And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 2Ch 10:1-19Jdg 9:61Ki 11:43Gen 12:6Gen 33:18-19Jdg 9:1Jos 20:7Jos 24:1 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 1Ki 11:401Ki 11:26-312Ch 10:2-3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 1Sa 8:11-181Ki 4:7Mat 11:29-301Ki 4:20-252Ch 10:4-5Mat 23:41Jn 5:31Ki 9:15 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. 1Ki 12:12
¶ And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people? Job 12:12Job 32:71Ki 4:22Sa 16:202Sa 17:5Jer 42:2-5Jer 43:2Pro 27:10 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. Pro 15:11Ki 12:132Ch 10:6-72Sa 15:3-6Ecc 10:4Mrk 10:43-44Php 2:7-11Zec 1:13 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: Pro 19:202Ch 10:82Ch 25:15-16Ecc 10:2-3Pro 1:2-5Pro 1:25Pro 1:30Pro 25:12 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? 1Ki 22:6-82Ch 10:92Ch 18:5-72Sa 17:5-6 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins. 2Ch 10:10-112Sa 17:7-13Isa 47:6Pro 10:14Pro 18:6-7Pro 28:25Pro 29:23 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 1Ki 12:141Sa 8:182Ch 16:10Exo 1:13-14Exo 5:18Exo 5:5-9Ezk 2:6Isa 58:6
¶ So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. 1Ki 12:52Ch 10:12-14 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him; 1 Ecc 10:12Jas 3:17Pro 10:11Pro 10:32Pro 13:20Pro 18:231Ki 20:6-111Sa 20:10 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 1Ki 12:10-11Exo 5:16-18Exo 5:5-92Ch 22:4-5Dan 6:7Ecc 7:8Est 1:16-21Est 2:2-4 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 1Ki 11:29-381Ki 12:242Ch 25:20Deu 2:30Jdg 14:41Ki 11:112Ch 10:152Ch 22:7
¶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. 2Sa 20:11Ki 22:171Ki 22:362Ch 10:16Jer 23:5-6Jer 33:15-16Jer 33:211Ki 11:13 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 1Ki 11:131Ki 11:362Ch 10:172Ch 11:13-17 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 2 1Ki 4:61Ki 5:142Sa 20:24Act 7:57-581Ki 20:18-202Ch 10:182Ch 24:21Act 5:26 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. 3 2Ki 17:212Ch 10:191Sa 10:192Ch 13:172Ch 13:5-7Heb 6:6Isa 7:17Jos 4:9 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. 1Ki 11:131Ki 11:321Ki 11:361Ki 12:171Sa 10:24Hos 8:4Hos 11:12
¶ And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 2Ch 11:1-31Ch 21:52Ch 14:112Ch 14:82Ch 17:14-19Pro 21:30-31 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 2Ch 11:21Ki 13:11Ki 13:111Ki 13:4-51Ki 17:181Ki 17:241Ti 6:112Ch 12:5-7 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 1Ki 12:17 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD. 1Ki 11:29-381Ki 12:152Ch 11:42Ch 25:7-8Num 14:422Ch 25:10Hos 8:42Ch 28:9-15
¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. Jdg 8:17Jdg 8:8Gen 32:30-31Jdg 9:45-491Ki 12:11Ki 15:171Ki 16:241Ki 9:15 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: 1Ki 11:381Sa 27:12Ch 20:20Act 4:16-17Isa 7:9Jer 38:18-21Jhn 11:47-50Jhn 12:10-11 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. Deu 12:14Deu 12:5-7Deu 16:6Pro 29:251Co 1:19-201Ki 11:321Ki 8:29-301Ki 8:44 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Exo 32:42Ki 10:292Ki 17:16Exo 32:82Ch 11:15Hos 8:4-71Ki 12:8-92Pe 2:19 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan. Gen 28:19Jdg 18:27-312Ki 10:29Amo 8:14Deu 34:1Gen 12:8Gen 14:14Gen 35:1 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. 2Ki 17:211Ki 13:342Ki 10:31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. 1Ki 13:32-332Ch 13:92Ki 17:322Ch 11:14-15Num 3:101Ki 13:24Deu 24:15Ezk 16:25 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made. 4 5 1Ki 8:21Ki 8:5Amo 7:10-13Num 29:12-40Ezk 43:8Lev 23:33-44Mat 15:8-9 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. 6 7 1Ki 13:1Num 15:391Sa 13:122Ch 26:6Isa 29:13Mat 15:6Mrk 7:13Psa 106:39