and consulted^H3289 with the young^H3206 men^H3206 who^H834 had grown^H1431 up^H1431 with him [fn]and served^H5975^H6440 him.

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1Ki 12:9 - He said^H559 to them, “What^H4100 advice^H3289 do you give^H3289, so that we may answer^H7725^H1697 this^H2088 people^H5971 who^H834 have spoken^H1696 to me, saying^H559, ‘Lighten^H7043 the yoke^H5923 which^H834 your father^H1 put^H5414 on us’?”

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1Ki 12:10 - And the young^H3206 men^H3206 who^H834 had grown^H1431 up^H1431 with him spoke^H1696 to him, saying^H559, “This^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 you should say^H559 to this^H2088 people^H5971 who^H834 spoke^H1696 to you, saying^H559: ‘Your father^H1 made^H3513 our yoke^H5923 heavy^H3513, now you make^H7043 it lighter^H7043 for us!’ You should speak^H1696 this^H3541 way^H3541 to them: ‘My little^H6995 finger^H6995 is thicker^H5666 than^H4480 my father’s^H1 waist^H4975!

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1Ki 12:11 - ‘Now^H6258 then, my father^H1 loaded^H6006 you with a heavy^H3515 yoke^H5923; yet I will add^H3254 to your yoke^H5923. My father^H1 disciplined^H3256 you with whips^H7752, but I will discipline^H3256 you with [fn]scorpions^H6137!’”

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Then Jeroboam^H3379 and all^H3605 the people^H5971 came^H935 to Rehoboam^H7346 on the third^H7992 day^H3117, just^H834 as^H834 the king^H4428 had [fn]directed^H1696, saying^H559, “Return^H7725 to me on the third^H7992 day^H3117.”

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1Ki 12:13 - And the king^H4428 answered^H6030 the people^H5971 harshly^H7186, for he ignored^H5800 the advice^H6098 of the elders^H2205 which^H834 they had [fn]given^H3289 him,

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1Ki 12:14 - and he spoke^H1696 to them according to the advice^H6098 of the young^H3206 men^H3206, saying^H559, “My father^H1 made^H3513 your yoke^H5923 heavy^H3513, but I will add^H3254 to your yoke^H5923; my father^H1 disciplined^H3256 you with whips^H7752, but I will discipline^H3256 you with [fn]scorpions^H6137!”

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1Ki 12:15 - So the king^H4428 did not listen^H8085 to the people^H5971; because^H3588 it was [fn]a turn^H5438 of^H5438 events^H5438 from the LORD^H3068, in^H4616 order^H4616 to^H4616 establish^H6965 His word^H1697 which^H834 the LORD^H3068 spoke^H1696 through^H3027 Ahijah^H281 the Shilonite^H7888 to Jeroboam^H3379 the son^H1121 of Nebat^H5028.

The Kingdom Divided; Jeroboam Rules Israel

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When all^H3605 Israel^H3478 saw^H7200 that the king^H4428 had not listened^H8085 to them, the people^H5971 replied^H7725^H1697 to the king^H4428, saying^H559,

“What^H4100 share^H2506 do we have in David^H1732?

We have no^H3808 inheritance^H5159 in the son^H1121 of Jesse^H3448;

To your tents^H168, Israel^H3478!

Now^H6258 look^H7200 after your own house^H1004, David^H1732!”

So Israel^H3478 went^H1980 away to their tents^H168.

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1Ki 12:17 - But as for the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 who lived^H3427 in the cities^H5892 of Judah^H3063, Rehoboam^H7346 reigned^H4427 over^H5921 them.

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1Ki 12:18 - Then King^H4428 Rehoboam^H7346 sent^H7971 Adoram^H151, who^H834 was in^H5921 charge^H5921 of^H5921 the forced^H4522 labor^H4522, and all^H3605 Israel^H3478 stoned^H7275^H68 him [fn]to death^H4191. And King^H4428 Rehoboam^H7346 hurried^H553 to mount^H5927 his chariot^H4818 to flee^H5127 to Jerusalem^H3389.

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1Ki 12:19 - So Israel^H3478 has broken^H6586 with^H6586 the house^H1004 of David^H1732 to this^H2088 day^H3117.

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And it came^H1961 about^H1961, when all^H3605 Israel^H3478 heard^H8085 that Jeroboam^H3379 had returned^H7725, that they sent^H7971 word and called^H7121 him to the assembly^H5712, and made^H4427 him king^H4427 over^H5921 all^H3605 Israel^H3478. None^H3808 except^H2108 the tribe^H7626 of Judah^H3063 alone^H905 followed^H310 the house^H1004 of David^H1732.

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Now when Rehoboam^H7346 had come^H935 to Jerusalem^H3389, he assembled^H6950 all^H3605 the house^H1004 of Judah^H3063 and the tribe^H7626 of Benjamin^H1144, 180,000^H3967^H8084^H505 chosen^H977 warriors^H6213^H4421, to fight^H3898 against^H5973 the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 to restore^H7725 the kingdom^H4410 to Rehoboam^H7346 the son^H1121 of Solomon^H8010.

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1Ki 12:22 - But the word^H1697 of God^H430 came^H1961 to Shemaiah^H8098 the man^H376 of God^H430, saying^H559,

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1Ki 12:23 - “Tell^H559 Rehoboam^H7346 the son^H1121 of Solomon^H8010, king^H4428 of Judah^H3063, and all^H3605 the house^H1004 of Judah^H3063 and Benjamin^H1144, and the rest^H3499 of the people^H5971, saying^H559,

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1Ki 12:24 - ‘This^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 the LORD^H3068 says^H559: “You shall not go^H5927 up^H5927 nor^H3808 fight^H3898 against^H5973 your relatives^H251 the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478; return^H7725, every^H376 man^H376 to his house^H1004, for this^H2088 thing^H1697 has come^H1961 from Me.”’” So they listened^H8085 to the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068, and returned^H7725 to go^H1980 their way in accordance with the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068.

Jeroboam’s Idolatry

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Then Jeroboam^H3379 built^H1129 Shechem^H7927 in the hill^H2022 country^H2022 of Ephraim^H669, and lived^H3427 [fn]there. And he went^H3318 out^H3318 from there^H8033 and built^H1129 Penuel^H6439.

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1Ki 12:26 - And Jeroboam^H3379 said^H559 in his heart^H3820, “Now^H6258 the kingdom^H4467 will return^H7725 to the house^H1004 of David^H1732.

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1Ki 12:27 - “If^H518 this^H2088 people^H5971 go^H5927 up^H5927 to [fn]offer^H6213 sacrifices^H2077 in the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068 in Jerusalem^H3389, then the heart^H3820 of this^H2088 people^H5971 will return^H7725 to their lord^H113, to Rehoboam^H7346 king^H4428 of Judah^H3063; and they will kill^H2026 me and return^H7725 to Rehoboam^H7346 king^H4428 of Judah^H3063.”

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1Ki 12:28 - So the king^H4428 [fn]consulted^H3289, and he made^H6213 two^H8147 golden^H2091 calves^H5695; and he said^H559 to [fn]the people, “It is too^H4480 much^H7227 for you to go^H5927 up^H5927 to Jerusalem^H3389; behold^H2009 your gods^H430, Israel^H3478, that brought^H5927 you up^H5927 from the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714.”

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1Ki 12:29 - And he set^H7760 up^H7760 one^H259 in Bethel^H1008, and the other^H259 he put^H5414 in Dan^H1835.

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1Ki 12:30 - Now this^H2088 thing^H1697 became^H1961 a sin^H2403, for the people^H5971 went^H1980 to worship before^H6440 the one^H259 as far^H5704 as Dan^H1835.

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1Ki 12:31 - And he made^H6213 houses^H1004 on high^H1116 places^H1116, and [fn]appointed^H6213 priests^H3548 from [fn]all^H7098 the people^H5971 who^H834 were not of the sons^H1121 of Levi^H3878.

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1Ki 12:32 - Jeroboam^H3379 also [fn]instituted^H6213 a feast^H2282 in the eighth^H8066 month^H2320 on the fifteenth^H2568^H6240 day^H3117 of the month^H2320, like the feast^H2282 that is in Judah^H3063, and he [fn]went^H5927 up^H5927 to the altar^H4196. So^H3651 he did^H6213 in Bethel^H1008, sacrificing^H2076 to the calves^H5695 which^H834 he had made^H6213. And he stationed^H5975 in Bethel^H1008 the priests^H3548 of the high^H1116 places^H1116 which^H834 he had made^H6213.

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1Ki 12:33 - Then he [fn]went^H5927 up^H5927 to the altar^H4196 which^H834 he had made^H6213 in Bethel^H1008 on the fifteenth^H2568^H6240 day^H3117 in the eighth^H8066 month^H2320, the month^H2320 that he had [fn]devised^H908 [fn]in his own heart^H3820; and he [fn]instituted^H6213 a feast^H2282 for the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 and [fn]went^H5927 up^H5927 to the altar^H4196 to burn^H6999 [fn]incense^H6999.

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Lit Jeroboam

Lit three more

Lit stood before

Lit answer them

Lit who stood before

(12:11)

Prob. a brutal type of whip

Lit spoken

Lit advised

See note v 11

Or the providence of the LORD

(12:18)

Lit with stones that he died

Lit in it

Lit do

Lit took counsel

Lit them

Lit made

Lit the extremities of the

Lit made

Or offered upon

Or offered upon

Lit made

Lit from

Lit made

Or offered upon

Or sacrifices

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