1st Kings Chapter 12 - King James Strong Number Version

1: And Rehoboam <H7346> went <H3212> to Shechem: <H7927> for all Israel <H3478> were come <H0935> to Shechem <H7927> to make him king. <H4427>
2: And it came to pass, when Jeroboam <H3379> the son <H1121> of Nebat, <H5028> who was yet in Egypt, <H4714> heard <H8085> [of it], (for he was fled <H1272> from the presence <H6440> of king <H4428> Solomon, <H8010> and Jeroboam <H3379> dwelt <H3427> in Egypt;) <H4714>
3: That they sent <H7971> and called <H7121> him. And Jeroboam <H3379> and all the congregation <H6951> of Israel <H3478> came, <H0935> and spake <H1696> unto Rehoboam, <H7346> saying, <H0559>
4: Thy father <H0001> made our yoke <H5923> grievous: <H7185> now therefore make thou the grievous <H7186> service <H5656> of thy father, <H0001> and his heavy <H3515> yoke <H5923> which he put <H5414> upon us, lighter, <H7043> <H5656> and we will serve <H5647> thee.
5: And he said <H0559> unto them, Depart <H3212> yet [for] three <H7969> days, <H3117> then come again <H7725> to me. And the people <H5971> departed. <H3212>
6: And king <H4428> Rehoboam <H7346> consulted <H3289> with the old men, <H2205> that stood <H5975> before <H6440> Solomon <H8010> his father <H0001> while he yet lived, <H2416> and said, <H0559> How do ye advise <H3289> that I may <H7725> answer <H1697> this people? <H5971>
7: And they spake <H1696> unto him, saying, <H0559> If thou wilt be a servant <H5650> unto this people <H5971> this day, <H3117> and wilt serve <H5647> them, and answer <H6030> them, and speak <H1696> good <H2896> words <H1697> to them, then they will be thy servants <H5650> for ever. <H3605> <H3117>
8: But he forsook <H5800> the counsel <H6098> of the old men, <H2205> which they had given <H3289> him, and consulted <H3289> with the young men <H3206> that were grown up <H1431> with him, [and] which stood <H5975> before <H6440> him:
9: And he said <H0559> unto them, What counsel give <H3289> ye that we may <H7725> answer <H1697> this people, <H5971> who have spoken <H1696> to me, saying, <H0559> Make the yoke <H5923> which thy father <H0001> did put <H5414> upon us lighter? <H7043>
10: And the young men <H3206> that were grown up <H1431> with him spake <H1696> unto him, saying, <H0559> Thus shalt thou speak <H0559> unto this people <H5971> that spake <H1696> unto thee, saying, <H0559> Thy father <H0001> made our yoke <H5923> heavy, <H3513> but make thou [it] lighter <H7043> unto us; thus shalt thou say <H1696> unto them, My little <H6995> [finger] shall be thicker <H5666> than my father's <H0001> loins. <H4975>
11: And now whereas my father <H0001> did lade <H6006> you with a heavy <H3515> yoke, <H5923> I will add <H3254> to your yoke: <H5923> my father <H0001> hath chastised <H3256> you with whips, <H7752> but I will chastise <H3256> you with scorpions. <H6137>
12: So Jeroboam <H3379> and all the people <H5971> came <H0935> to Rehoboam <H7346> the third <H7992> day, <H3117> as the king <H4428> had appointed, <H1696> saying, <H0559> Come to me again <H7725> the third <H7992> day. <H3117>
13: And the king <H4428> answered <H6030> the people <H5971> roughly, <H7186> and forsook <H5800> the old men's <H2205> counsel <H6098> that they gave <H3289> him;
14: And spake <H1696> to them after the counsel <H6098> of the young men, <H3206> saying, <H0559> My father <H0001> made your yoke <H5923> heavy, <H3513> and I will add <H3254> to your yoke: <H5923> my father <H0001> [also] chastised <H3256> you with whips, <H7752> but I will chastise <H3256> you with scorpions. <H6137>
15: Wherefore the king <H4428> hearkened <H8085> not unto the people; <H5971> for the cause <H5438> was from the LORD, <H3068> that he might perform <H6965> his saying, <H1697> which the LORD <H3068> spake <H1696> by <H3027> Ahijah <H0281> the Shilonite <H7888> unto Jeroboam <H3379> the son <H1121> of Nebat. <H5028>
16: So when all Israel <H3478> saw <H7200> that the king <H4428> hearkened <H8085> not unto them, the people <H5971> answered <H7725> <H1697> the king, <H4428> saying, <H0559> What portion <H2506> have we in David? <H1732> neither [have we] inheritance <H5159> in the son <H1121> of Jesse: <H3448> to your tents, <H0168> O Israel: <H3478> now see <H7200> to thine own house, <H1004> David. <H1732> So Israel <H3478> departed <H3212> unto their tents. <H0168>
17: But [as for] the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> which dwelt <H3427> in the cities <H5892> of Judah, <H3063> Rehoboam <H7346> reigned <H4427> over them.
18: Then king <H4428> Rehoboam <H7346> sent <H7971> Adoram, <H0151> who [was] over the tribute; <H4522> and all Israel <H3478> stoned <H7275> him with stones, <H0068> that he died. <H4191> Therefore king <H4428> Rehoboam <H7346> made speed <H0553> to get him up <H5927> to his chariot, <H4818> to flee <H5127> to Jerusalem. <H3389>
19: So Israel <H3478> rebelled <H6586> against the house <H1004> of David <H1732> unto this day. <H3117>
20: And it came to pass, when all Israel <H3478> heard <H8085> that Jeroboam <H3379> was come again, <H7725> that they sent <H7971> and called <H7121> him unto the congregation, <H5712> and made him king <H4427> over all Israel: <H3478> there was none that followed <H0310> the house <H1004> of David, <H1732> but <H2108> the tribe <H7626> of Judah <H3063> only.
21: And when Rehoboam <H7346> was come <H0935> to Jerusalem, <H3389> he assembled <H6950> all the house <H1004> of Judah, <H3063> with the tribe <H7626> of Benjamin, <H1144> an hundred <H3967> and fourscore <H8084> thousand <H0505> chosen men, <H0977> which were warriors, <H6213> <H4421> to fight <H3898> against the house <H1004> of Israel, <H3478> to bring the kingdom <H4410> again <H7725> to Rehoboam <H7346> the son <H1121> of Solomon. <H8010>
22: But the word <H1697> of God <H0430> came unto Shemaiah <H8098> the man <H0376> of God, <H0430> saying, <H0559>
23: Speak <H0559> unto Rehoboam, <H7346> the son <H1121> of Solomon, <H8010> king <H4428> of Judah, <H3063> and unto all the house <H1004> of Judah <H3063> and Benjamin, <H1144> and to the remnant <H3499> of the people, <H5971> saying, <H0559>
24: Thus saith <H0559> the LORD, <H3068> Ye shall not go up, <H5927> nor fight <H3898> against your brethren <H0251> the children <H1121> of Israel: <H3478> return <H7725> every man <H0376> to his house; <H1004> for this thing <H1697> is <H1961> from me. They hearkened <H8085> therefore to the word <H1697> of the LORD, <H3068> and returned <H7725> to depart, <H3212> according to the word <H1697> of the LORD. <H3068>
25: Then Jeroboam <H3379> built <H1129> Shechem <H7927> in mount <H2022> Ephraim, <H0669> and dwelt <H3427> therein; and went out <H3318> from thence, and built <H1129> Penuel. <H6439>
26: And Jeroboam <H3379> said <H0559> in his heart, <H3820> Now shall the kingdom <H4467> return <H7725> to the house <H1004> of David: <H1732>
27: If this people <H5971> go up <H5927> to do <H6213> sacrifice <H2077> in the house <H1004> of the LORD <H3068> at Jerusalem, <H3389> then shall the heart <H3820> of this people <H5971> turn again <H7725> unto their lord, <H0113> [even] unto Rehoboam <H7346> king <H4428> of Judah, <H3063> and they shall kill <H2026> me, and go again <H7725> to Rehoboam <H7346> king <H4428> of Judah. <H3063>
28: Whereupon the king <H4428> took counsel, <H3289> and made <H6213> two <H8147> calves <H5695> [of] gold, <H2091> and said <H0559> unto them, It is too much <H7227> for you to go up <H5927> to Jerusalem: <H3389> behold thy gods, <H0430> O Israel, <H3478> which brought thee up <H5927> out of the land <H0776> of Egypt. <H4714>
29: And he set <H7760> the one <H0259> in Bethel, <H1008> and the other <H0259> put <H5414> he in Dan. <H1835>
30: And this thing <H1697> became a sin: <H2403> for the people <H5971> went <H3212> [to worship] before <H6440> the one, <H0259> [even] unto Dan. <H1835>
31: And he made <H6213> an house <H1004> of high places, <H1116> and made <H6213> priests <H3548> of the lowest <H7098> of the people, <H5971> which were not of the sons <H1121> of Levi. <H3878>
32: And Jeroboam <H3379> ordained <H6213> a feast <H2282> in the eighth <H8066> month, <H2320> on the fifteenth <H2568> <H6240> day <H3117> of the month, <H2320> like unto the feast <H2282> that [is] in Judah, <H3063> and he offered <H5927> upon the altar. <H4196> So did <H6213> he in Bethel, <H1008> sacrificing <H2076> unto the calves <H5695> that he had made: <H6213> and he placed <H5975> in Bethel <H1008> the priests <H3548> of the high places <H1116> which he had made. <H6213>
33: So he offered <H5927> upon the altar <H4196> which he had made <H6213> in Bethel <H1008> the fifteenth <H2568> <H6240> day <H3117> of the eighth <H8066> month, <H2320> [even] in the month <H2320> which he had devised <H0908> of his own heart; <H3820> and ordained <H6213> a feast <H2282> unto the children <H1121> of Israel: <H3478> and he offered <H5927> upon the altar, <H4196> and burnt incense. <H6999>