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(I Kings 11:43)
43 Then Solomon rested with his fathers, and was buried
in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son
reigned in his place.
(I Kings 12:1-11)
1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone
to Shechem to make him king.
2 So it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it
(he was still in Egypt, for he had fled from the presence
of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt),
3 that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the
whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam,
saying,
4 "Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore,
lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his
heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve
you."
5 So he said to them, "Depart for three days, then
come back to me." And the people departed.
6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood
before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he
said, "How do you advise me to answer these
people?"
7 And they spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a
servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer
them, and speak good words to them, then they will be
your servants forever."
8 But he rejected the advice which the elders had given
him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with
him, who stood before him.
9 And he said to them, "What advice do you give? How
should we answer this people who have spoken to me,
saying, 'Lighten the yoke which your father put on
us'?"
10 Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to
him, saying, "Thus you should speak to this people
who have spoken to you, saying, 'Your father made our
yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us'-- thus you
shall say to them: 'My little finger shall be thicker
than my father's waist!
11 'And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I
will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with
whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!'"
(I King 12:16-17)
16 Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen
to them, the people answered the king, saying: "What
share have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son
of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now, see to your own
house, O David!" So Israel departed to their tents.
17 But Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who
dwelt in the cities of Judah.
(NKJV)
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