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Rehoboam went to Shechem :
for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king .
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It happened ,
when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (
for he was yet in Egypt ,
where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon ,
and Jeroboam lived in Egypt ,
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and they sent and called him ),
that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came ,
and spoke to Rehoboam ,
saying ,
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Your father made our yoke grievous :
now therefore make you the grievous service of your father ,
and his heavy yoke which he put on us ,
lighter ,
and we will serve you ."
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He said to them , "
Depart for three days ,
then come back to me ."
The people departed .
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King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men ,
who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived ,
saying , "
What counsel do you give me to return answer to this people ?"
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They spoke to him ,
saying , "
If you will be a servant to this people this day ,
and will serve them ,
and answer them ,
and speak good words to them ,
then they will be your servants forever ."
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But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him ,
and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him ,
who stood before him .
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He said to them , "
What counsel do you give ,
that we may return answer to this people ,
who have spoken to me ,
saying , '
Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter ?'"
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The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him ,
saying , "
Thus you shall tell this people who spoke to you ,
saying , '
Your father made our yoke heavy ,
but make it lighter to us ;'
you shall say to them , '
My little finger is thicker than my father '
s waist .
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Now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke ,
I will add to your yoke :
my father chastised you with whips ,
but I will chastise you with scorpions .'"
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So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day ,
as the king asked ,
saying , "
Come to me again the third day ."
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The king answered the people roughly ,
and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him ,
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and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men ,
saying , "
My father made your yoke heavy ,
but I will add to your yoke .
My father chastised you with whips ,
but I will chastise you with scorpions ."
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So the king didn '
t listen to the people ;
for it was a thing brought about of Yahweh ,
that he might establish his word ,
which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat .
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When all Israel saw that the king didn '
t listen to them ,
the people answered the king ,
saying , "
What portion have we in David ?
Neither do we have an inheritance in the son of Jesse .
To your tents ,
Israel !
Now see to your own house ,
David ."
So Israel departed to their tents .
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But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah ,
Rehoboam reigned over them .
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Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram ,
who was over the men subject to forced labor ;
and all Israel stoned him to death with stones .
King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot ,
to flee to Jerusalem .
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So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day .
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It happened ,
when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned ,
that they sent and called him to the congregation ,
and made him king over all Israel :
there was none who followed the house of David ,
but the tribe of Judah only .
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When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem ,
he assembled all the house of Judah ,
and the tribe of Benjamin ,
a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men ,
who were warriors ,
to fight against the house of Israel ,
to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon .
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But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God ,
saying ,
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Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon ,
king of Judah ,
and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin ,
and to the rest of the people ,
saying ,
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Thus says Yahweh , "
You shall not go up ,
nor fight against your brothers ,
the children of Israel .
Everyone return to his house ;
for this thing is of me ."'"
So they listened to the word of Yahweh ,
and returned and went their way ,
according to the word of Yahweh .