11:012:013 And the king answered the people roughly,
and forsook the old
men’s
counsel that they gave him;
11:012:014 And spake to them after the counsel of
the young men, saying,
My
father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your
yoke:
my
father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise
you
with scorpions.
11:012:015 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the
people; for the
cause
was from the lord, that he might perform his saying,
which
the lord spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam
the
son
of Nebat.
11:012:016 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened
not unto them,
the
people answered the king, saying, What portion have
we in
David?
neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:
to
your
tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David.
So
Israel
departed unto their tents.
11:012:017 But as for the children of Israel which
dwelt in the cities of
Judah,
Rehoboam reigned over them.
11:012:018 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was
over the tribute; and
all
Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore
king
Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to
flee
to
Jerusalem.
11:012:019 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
11:012:020 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard
that Jeroboam was
come
again, that they sent and called him unto the
congregation,
and made him king over all Israel: there was
none
that followed the house of David, but the tribe of
Judah
only.
11:012:021 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem,
he assembled all the
house
of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and
fourscore
thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight
against
the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to
Rehoboam
the son of Solomon.
11:012:022 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
11:012:023 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon,
king of Judah, and
unto
all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant
of
the people, saying,
11:012:024 Thus saith the lord, Ye shall not
go up, nor fight against
your
brethren the children of Israel: return every
man to his
house;
for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore
to
the
word of the lord, and returned to depart, according
to the
word
of the lord.
11:012:025 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim,
and dwelt
therein;
and went out from thence, and built Penuel.


