Verse 8
1 Kings 12:8
Literal Standard Version
8
And he forsakes the counsel of the elderly which they counseled him, and consults with the boys who have grown up with him, who are standing before him;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יַּעֲזֹ֛ב אֶת עֲצַ֥ת הַ/זְּקֵנִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְעָצֻ֑/הוּ וַ/יִּוָּעַ֗ץ אֶת הַ/יְלָדִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר גָּדְל֣וּ אִתּ֔/וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָ/עֹמְדִ֖ים לְ/פָנָֽי/ו
English Translation
And he left the advice of the elders who advised him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and who stood before him.
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Chapter 12 Context
1
And Rehoboam goes to Shechem, for all Israel has come to Shechem to make him king.
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And it comes to pass, at Jeroboam son of Nebat’s hearing (and he is yet in Egypt where he has fled f...
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that they send and call for him; and they come—Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel—and speak to...
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“Your father hardened our yoke, and you, now, lighten some of the hard service of your father, and h...
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And he says to them, “Yet go for three days, and come back to me”; and the people go.
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6
And King Rehoboam consults with the elderly who have been standing in the presence of his father Sol...
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7
And they speak to him, saying, “If, today, you are a servant of this people, and have served them, a...
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8
And he forsakes the counsel of the elderly which they counseled him, and consults with the boys who...
9
and he says to them, “What are you counseling, and we answer this people, who have spoken to me, say...
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10
And they speak to him—the boys who had grown up with him—saying, “Thus you say to this people who ha...
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11
and now, my father laid a heavy yoke on you, and I add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with...
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12
And they come—Jeroboam and all the people—to Rehoboam, on the third day, as the king had spoken, say...
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13
And the king answers the people sharply, and forsakes the counsel of the elderly which they counsele...
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14
and speaks to them, according to the counsel of the boys, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, a...
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15
and the king did not listen to the people, for the revolution was from YHWH, in order to establish H...
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16
And all Israel sees that the king has not listened to them, and the people send the king back word,...
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17
As for the sons of Israel, those dwelling in the cities of Judah—Rehoboam reigns over them.
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18
And King Rehoboam sends Adoram who is over the tribute, and all Israel casts stones at him, and he d...
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19
and Israel transgresses against the house of David to this day.
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20
And it comes to pass, at all Israel hearing that Jeroboam has returned, that they send and call him...
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21
And Rehoboam comes to Jerusalem, and assembles all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one...
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22
And the word of God (Elohim) is to Shemaiah a man of God (Elohim), saying,
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23
“Speak to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and th...
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24
Thus said YHWH: You do not go up nor fight with your brothers the sons of Israel; let each return to...
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25
And Jeroboam builds Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwells in it, and goes out there, an...
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26
and Jeroboam says in his heart, “Now the kingdom turns back to the house of David—
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if this people goes up to make sacrifices in the house of YHWH in Jerusalem, then the heart of this...
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28
And the king takes counsel, and makes two calves of gold, and says to them, “Enough of you from goin...
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29
And he sets the one in Beth-El, and the other he has put in Dan,
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and this thing becomes a sin, and the people go before the one—to Dan.
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31
And he makes the house of high places, and makes priests from the extremities of the people, who wer...
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32
and Jeroboam makes a festival in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festi...
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33
And he offers up on the altar that he made in Beth-El, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in...
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