<vn='1'>And <sn="7346">Rehoboam</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="7927">Shechem</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> were <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="7927">Shechem</s> to make him <sn="4427 *853">king</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5028">Nebat</s>, <sn="1931">who</s> was <sn="5750">yet</s> in <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, <sn="8085">heard</s> of it, ( <sn="834">for</s> he was <sn="1272">fled</s> from the <sn="4480 6440">presence</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s>, and <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s> in <sn="4714">Egypt</s>;) </v>
<vn='3'>That they <sn="7971">sent</s> and <sn="7121">called</s> him. And <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="935">came</s>, and <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='4'>Thy <sn="1">father</s> made <sn="*853"></s> our <sn="5923">yoke</s><sn="7185">grievous</s>: <sn="6258">now</s> therefore make <sn="859">thou</s> the <sn="7186">grievous</s><sn="4480 5656">service</s> of thy <sn="1">father</s>, and his <sn="3515">heavy</s><sn="4480 5923">yoke</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="5414">put</s><sn="5921">upon</s> us, <sn="7043">lighter</s>, and we will <sn="5647">serve</s> thee. </v>
<vn='5'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="1980">Depart</s><sn="5750">yet</s> for <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s>, then come <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">to</s> me. And the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="1980">departed</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s><sn="3289">consulted</s><sn="854">with</s> the old <sn="2205">men</s>, <sn="834">that</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> his <sn="1">father</s><sn="1961">while</s> he yet <sn="2416">lived</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="349">How</s> do <sn="859">ye</s><sn="3289">advise</s> that I may <sn="7725 1697">answer</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>? </v>
<vn='7'>And they <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="518">If</s> thou wilt <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="5650">servant</s> unto <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>, and wilt <sn="5647">serve</s> them, and <sn="6030">answer</s> them, and <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="2896">good</s><sn="1697">words</s><sn="413">to</s> them, then they will <sn="1961">be</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="3605 3117">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>But he <sn="5800">forsook</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6098">counsel</s> of the old <sn="2205">men</s>, <sn="834">which</s> they had <sn="3289">given</s> him, and <sn="3289">consulted</s><sn="854">with</s> the young <sn="3206">men</s><sn="834">that</s> were grown <sn="1431">up</s><sn="854">with</s> him, and <sn="834">which</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="6440">before</s> him: </v>
<vn='9'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="3289">counsel</s> give <sn="859">ye</s> that we may <sn="7725 1697">answer</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="834">who</s> have <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="413">to</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, Make the <sn="5923">yoke</s><sn="834">which</s> thy <sn="1">father</s> did <sn="5414">put</s><sn="5921">upon</s> us <sn="7043">lighter</s>? </v>
<vn='10'>And the young <sn="3206">men</s><sn="834">that</s> were grown <sn="1431">up</s><sn="854">with</s> him <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s> shalt thou <sn="559">speak</s> unto <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, <sn="559">saying</s>, Thy <sn="1">father</s> made <sn="*853"></s> our <sn="5923">yoke</s><sn="3513">heavy</s>, but make <sn="859">thou</s> it <sn="7043">lighter</s><sn="4480 5921">unto</s> us; <sn="3541">thus</s> shalt thou <sn="1696">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, My <sn="6995">little</s> finger shall be <sn="5666">thicker</s> than my <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="4480 4975">loins</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="6258">now</s> whereas my <sn="1">father</s> did <sn="6006 5921">lade</s> you with a <sn="3515">heavy</s><sn="5923">yoke</s>, <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="3254">add</s><sn="5921">to</s> your <sn="5923">yoke</s>: my <sn="1">father</s> hath <sn="3256">chastised</s> you with <sn="7752">whips</s>, but <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="3256">chastise</s> you with <sn="6137">scorpions</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>So <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s> the <sn="7992">third</s><sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="834">as</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> had <sn="1696">appointed</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="7725">Come</s><sn="413">to</s> me again the <sn="7992">third</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6030">answered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7186">roughly</s>, and <sn="5800">forsook</s><sn="*853"></s> the old <sn="2205">men</s> 's <sn="6098">counsel</s><sn="834">that</s> they <sn="3289">gave</s> him; </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s> them after the <sn="6098">counsel</s> of the young <sn="3206">men</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, My <sn="1">father</s> made <sn="*853"></s> your <sn="5923">yoke</s><sn="3513">heavy</s>, and <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="3254">add</s><sn="5921">to</s> your <sn="5923">yoke</s>: my <sn="1">father</s> also <sn="3256">chastised</s> you with <sn="7752">whips</s>, but <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="3256">chastise</s> you with <sn="6137">scorpions</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Wherefore the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="5438">cause</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="4616">that</s> he might <sn="6965">perform</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1697">saying</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="3027">by</s><sn="281">Ahijah</s> the <sn="7888">Shilonite</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5028">Nebat</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>So when <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7725 1697">answered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="2506">portion</s> have we in <sn="1732">David</s>? <sn="3808">neither</s> have we <sn="5159">inheritance</s> in the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3448">Jesse</s>: to your <sn="168">tents</s>, O <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="6258">now</s><sn="7200">see</s> to thine own <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="1732">David</s>. So <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="1980">departed</s> unto their <sn="168">tents</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>But as for the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> which <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="7346">Rehoboam</s><sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="5921">over</s> them. </v>
<vn='18'>Then <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="151">Adoram</s>, <sn="834">who</s> was <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="4522">tribute</s>; and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7275">stoned</s> him with <sn="68">stones</s>, that he <sn="4191">died</s>. Therefore <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s> made <sn="553">speed</s> to get him <sn="5927">up</s> to his <sn="4818">chariot</s>, to <sn="5127">flee</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>So <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="6586">rebelled</s> against the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1732">David</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> was come <sn="7725">again</s>, that they <sn="7971">sent</s> and <sn="7121">called</s> him <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5712">congregation</s>, and made him <sn="4427 *853">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">none</s> that <sn="310">followed</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="2108">but</s> the <sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="905">only</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And when <sn="7346">Rehoboam</s> was <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, he <sn="6950">assembled</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="854">with</s> the <sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="8084">fourscore</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="977">chosen</s> men, which were <sn="6213 4421">warriors</s>, to <sn="3898">fight</s><sn="5973">against</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, to <sn="7725">bring</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4410">kingdom</s> again to <sn="7346">Rehoboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>But the <sn="1697">word</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="8098">Shemaiah</s> the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='23'><sn="559">Speak</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s>, <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, and to the <sn="3499">remnant</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, Ye shall <sn="3808">not</s> go <sn="5927">up</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="3898">fight</s><sn="5973">against</s> your <sn="251">brethren</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="7725">return</s> every <sn="376">man</s> to his <sn="1004">house</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s><sn="1961">is</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> me. They <sn="8085">hearkened</s> therefore <sn="*853"></s> to the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="7725">returned</s> to <sn="1980">depart</s>, according to the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Then <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="1129">built</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7927">Shechem</s> in <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>, and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> therein; and went <sn="3318">out</s> from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s>, and <sn="1129">built</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6439">Penuel</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="559">said</s> in his <sn="3820">heart</s>, <sn="6258">Now</s> shall the <sn="4467">kingdom</s><sn="7725">return</s> to the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>: </v>
<vn='27'><sn="518">If</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s> go <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="6213">do</s><sn="2077">sacrifice</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, then shall the <sn="3820">heart</s> of <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s> turn <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">unto</s> their <sn="113">lord</s>, even <sn="413">unto</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and they shall <sn="2026">kill</s> me, and go <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Whereupon the <sn="4428">king</s> took <sn="3289">counsel</s>, and <sn="6213">made</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="5695">calves</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, It is too <sn="7227">much</s> for you to go <sn="4480 5927">up</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s> thy <sn="430">gods</s>, O <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="5927">brought</s> thee up out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And he <sn="7760">set</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="259">one</s> in <sn="1008">Bethel</s>, and the <sn="259">other</s><sn="5414">put</s> he in <sn="1835">Dan</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s><sn="1961">became</s> a <sn="2403">sin</s>: for the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="1980">went</s> to worship <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="259">one</s>, even <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="1835">Dan</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And he <sn="6213">made</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="1004">house</s> of high <sn="1116">places</s>, and <sn="6213">made</s><sn="3548">priests</s> of the <sn="4480 7098">lowest</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="3808">not</s> of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="3878">Levi</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="6213">ordained</s> a <sn="2282">feast</s> in the <sn="8066">eighth</s><sn="2320">month</s>, on the <sn="2568 6240">fifteenth</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="2320">month</s>, like unto the <sn="2282">feast</s><sn="834">that</s> is in <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and he <sn="5927">offered</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s>. <sn="3651">So</s><sn="6213">did</s> he in <sn="1008">Bethel</s>, <sn="2076">sacrificing</s> unto the <sn="5695">calves</s><sn="834">that</s> he had <sn="6213">made</s>: and he <sn="5975">placed</s> in <sn="1008">Bethel</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> of the high <sn="1116">places</s><sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="6213">made</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>So he <sn="5927">offered</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s><sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="6213">made</s> in <sn="1008">Bethel</s> the <sn="2568 6240">fifteenth</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="8066">eighth</s><sn="2320">month</s>, even in the <sn="2320">month</s><sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="908">devised</s> of his own <sn="4480 3820">heart</s>; and <sn="6213">ordained</s> a <sn="2282">feast</s> unto the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: and he <sn="5927">offered</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s>, and burnt <sn="6999">incense</s>. </v>