Verse 21
1 Kings 12:21
World English Bible, British Edition
21
When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house
of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight
against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
Original Language Text
hebrew
ו/יבאו וַ/יָּבֹ֣א רְחַבְעָם֮ יְרוּשָׁלִַם֒ וַ/יַּקְהֵל֩ אֶת כָּל בֵּ֨ית יְהוּדָ֜ה וְ/אֶת שֵׁ֣בֶט בִּנְיָמִ֗ן מֵאָ֨ה וּ/שְׁמֹנִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף בָּח֖וּר עֹשֵׂ֣ה מִלְחָמָ֑ה לְ/הִלָּחֵם֙ עִם בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְ/הָשִׁיב֙ אֶת הַ/מְּלוּכָ֔ה לִ/רְחַבְעָ֖ם בֶּן שְׁלֹמֹֽה
English Translation
And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and gathered all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, in order to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
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Chapter 12 Context
1
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him
king.
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2
When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt,
where he had fled from the pres...
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3
and they sent and called him), Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel
came, and spoke to Rehoboam,...
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4
“Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore make the hard service
of your father, and his he...
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5
He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.”
So the people departed.
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6
King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men who had stood before
Solomon his father while he yet liv...
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7
They replied, “If you will be a servant to this people today,
and will serve them, and answer them w...
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8
But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given
him, and took counsel with the youn...
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9
He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may answer these
people who have spoken to me, s...
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10
The young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Tell these
people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Y...
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11
Now my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your
yoke. My father chastised you w...
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12
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,
as the king asked, saying, “Come to m...
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13
The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of
the old men which they had given...
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14
and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying,
“My father made your yoke heavy...
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15
So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing
brought about from the LORD, that he mig...
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16
When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people
answered the king, saying, “What...
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17
But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of
Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
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18
Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to forced
labour; and all Israel stoned...
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19
So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day.
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20
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent
and called him to the congregation, and...
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21
When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house
of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin,...
22
But the word of God (Elohim) came to Shemaiah the man of God (Elohim), saying,
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23
“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the
house of Judah and Benjamin, an...
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24
‘The LORD says, “You shall not go up or fight against your brothers,
the children of Israel. Everyon...
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25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim,
and lived in it; and he went out from th...
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26
Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to David’s
house.
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27
If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in the LORD’s house at Jerusalem,
then the heart of this...
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28
So the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said
to them, “It is too much for you...
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29
He set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
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30
This thing became a sin, for the people went even as far as Dan to
worship before the one there.
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31
He made houses of high places, and made priests from amongst all the
people, who were not of the son...
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32
Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day
of the month, like the feast tha...
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33
He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth
day in the eighth month, even i...
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