Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 1Ch 12:381Ch 3:101Ki 12:1-201Ki 4:1Gen 12:6Gen 37:12-13Jdg 9:1Jos 20:7 When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 1Ki 11:401Ki 11:261Ki 11:281Ki 12:2 They sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 1Ki 12:3 “Your father made our yoke grievous. Now therefore make the grievous service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.” 1Ki 12:41Jn 5:31Ki 4:201Ki 4:251Ki 5:151Ki 9:221Sa 8:11-18Exo 1:13-14
He said to them, “Come again to me after three days.” 1Ki 12:5Pro 3:28
So the people departed.
King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me about how to answer these people?” Job 32:72Sa 16:202Sa 17:5-6Jer 42:2-5Jer 42:20Job 12:12-13Job 8:8-9Pro 12:15
They spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to these people, please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” Pro 15:11Ki 12:7Gen 49:212Sa 15:2-6
But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him. 2Sa 17:14Pro 1:252Ch 25:15-16Ecc 10:16Ecc 10:2-3Isa 30:1Pro 13:20Pro 19:20 He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may give an answer to these people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter’?” 2Ch 10:62Sa 17:5-61Ki 22:6-8
The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall tell the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter on us;’ thus you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist. 1Ki 12:10-112Sa 17:7-13Isa 19:11-13Pro 10:14Pro 13:16Pro 14:16Pro 18:6-7Pro 21:30 Now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’” 1Sa 8:18Exo 1:13-14Exo 5:18Exo 5:5-9Isa 47:6Isa 58:6Jer 28:13-14Luk 10:19
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, “Come to me again the third day.” 1Ki 12:12-152Ch 10:5 The king answered them roughly; and King Rehoboam abandoned the counsel of the old men, 1Ki 20:6-111Sa 25:10-112Ch 10:8Exo 10:28Gen 42:30Gen 42:7Pro 15:1Pro 19:27 and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.” 2Ch 10:10-112Ch 22:4-5Dan 6:7Ecc 10:16Ecc 2:19Ecc 7:8Jas 3:14Pro 12:5
So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was brought about by God, that the LORD might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 1Ki 11:29-391Sa 2:252Ch 25:16-20Act 2:231Ki 12:151Ki 12:241Ki 22:20Isa 19:14
When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion do we have in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So all Israel departed to their tents. 2Ch 10:192Sa 20:11Ch 17:141Co 15:251Ki 11:131Ki 11:34-391Ki 12:16-171Sa 20:27
But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 1Ki 11:361Ki 12:172Ch 11:1 Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam hurried to get himself up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 1Ki 5:141Ki 4:62Ch 24:21Act 7:57-58 So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day. 1Ki 12:19-202Ch 10:162Ch 13:5-72Ch 5:92Ki 17:21-23Ezr 9:7Jos 4:9Psa 89:30