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1 Kings 12 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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King Rehoboam Acts Foolishly

(2Ch 10:1–19; 11:1–4 )

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Rehoboam went to [fn]Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:2 - Now when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard about it, he was living in Egypt (for he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:3 - So they sent word and called for him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father made our yoke (burden) heavy; so now lighten the hard labor and the heavy yoke your father imposed on us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:5 - Rehoboam replied to them, “Leave for three days, then come back to me [for my decision].” So the people left.

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King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served and advised his father Solomon while he was still alive and said, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:7 - They spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant their request, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:8 - But he [fn]ignored the advice which the elders gave him and consulted the young men who grew up with him and served him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - He said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke (burden) which your father put on us’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - The young men who had grown up with him answered, “This is what you should say to this people who told you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but as for you, make our yoke lighter’—say this to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins [and my reign will be even more severe].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - ‘And now, whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with [fn]scorpions.’”

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Jeroboam and all the people came back to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had instructed, saying, “Return to me on the third day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:13 - The king answered the people harshly and [fn]ignored the advice which the elders had given him,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - and spoke to them in accordance with the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but as for me, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:15 - So the king did not listen to the people; for the situation was from the LORD, so that He might fulfill His word which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

The Kingdom Divided; Jeroboam Rules Israel

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So when all [the ten northern tribes of] Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people replied to the king, saying,

“What portion do we have in David?

We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;

To your tents, O Israel!

Look now after [fn]your own house, David!”

Then Israel went back to their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:17 - But as for the sons (descendants) of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah [including Benjamin], Rehoboam reigned over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18 - Then King Rehoboam sent [fn]Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor [to represent him], and all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam quickly mounted his chariot to escape to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:19 - So Israel (the ten northern tribes) has rebelled against the house (royal line) of David to this day (the date of this writing).

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It came about when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent word and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. None followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah [including Benjamin].

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Now when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he assembled all the [fighting men from the] house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:22 - But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:23 - “Tell Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and all the house (fighting men) of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:24 - ‘Thus says the LORD, “You shall not go up and fight against your brothers, the sons of Israel. Let every man return to his house, for this thing has come about from Me.”’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and returned to go home, in accordance with the word of the LORD.

Jeroboam’s Idolatry

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Then Jeroboam built Shechem [as his royal city] in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. He went out from there and rebuilt Penuel [as a stronghold].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:26 - Jeroboam [doubted God’s promise to him and] said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:27 - “If these people go up to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to offer sacrifices, then their heart will turn to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:28 - So the king took counsel [and followed bad advice] and made two [fn]calves of gold. And he said to the people, “It is too much for you to go [all the way] up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:29 - He set the one [golden calf] in Bethel, and the other he put in [fn]Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:30 - Now this thing became a sin [for Israel]; because the people went to worship before the one [or the other of them] as far as Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31 - And Jeroboam also made houses on high places, and he made priests from [fn]all people who were not of the sons (descendants) of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - Jeroboam held a feast on the fifteenth day of the [fn]eighth month, like the feast which is kept in Judah, and he went up to the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made. And he stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:33 - So he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised in his own heart [in defiance of God’s commandments]; and he held a feast for the Israelites and he went up to the altar to burn [fn]incense [in defiance of God’s law.]
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AMP Footnotes
An important city located in the tribal territory of Ephraim, about thirty miles north of Jerusalem.
Lit forsook. Rehoboam’s decision was his own responsibility, but like Pharaoh in his dealings with Moses, Rehoboam was also led by the Lord to respond as he did so that the will of the Lord would be carried out (see v 15).
I.e. whips with sharp metal studs.
Lit forsook.
This verse indicates the decision of the ten northern tribes to break away from David’s dynasty and, in so doing, creating the divided kingdom--Israel in the north and Judah (David’s tribe) in the south.
Adoniram in 4:6; 5:14.
Cf the incident of the golden calf in the wilderness, and see note Ex 32:4. Jeroboam evidently was convinced that the Israelites would respond to calf idols just as their ancestors had (despite the consequences), and unfortunately he was right.
Northernmost city in Jeroboam’s kingdom.
Lit the extremities of the people.
Jeroboam chose the eighth month to worship idols in competition with the Feast of Booths in Jerusalem during the seventh month at the temple.
Or sacrifices.
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