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 <01931> was still in Egypt <04714>, where <0834> he had fled <01272> from <06440> King <04428> Solomon <08010>. Jeroboam <03379> returned <07725> from Egypt <04714>.
3They sent <07971> for him and Jeroboam <03379> and all <03605> Israel <03478> came <0935> and spoke <01696> to <0413> Rehoboam <07346>, saying <0559>,
4“Your father <01> made us work <05656> too hard <07186> <07185>! Now <06258> if you lighten <07043> the demands he made and don’t make <05414> us work as <0834> hard <03515>, we will serve <05647> you.”
5He said <0559> to <0413> them, “Go away 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 <01961> he had been 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, “If <0518> you are <01961> fair <02896> to these <02088> people <05971>, grant <07521> their request <01697>, and are cordial <02896> to <0413> them, 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 served <06440> <05975> him, with <0854> whom 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 <0854> whom <0834> Rehoboam had grown up <01431> said <0559> to him, “Say <0559> this <03541> to these people <05971> who <0834> have said <01696> to <0413> you, ‘Your father <01> made us work hard, but now lighten <07043> our burden <05923>’– say <0559> 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 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 harshly <07186>. He <04428> rejected <05800> the advice <06098> of the older men <02205>
14and followed <01696> the advice <06098> of the younger ones <03206>. He said <0559>, “My father imposed <03513> heavy demands <05923> on you; I <0589> will make them even heavier <03254>. My father <01> punished <03256> you with ordinary whips <07752>; I <0589> will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh <06137>.”
15The king <04428> refused <03808> to listen <08085> to <0413> the people <05971>, because <03588> God <0430> was <01961> instigating this turn of events <05252> so that <04616> he <03068> might bring to pass <06965> the prophetic announcement <01697> he 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 that <03588> the king <04428> refused <03808> to listen <08085> to them <01992>, 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 all <03605> 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> Hadoram <01913>, the supervisor <05921> of the work crews <04522>, out after them, but the Israelites <03478> <01121> 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>.