Verse 28
1 Kings 12:28
Free Bible Version
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He placed one in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּוָּעַ֣ץ הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וַ/יַּ֕עַשׂ שְׁנֵ֖י עֶגְלֵ֣י זָהָ֑ב וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶ֗ם רַב לָ/כֶם֙ מֵ/עֲל֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם הִנֵּ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶעֱל֖וּ/ךָ מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
English Translation
And the king consulted and made two golden calves, and he said to them, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt."
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Chapter 12 Context
1
Jeroboam, son of Nebat, was still in Egypt when he heard about this. (He had run away to Egypt to es...
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The Israelite leaders sent for him. Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israelites went to talk with...
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3
“Your father placed a heavy burden on us,” they told him. “But now if you lighten the load from when...
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4
Rehoboam answered, “Go away and come back in three days' time.” So the people left.
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5
King Rehoboam asked for advice from the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive....
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6
They replied, “If you are a servant to these people today, if you serve them and answer them, by spe...
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7
But Rehoboam dismissed the advice of the elders. Instead he consulted the young men he had grown up...
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8
He asked them, “What response do you advise that we send back to these people who have told me, ‘Lig...
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9
The young men he had grown up with told him, “This is what you have to tell these people who said to...
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10
My father placed a heavy burden on you, and I will make it even heavier. My father punished you with...
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11
Three days' later, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, because the king had told them,...
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12
The king answered the people sharply. Dismissing the advice of the elders,
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13
he replied using the advice of the young men. He said, “My father placed a heavy burden on you, and...
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14
The king did not listen to what the people said, for this change in circumstances was from the Lord,...
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15
When all the Israelites saw that the king wasn't listening to them, they told the king: “What share...
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16
However, Rehoboam still ruled over the Israelites who lived in Judah.
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17
Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of forced labor, but the Israelites stoned hi...
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18
As a result, Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
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19
When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent for him, summoning him to the as...
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20
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered the men from the households of Judah and Benjamin— 1...
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21
But a message from the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God (Elohim) that said,
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22
“Say to Rehoboam, son of Solomon, king of Judah, to Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the peopl...
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23
‘This is what the Lord says. Don't fight against your Israelite relatives. Every one of you, go home...
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24
Jeroboam strengthened the town of Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there...
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25
Jeroboam said to himself, “The kingdom could easily return to the house of David.
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26
When people from here go to offer sacrifices at the Lord's Temple in Jerusalem, they will transfer t...
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27
So after taking advice, the king had two golden calves made, and he told the people, “Don't bother g...
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28
He placed one in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
29
This action brought about sin, because the people went as far north as Dan to worship the idol there...
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30
Jeroboam initiated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, just like the festival held...
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31
So on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month he had chosen himself, Jeroboam offered sacrifi...
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