Dual Panel1Rehoboam <07346> traveled <01980> to Shechem <07927>, for <03588> all <03605> Israel <03478> had gathered <0935> in Shechem <07927> to make Rehoboam king <04427>.
2When <01961> Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028> heard <08085> the news, he was still <05750> in Egypt <04714>, where <0834> he had fled <01272> from <06440> King <04428> Solomon <08010> and had been living <03427> ever since.
3They sent <07971> for him, and Jeroboam <03379> and the whole <03605> Israelite <03478> assembly <06951> came <0935> and spoke <01696> to <0413> Rehoboam <07346>, saying <0559>,
4“Your father <01> made <07185> us work <05656> too hard <07186>. Now <06258> if you <0859> lighten <05923> the demands he made <05414> and don’t make <05414> us work as <0834> hard, we will serve <05647> you.”
5He said <0559> to <0413> them, “Go away <01980> for three <07969> days <03117>, then return <07725> to <0413> me.” So the people <05971> went away <01980>.
6King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> consulted <03289> with <0854> the older <02205> advisers who <0834> had served <05975> his father <01> Solomon <08010> when he had been <01961> alive <02416>. He asked <0559> them, “How <0349> do you <0859> advise <03289> me to answer <01697> <07725> these <02088> people <05971>?”
7They said <01696> to <0413> him, “Today <03117> if <0518> you show a willingness to help <05650> these people <05971> and grant <05647> their request <06030>, they will be <01961> your servants <05650> from this time <03117> forward <03605>.”
8But Rehoboam rejected <05800> their advice <06098> and consulted <03289> the young <03206> advisers <03289> who <0834> served <06440> <05975> him, with <0854> whom <0834> he had grown up <01431>.
9He asked <0559> them, “How <04100> do you <0859> advise <03289> me to respond <07725> to these <02088> people <05971> who <0834> said <01696> to <0413> me, ‘Lessen <07043> the demands <05923> your father <01> placed <05414> on <05921> us’?”
10The young advisers <03206> with <0413> whom <0834> Rehoboam had grown up <01431> said <0559> to him, “Say <0559> this <03541> to these <02088> people <05971> who <0834> have said <01696> to <0413> you <0859>, ‘Your father <01> made us work hard, but now lighten <07043> our burden <05923>.’ Say <01696> this <03541> to <0413> them: ‘I am a lot harsher <05666> than my father <01>!
11My father <01> imposed <06006> heavy <03515> demands <05923> on <05921> you; I <0589> will make <03254> them even heavier <03254>. My father <01> punished <03256> you with ordinary whips <07752>; I <0589> will punish <03256> you with whips that really sting your flesh <06137>.’”
12Jeroboam <03379> and all <03605> the people <05971> reported <0935> to <0413> Rehoboam <07346> on the third <07992> day <03117>, just as <0834> the king <04428> had ordered <01696> when he said <0559>, “Return <07725> to <0413> me on the third <07992> day <03117>.”
13The king <04428> responded <06030> to the people <05971> harshly <07186>. He rejected <05800> the advice <06098> of the older <02205> men
14and followed <0413> <01696> the advice <06098> of the younger ones <03206>. He said <0559>, “My father <01> imposed heavy <03513> demands <05923> on <05921> you; I <0589> will make them even heavier <03254>. My father <01> punished <03256> you with ordinary whips <07752>; I <0589> will punish <03256> you with whips that really sting your flesh <06137>.”
15The king <04428> refused <03808> to listen <08085> to <0413> the people <05971>, because <03588> the Lord <03068> was <01961> instigating this turn of events <05438> so that <04616> he might bring to pass <06965> the prophetic announcement <01697> he <03068> had made <01696> through <03027> Ahijah <0281> the Shilonite <07888> to <0413> Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028>.
16When all <03605> Israel <03478> saw <07200> that <03588> the king <04428> refused <03808> to listen <08085> to <0413> them, the people <05971> answered <07725> the king <04428>, “We have no portion <02506> in David <01732>, no <03808> share <05159> in the son <01121> of Jesse <03448>! Return to your homes <0168>, O Israel <03478>! Now <06258>, look <07200> after your own dynasty <01004>, O David <01732>!” So Israel <03478> returned <01980> to their homes <0168>.
17(Rehoboam <07346> continued to rule <04427> over <05921> the Israelites <03478> <01121> who lived <03427> in the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>.)
18King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> sent <07971> Adoniram <0151>, the supervisor <05921> of the work crews <04522>, out after them, but all <03605> Israel <03478> stoned <07275> him to death <04191>. King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> managed <0553> to jump into <05927> his chariot <04818> and escape <05127> to Jerusalem <03389>.
19So Israel <03478> has been in rebellion <06586> against the Davidic <01732> dynasty <01004> to <05704> this <02088> very day <03117>.
20When all <03605> Israel <03478> heard <08085> that <03588> Jeroboam <03379> had returned <07725>, they summoned <07121> <07971> him to <0413> the assembly <05712> and made <04427> him king <04427> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478>. No <03808> one except <02108> the tribe <07626> of Judah <03063> remained <0310> <01961> loyal to the Davidic <01732> dynasty <01004>.
21When Rehoboam <07346> arrived <0935> in Jerusalem <03389>, he summoned <06950> 180,000 <0505> <08084> <03967> skilled warriors <04421> <06213> <0970> from all <03605> of Judah <03063> and the tribe <07626> of Benjamin <01144> to attack <03898> Israel <03478> and restore <07725> the kingdom <04410> to Rehoboam <07346> son <01121> of Solomon <08010>.
22But God <0430> told <01697> Shemaiah <08098> the prophet <0430> <0376>,
23“Say <0559> this to <0413> King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> son <01121> of Solomon <08010> of Judah <03063>, and to <0413> all <03605> Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>, as well as the rest <03499> of the people <05971>,
24‘The Lord <03069> says <0559> this: “Do not <03808> attack <05927> and make war <03898> with <05973> your brothers <0251>, the Israelites <03478> <01121>. Each <0376> of you go <07725> home <01004>, for <03588> I have caused <01961> this <02088> to happen <01961>.”’” They obeyed <08085> the Lord <03069> and went <01980> home <07725> as the Lord <03069> had ordered <01697> them to do.
25Jeroboam <03379> built up <01129> Shechem <07927> in the Ephraimite <0669> hill country <02022> and lived <03427> there. From there <08033> he went out <03318> and built up <01129> Penuel <06439>.
26Jeroboam <03379> then thought <0559> to himself <03820>: “Now <06258> the Davidic <01732> dynasty <01004> could regain <07725> the kingdom <04467>.
27If <0518> these <02088> people <05971> go up <05927> to offer <06213> sacrifices <02077> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> in Jerusalem <03389>, their loyalty <03820> could shift <07725> to <0413> their former master <0113>, King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> of Judah <03063>. They might kill <02026> me and return <07725> to <0413> King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> of Judah <03063>.”
28After the king <04428> had consulted <03289> with his advisers, he made <06213> two <08147> golden <02091> calves <05695>. Then he said <0559> to <0413> the people, “It is too much <07227> trouble for you to go up <05927> to Jerusalem <03389>. Look <02009>, Israel <03478>, here are your gods <0430> who <0834> brought <05927> you up <05927> from the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.”
29He put <07760> one <0259> in Bethel <01008> and the other <0259> in Dan <01835>.
30This <02088> caused <01961> Israel to sin <02403>; the people <05971> went <01980> to Bethel and Dan <01835> to worship the calves.
31He built <06213> temples <01004> on the high places <01116> and appointed <06213> as priests <03548> people <05971> who <0834> were <01961> not <03808> Levites <03878> <01121>.
32Jeroboam <03379> inaugurated <06213> a festival <02282> on the fifteenth <06240> <02568> day <03117> of the eighth <08066> month <02320>, like <0834> the festival <02282> celebrated <05927> in Judah <03063>. On <05921> the altar <04196> in Bethel <01008> he offered <06213> sacrifices <02076> to the calves <05695> he had made <06213>. In Bethel <01008> he also appointed <05975> priests <03548> for the high places <01116> he had made <06213>.
33On the fifteenth <06240> <02568> day <03117> of the eighth <08066> month <02320> <02320> (a date he had arbitrarily chosen <0908>) Jeroboam offered sacrifices <05927> on <05921> the altar <04196> he had made <06213> in Bethel <01008>. He inaugurated <06213> a festival <02282> for the Israelites <03478> <01121> and went up <05927> to <05921> the altar <04196> to offer sacrifices <06999>.