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    1 Kings 12

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    A king is asked to lighten a yoke and replies with scorpions; a rival, anxious about the inconvenience of Jerusalem, answers by installing two golden calves and calling them the gods of the exodus.

    The yoke becomes scorpionsvv. 1–24

    At Shechem, Rehoboam meets the whole assembly of Israel, with Jeroboam returned from Egypt, and hears the request for lighter service. The elders recommend becoming a servant and speaking kindly; the young men, who have grown up with the king, offer instead a magnificently alarming comparison. Rehoboam follows them. The people go home, Adoram is stoned, and the king escapes to Jerusalem. Israel makes Jeroboam king, while Judah alone follows the house of David. Rehoboam gathers Judah and Benjamin for war, but Shemaiah delivers the LORD’s command that brothers must not fight brothers, and the army turns back.

    A kingdom with two calvesvv. 25–33

    Jeroboam establishes himself in Shechem and Penuel, then begins worrying that worship in Jerusalem will draw the people back to Rehoboam. His solution is wonderfully direct: two golden calves, one in Bethel and one in Dan, accompanied by the announcement that they brought Israel up from Egypt. Shrines rise on the high places, priests are appointed from every class rather than from the Levites, and a feast is arranged for a month of Jeroboam’s own choosing. In Bethel, he offers sacrifices and burns incense before the calves.

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    1. 1 Kgs 12:1Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

    2. 1 Kgs 12:2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

    3. 1 Kgs 12:3So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

    4. 1 Kgs 12:4“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

    5. 1 Kgs 12:5Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.

    6. 1 Kgs 12:6Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

    7. 1 Kgs 12:7They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

    8. 1 Kgs 12:8But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

    9. 1 Kgs 12:9He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

    10. 1 Kgs 12:10The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

    11. 1 Kgs 12:11Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

    12. 1 Kgs 12:12After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”

    13. 1 Kgs 12:13And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

    14. 1 Kgs 12:14and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

    15. 1 Kgs 12:15So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

    16. 1 Kgs 12:16When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,

    17. 1 Kgs 12:17but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.

    18. 1 Kgs 12:18Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.

    19. 1 Kgs 12:19So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.

    20. 1 Kgs 12:20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

    21. 1 Kgs 12:21And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

    22. 1 Kgs 12:22But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:

    23. 1 Kgs 12:23“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people

    24. 1 Kgs 12:24that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.

    25. 1 Kgs 12:25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.

    26. 1 Kgs 12:26Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.

    27. 1 Kgs 12:27If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

    28. 1 Kgs 12:28After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

    29. 1 Kgs 12:29One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

    30. 1 Kgs 12:30And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.

    31. 1 Kgs 12:31Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

    32. 1 Kgs 12:32And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.

    33. 1 Kgs 12:33On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.

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    • 41 Samuel 8:11–18He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.
    • 152 Chronicles 25:20But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.
    • 151 Kings 12:24that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.
    • 15Judges 14:4(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
    • 15Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
    • 151 Kings 11:29–38During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.
    • 41 Kings 4:7Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,
    • 28Exodus 32:4He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
    • 302 Kings 17:21When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
    • 21 Kings 11:40Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
    • 4Matthew 11:29–30Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
    • 152 Chronicles 10:15So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
    • 171 Kings 11:13Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
    • 171 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
    • 181 Kings 4:6Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
    • 201 Kings 11:32But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

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