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CHAP. XII.
1 The Israelites assembled at Shechem to crowne Rehoboam, by Ieroboam make a suite of relaxation vnto him. 6 Rehoboam refusing the olde mens counsell, by the aduice of young men, answereth them roughly. 16 Ten tribes reuolting, kill Adoram, and make Rehoboam to flee. 21 Rehoboam raising an armie, is forbidden by Shemaiah. 25 Ieroboam strengtheneth himselfe by cities, 20 and by the idolatrie of the two calues.
1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.1
2 And it came to passe when Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it (for hee was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Ieroboam dwelt in Egypt:)2
4 Thy father made our yoke grieuous: now therefore, make thou the grieuous seruice of thy father, and his heauy yoke which he put vpon vs, lighter, and we will serue thee.4
5 And hee said vnto them, Depart yet for three daies, then come againe to me. And the people departed.
13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsooke the old mens counsell that they gaue him:13
15 Wherefore the king hearkened not vnto the people: for the cause was from the Lord, that hee might performe his saying, which the Lord spake by Ahiiah the Shilonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat.15
17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Iudah, Rehoboam reigned ouer them.
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was ouer the tribute, and all Israel stoned him with stones that hee died: therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him vp to his charet, to flee to Ierusalem.18
19 So Israel rebelled against the house of Dauid vnto this day.19
20 And it came to passe when all Israel heard that Ieroboam was come againe, that they sent and called him vnto the Congregation, and made him king ouer all Israel: there was none that followed the house of Dauid, but the tribe of Iudah onely.20
22 But the word of God came vnto Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,22
26 And Ieroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdome returne to the house of Dauid:
28 Whereupon the king tooke counsell, and made two calues of gold, and said vnto them, It is too much for you to goe vp to Ierusalem: Behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee vp out of the land of Egypt.28
29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
30 And this thing became a sinne: for the people went to worship before the one, euen vnto Dan.
32 And Ieroboam ordeined a feast in the eight moneth, on the fifteenth day of the moneth, like vnto the feast that is in Iudah, and he offered vpon the altar (so did he in Bethel,) sacrificing vnto the calues that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.32
33 So hee offered vpon the altar, which hee had made in Bethel, the fifteenth day of the eighth moneth, euen in the moneth which he had deuised of his owne heart: and ordeined a feast vnto the children of Israel, and he offered vpon the altar, and burnt incense.33
1 Kings Chapter 12 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
1 2.Chron. 10.1.
2 Chap.11. 40.
4 Chap.4.7
13 Heb. hardly.
15 Chap.11. 11.
18 Heb. strengthened himselfe.
19 Or, fell away.
20 Chap.11. 13.
22 2. Chron. 11.2.
28 Exod.32. 8.
32 Or, went vp to the altar &c. , Or to sacrifice.
33 Or, went vp to the altar &c. , Hebr. to burne incense.
* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania
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