Dual Panel1Then Rehoboam<7346> went<1980> to Shechem<7927>, for all<3605> Israel<3478> had come<935> to Shechem<7927> to make<4427> him king<4427>.
2When Jeroboam<3379> the son<1121> of Nebat<5028> heard<8085> of it (for he was in Egypt<4714> where<834> he had fled<1272> from the presence<6440> of King<4428> Solomon<8010>), Jeroboam<3379> returned<7725> from Egypt<4714>.
3So they sent<7971> and summoned<7121> him. When Jeroboam<3379> and all<3605> Israel<3478> came<935>, they spoke<1696> to Rehoboam<7346>, saying<559>,
4"Your father<1> made<7185> our yoke<5923> hard<7185>; now<6258> therefore lighten<7043> the hard<7186> service<5656> of your father<1> and his heavy<3515> yoke<5923> which<834> he put<5414> on us, and we will serve<5647> you."
5He said<559> to them, "Return<7725> to me again<5750> in three<7969> days<3117>." So the people<5971> departed<1980>.
6Then King<4428> Rehoboam<7346> consulted<3289> with the elders<2205> who<834> had<1961> served<5975><6440> his father<1> Solomon<8010> while he was still alive<2416>, saying<559>, "How<349> do you counsel<3289> me to answer<7725><1697> this<2088> people<5971>?"
7They spoke<1696> to him, saying<559>, "If<518> you will be kind<2896> to this<2088> people<5971> and please<7521> them and speak<1696> good<2896> words<1697> to them, then they will be your servants<5650> forever<3605><3117>."
8But he forsook<5800> the counsel<6098> of the elders<2205> which<834> they had given<3289> him, and consulted<3289> with the young<3206> men<3206> who<834> grew<1431> up with him and served<5975><6440> him.
9So he said<559> to them, "What<4100> counsel<3289> do you give<3289> that we may answer<7725><1697> this<2088> people<5971>, who<834> have spoken<1696> to me, saying<559>, 'Lighten<7043> the yoke<5923> which<834> your father<1> put<5414> on us'?"
10The young<3206> men<3206> who<834> grew<1431> up with him spoke<1696> to him, saying<559>, "Thus<3541> you shall say<559> to the people<5971> who<834> spoke<1696> to you, saying<559>, 'Your father<1> made<3513> our yoke<5923> heavy<3513>, but you make<7043> it lighter<7043> for us.' Thus<3541> you shall say<559> to them, 'My little<6995> finger<6995> is thicker<5666> than<4480> my father's<1> loins<4975>!
11'Whereas<6258> my father<1> loaded<6006> you with a heavy<3515> yoke<5923>, I will add<3254> to your yoke<5923>; my father<1> disciplined<3256> you with whips<7752>, but I will discipline you with scorpions<6137>.'"
12So Jeroboam<3379> and all<3605> the people<5971> came<935> to Rehoboam<7346> on the third<7992> day<3117> as the king<4428> had directed<1696>, saying<559>, "Return<7725> to me on the third<7992> day<3117>."
13The king<4428> answered<6030> them harshly<7186>, and King<4428> Rehoboam<7346> forsook<5800> the counsel<6098> of the elders<2205>.
14He spoke<1696> to them according to the advice<6098> of the young<3206> men<3206>, saying<559>, "My father<1> made<3513> your yoke<5923> heavy<3513>, but I will add<3254> to it; my father<1> disciplined<3256> you with whips<7752>, but I will discipline you with scorpions<6137>."
15So the king<4428> did not listen<8085> to the people<5971>, for it was a turn<5252> of events from God<430> that the LORD<3068> might establish<6965> His word<1697>, which<834> He spoke<1696> through<3027> Ahijah<281> the Shilonite<7888> to Jeroboam<3379> the son<1121> of Nebat<5028>.
16When all<3605> Israel<3478> saw that the king<4428> did not listen<8085> to them the people<5971> answered<7725> the king<4428>, saying<559>, "What<4100> portion<2506> do we have in David<1732>? We have no<3808> inheritance<5159> in the son<1121> of Jesse<3448>. Every<376> man<376> to your tents<168>, O Israel<3478>; Now<6258> look<7200> after your own house<1004>, David<1732>." So all<3605> Israel<3478> departed<1980> to their tents<168>.
17But as for the sons<1121> of Israel<3478> who lived<3427> in the cities<5892> of Judah<3063>, Rehoboam<7346> reigned<4427> over<5921> them.
18Then King<4428> Rehoboam<7346> sent<7971> Hadoram<1913>, who<834> was over<5921> the forced<4522> labor<4522>, and the sons<1121> of Israel<3478> stoned<7275> him to death<4191>. And King<4428> Rehoboam<7346> made<553> haste<553> to mount<5927> his chariot<4818> to flee<5127> to Jerusalem<3389>.
19So Israel<3478> has been<6586> in rebellion<6586> against the house<1004> of David<1732> to this<2088> day<3117>.