1 Kings 12

¹And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Chr 10:1-19Judg 9:61 Kgs 11:43Gen 12:6Gen 33:18-19Josh 20:7Josh 24:1Josh 24:32Judg 9:1Ps 60:6

²And 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;) Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 11:401 Kgs 11:26-312 Chr 10:2-3

³That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

⁴Thy 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 8:11-181 Kgs 4:7Matt 11:29-301 Kgs 4:20-252 Chr 10:4-5Matt 23:41 John 5:31 Kgs 9:151 Kgs 9:22-23

⁵And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 12:12

⁶And 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? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Job 12:12Job 32:71 Kgs 4:22 Sam 16:202 Sam 17:5Jer 42:2-5Jer 43:2Prov 27:10

⁷And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 15:11 Kgs 12:132 Chr 10:6-72 Sam 15:3-6Eccl 10:4Mark 10:43-44Phil 2:7-11Zech 1:13

⁸But 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: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 19:202 Chr 10:82 Chr 25:15-16Eccl 10:2-3Prov 1:2-5Prov 1:25Prov 1:30Prov 25:12

⁹And 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? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 22:6-82 Chr 10:92 Chr 18:5-72 Sam 17:5-6

¹⁰And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Chr 10:10-112 Sam 17:7-13Isa 47:6Prov 10:14Prov 18:6-7Prov 28:25Prov 29:23

¹¹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 12:141 Sam 8:182 Chr 16:10Exod 1:13-14Exod 5:18Exod 5:5-9Ezek 2:6Isa 58:6Jer 27:11Jer 28:13-14

¹²So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 12:52 Chr 10:12-14

¹³And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him; Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 10:12Jas 3:17Prov 10:11Prov 10:32Prov 13:20Prov 18:231 Kgs 20:6-111 Sam 20:101 Sam 20:30-311 Sam 25:10-11

¹⁴And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 12:10-11Exod 5:16-18Exod 5:5-92 Chr 22:4-5Dan 6:7Eccl 7:8Esth 1:16-21Esth 2:2-4Exod 1:14Isa 19:11-13

¹⁵Wherefore 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 12:242 Chr 25:20Deut 2:30Judg 14:41 Kgs 11:29-381 Kgs 11:112 Chr 10:152 Chr 22:71 Kgs 22:232 Chr 25:16

¹⁶So 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 20:11 Kgs 22:171 Kgs 22:362 Chr 10:16Jer 23:5-6Jer 33:15-16Jer 33:211 Kgs 11:131 Kgs 11:341 Kgs 11:36

¹⁷But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 11:131 Kgs 11:362 Chr 10:172 Chr 11:13-17

¹⁸Then 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 4:61 Kgs 5:142 Sam 20:24Acts 7:57-581 Kgs 20:18-202 Chr 10:182 Chr 24:21Acts 5:26Amos 2:16Exod 17:4

¹⁹So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 17:212 Chr 10:191 Sam 10:192 Chr 13:172 Chr 13:5-7Heb 6:6Isa 7:17Josh 4:9

²⁰And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 11:131 Kgs 11:321 Kgs 11:361 Kgs 12:171 Sam 10:24Hos 8:4Hos 11:12

²¹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Chr 11:1-31 Chr 21:52 Chr 14:112 Chr 14:82 Chr 17:14-19Prov 21:30-31

²²But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Chr 11:21 Kgs 13:11 Kgs 13:111 Kgs 13:4-51 Kgs 17:181 Kgs 17:241 Tim 6:112 Chr 12:5-72 Kgs 4:162 Kgs 4:22

²³Speak 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, Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 12:17

²⁴Thus 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 11:29-381 Kgs 12:152 Chr 11:42 Chr 25:7-8Num 14:422 Chr 25:10Hos 8:42 Chr 28:9-15

²⁵Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 8:17Judg 8:8Gen 32:30-31Judg 9:45-491 Kgs 12:11 Kgs 15:171 Kgs 16:241 Kgs 9:151 Kgs 9:17-182 Chr 11:5-12

²⁶And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 11:381 Sam 27:12 Chr 20:20Acts 4:16-17Isa 7:9Jer 38:18-21John 11:47-50John 12:10-11John 12:19Luke 7:39

²⁷If 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 12:14Deut 12:5-7Deut 16:6Prov 29:251 Cor 1:19-201 Kgs 11:321 Kgs 8:29-301 Kgs 8:44Deut 16:2Gen 12:12-13

²⁸Whereupon 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 32:42 Kgs 10:292 Kgs 17:16Exod 32:82 Chr 11:15Hos 8:4-71 Kgs 12:8-92 Pet 2:19Deut 4:14-18Exod 1:10

²⁹And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 28:19Judg 18:27-312 Kgs 10:29Amos 8:14Deut 34:1Gen 12:8Gen 14:14Gen 35:1Hos 4:15Jer 8:16

³⁰And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 17:211 Kgs 13:342 Kgs 10:31

³¹And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 13:32-332 Chr 13:92 Kgs 17:322 Chr 11:14-15Num 3:101 Kgs 13:24Deut 24:15Ezek 16:25Ezek 44:6-8Hos 12:11

³²And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 8:21 Kgs 8:5Amos 7:10-13Num 29:12-40Ezek 43:8Lev 23:33-44Matt 15:8-9

³³So 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 13:1Num 15:391 Sam 13:122 Chr 26:6Isa 29:13Mark 7:13Matt 15:6Ps 106:39