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* Rehobo 'am went to Shechem , for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king . * And when Jerobo 'am the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt , whither he had fled from King Solomon ), then Jerobo 'am returned from Egypt . * And they sent and called him ; and Jerobo 'am and all Israel came and said to Rehobo 'am , * "Your father made our yoke heavy . Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke upon us , and we will serve you ." * He said to them , "Come to me again in three days ." So the people went away . * Then King Rehobo 'am took counsel with the old men , who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive , saying , "How do you advise me to answer this people ?" * And they said to him , "If you will be kind to this people and please them , and speak good words to them , then they will be your servants for ever ." * But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him , and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him . * And he said to them , "What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me , `Lighten the yoke that your father put upon us '?" * And the young men who had grown up with him said to him , "Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you , `Your father made our yoke heavy , but do you lighten it for us '; thus shall you say to them , `My little finger is thicker than my father 's loins . * And now , whereas my father laid upon you a heavy yoke , I will add to your yoke . My father chastised you with whips , but I will chastise you with scorpions .'" * So Jerobo 'am and all the people came to Rehobo 'am the third day , as the king said , "Come to me again the third day ." * And the king answered them harshly , and forsaking the counsel of the old men , * King Rehobo 'am spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men , saying , "My father made your yoke heavy , but I will add to it ; my father chastised you with whips , but I will chastise you with scorpions ." * So the king did not hearken to the people ; for it was a turn of affairs brought about by God that the LORD might fulfil his word , which he spoke by Ahi 'jah the Shi 'lonite to Jerobo 'am the son of Nebat . * And when all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them , the people answered the king , "What portion have we in David ? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse . Each of you to your tents , O Israel ! Look now to your own house , David ." So all Israel departed to their tents . * But Rehobo 'am reigned over the people of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah . * Then King Rehobo 'am sent Hador 'am , who was taskmaster over the forced labor , and the people of Israel stoned him to death with stones . And King Rehobo 'am made haste to mount his chariot , to flee to Jerusalem . * So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day .

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