bes - 1Kings:12-13

bes@1Kings:12:1 @ And king Roboam goes to Sikima; for all Israel were coming to Sikima to make him king.

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bes@1Kings:12:3 @ And the people spoke to king Roboam, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy;

bes@1Kings:12:4 @ but do thou now lighten somewhat of the hard service of thy father, and of his heavy yoke which he (note:)Gr. gave(:note) put upon us, and we will serve thee.

bes@1Kings:12:5 @ And he said to them, Depart for three days, and return to me. And they departed.

bes@1Kings:12:6 @ And the king referred the matter to the elders, who stood before Solomon his father while he was yet living, saying, How do ye advise (note:)Gr. and I should answer a word, etc.(:note) that I should answer this people?

bes@1Kings:12:7 @ And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wilt this day be a servant to this people, and wilt serve them, and wilt speak to them good words, then will they be thy servants continually.

bes@1Kings:12:8 @ But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they gave him, and consulted with the young men who were brought up with him, who stood in his presence.

bes@1Kings:12:9 @ And he said to them, What counsel do ye give? And what shall I answer to this people who speak to me, saying, Lighten somewhat of the yoke which thy father has put upon us?

bes@1Kings:12:10 @ And the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before his face, spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people who have spoken to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and do thou now lighten it from off us: thus shalt say to them, My (note:)littleness(:note) little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.

bes@1Kings:12:11 @ And (note:)Gr. now(:note) whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I also will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

bes@1Kings:12:12 @ And all Israel came to king Roboam on the third day, as the king spoke to them, saying, Return to me on the third day.

bes@1Kings:12:13 @ And the king answered the people harshly; and Roboam forsook the counsel of the old men which they counselled him.

bes@1Kings:12:14 @ And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

bes@1Kings:12:15 @ And the king hearkened not to the people, because the change was from the Lord, that he might establish his word which he spoke (note:)Gr. by the had of(:note) by Achia the Selonite concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat.

bes@1Kings:12:16 @ And all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them: and the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jessae. Depart, O Israel, to thy tents: now feed thine own house, David. So Israel departed to his tents.

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bes@1Kings:12:18 @ And the king sent Adoniram who was over the tribute; and they stoned him with stones, and he died: and king Roboam (note:)Gr. prevented(:note) made haste to rise to flee to Jerusalem.

bes@1Kings:12:19 @ So Israel (note:)Gr. disowned allegiance(:note) rebelled against the house of David until this day.

bes@1Kings:12:20 @ And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned out of Egypt, that they sent and called him to the assembly, and they made him king over Israel: and none followed the house of David except the tribe of Juda and Benjamin only.

bes@1Kings:12:21 @ And Roboam went into Jerusalem, and he assembled the congregation of Juda, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and twenty thousand young men, warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to recover the kingdom to Roboam the son of Solomon.

bes@1Kings:12:22 @ And the word of the Lord came to Samaia the man of God, saying,

bes@1Kings:12:23 @ Speak to Roboam the son of Solomon, king of Juda, and to all the house of Juda and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

bes@1Kings:12:24 @ Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, neither shall ye fight with your brethren the sons of Israel: return each man to his own home; for this thing is from me; and they hearkened to the word of the Lord, and they ceased from going up, according to the word of the Lord. (note:)LXX text not in Hebrews. has been left out.(:note)

bes@1Kings:12:25 @ And Jeroboam built Sikima in mount Ephraim and dwelt in it, and went forth thence and built Phanuel.

bes@1Kings:12:26 @ And Jeroboam said in his heart, Behold, now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

bes@1Kings:12:27 @ If this people shall go up to offer sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of the people will return to the Lord, and to their master, to Roboam king of Juda, and they will slay me.

bes@1Kings:12:28 @ And the king took counsel, and went, and made two golden heifers, and said to the people, Let it suffice you (note:)Gr. to go to(:note) to have gone hitherto to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

bes@1Kings:12:29 @ And he put one in Bethel, and he (note:)Gr. gave(:note) put the other in Daniel.

bes@1Kings:12:30 @ And this thing became a sin; and the people went before one as far as Dan, and left the house of the Lord.

bes@1Kings:12:31 @ And he made houses on the high places, and made priests of any part of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

bes@1Kings:12:32 @ And Jeroboam appointed a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, according to the feast in the land of Juda;

bes@1Kings:12:33 @ and went up to the altar which he made in Baethel to sacrifice to the heifers which he made, and he placed in Baethel the priests of the high places which he had made. And he went up to the altar which he had made, on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, at the feast which he devised out of his own heart; and he made a feast to the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to sacrifice.

bes@1Kings:13:1 @ And behold, there came a man of God out of Juda by the word of the Lord to Baethel, and Jeroboam stood at the altar to sacrifice.

bes@1Kings:13:2 @ And he cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Behold, a son is to be born to the house of David, (note:)Gr. Josias the name of him(:note) Josias by name; and he shall offer upon thee the priests of the high places, even of them that sacrifice upon thee, and he shall burn men’s bones upon thee.

bes@1Kings:13:3 @ And in that day one shall give a sign, saying, This is the word which the Lord has spoken, saying, Behold, the altar is rent, and the fatness upon it shall be poured out.

bes@1Kings:13:4 @ And it came to pass when king Jeroboam heard the words of the man of God who called on the altar that was in Baethel, that the king stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying, Take hold of him. And, behold, his hand, which he stretched forth against him, withered, and he could not draw it back to himself.

bes@1Kings:13:5 @ And the altar was rent, and the fatness was poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God gave by the word of the Lord.

bes@1Kings:13:6 @ And king Jeroboam said to the man of God, Intreat the Lord thy God, and let my hand (note:)Gr. return to me(:note) be restored to me. And the man of God intreated the Lord, and he restored the king’s hand to him, and it became as before.

bes@1Kings:13:7 @ And the king said to the man of God, Enter with me into the house, and dine, and I will give thee a gift.

bes@1Kings:13:8 @ And the man of God said to the king, If thou shouldest give me the half of thine house, I (note:)Gr. will not(:note) would not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place; for thus the Lord charged me by his word, saying,

bes@1Kings:13:9 @ Eat no bread, and drink no water, and return not by the way by which thou camest.

bes@1Kings:13:10 @ So he departed by another way, and returned not by the way by which he came to Baethel.

bes@1Kings:13:11 @ And there dwelt an old prophet in Baethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God did on that day in Baethel, and the words which he spoke to the king: and (note:)Wide variation from the Hebrew(:note) they turned the face of their father.

bes@1Kings:13:12 @ And their father spoke to them, saying, Which way went he? and his sons shew him the way by which the man of God who came out of Juda went up.

bes@1Kings:13:13 @ And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass: and they saddled him the ass, and he mounted it,

bes@1Kings:13:14 @ and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Art thou the man of God that came out of Juda? And he said to him, I am.

bes@1Kings:13:15 @ And he said to him, Come with me, and eat bread.

bes@1Kings:13:16 @ And he said, I shall not by any means be able to return with thee, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place.

bes@1Kings:13:17 @ For thus the Lord commanded me by word, saying, Eat not bread there, and drink not water, and return not thither by the way by which thou camest.

bes@1Kings:13:18 @ And he said to him, I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back to thee into thy house, and let him eat bread and drink water: but he lied to him.

bes@1Kings:13:19 @ And he brought him back, and he ate bread and drank water in his house.

bes@1Kings:13:20 @ And it came to pass while they were sitting at the table, that the word of the Lord came to the prophet that brought him back;

bes@1Kings:13:21 @ and he spoke to the man of God that came out of Juda, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast (note:)Lit. embittered(:note) resisted the word of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,

bes@1Kings:13:22 @ but hast returned, and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he spoke to thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat bread, and shalt not drink water; therefore thy body shall in nowise enter into the sepulchre of thy fathers.

bes@1Kings:13:23 @ And it came to pass after he had eaten bread and drunk water, that he saddled the ass for him, and he turned and departed.

bes@1Kings:13:24 @ And a lion found him in the way, and slew him; and his body was cast out in the way, and the ass was standing by it, and the lion also was standing by the body.

bes@1Kings:13:25 @ And, behold, men were passing by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion was standing near the carcase: and they went in and spoke of it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

bes@1Kings:13:26 @ And the prophet that turned him back out of the way heard, and said, This is the man of God who rebelled against the word of the Lord.

bes@1Kings:13:27 @

bes@1Kings:13:28 @ And he went and found the body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion were standing by the body: and the lion had not devoured the body of the man of God, and had not torn the ass.

bes@1Kings:13:29 @ And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on his ass; and the prophet brought him back to his city, to bury him in his own tomb,

bes@1Kings:13:30 @ and they bewailed him, saying, Alas, brother.

bes@1Kings:13:31 @ And it came to pass after he had lamented him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, (note:)Gr. if I die(:note) Whenever I die, bury me in this tomb wherein the man of God is buried; lay me by his bones, that my bones may be preserved with his bones.

bes@1Kings:13:32 @ For the word will surely come to pass which he spoke by the word of the Lord against the altar in Baethel, and against the high houses in Samaria.

bes@1Kings:13:33 @ And after (note:)Gr. this word(:note) this Jeroboam turned not from his sin, but he turned and made of part of the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, and he became a priest for the high places.

bes@1Kings:13:34 @ And this (note:)Gr. word(:note) thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to its destruction and its removal from the face of the earth.

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