1And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together to make him king.stylusJudges 9:6, 2 Chronicles 10:1, 2 Chronicles 10:19, Judges 9:6, 2 Chronicles 10:12But Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who was yet in Egypt, a fugitive from the face of king Solomon, hearing of his death, returned out of Egypt.stylus1 Kings 11:40, 1 Kings 11:40, 2 Chronicles 10:2, 2 Chronicles 10:3, 1 Kings 11:263And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:stylus4Thy father laid a grievous yoke upon us: now, therefore, do thou take off a little of the grievous service of thy father, and of his most heavy yoke, which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.stylus1 Samuel 8:11, 1 Samuel 8:18, 1 Samuel 8:11, 1 Samuel 8:18, 1 Kings 4:75And he said to them: Go till the third day, and come to me again. And when the people was gone,stylus1 Kings 12:12, 1 Kings 12:126King Roboam took counsel with the old men, that stood before Solomon, his father, while he yet lived, and he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people?stylusJob 32:7, Job 12:12, Job 32:7, Job 12:12, Proverbs 27:107They said to him: If thou wilt yield to this people to day, and condescend to them, and grant their petition, and wilt speak gentle words to them, they will be thy servants always.stylusProverbs 15:1, Proverbs 15:1, 1 Kings 12:13, 2 Samuel 15:3, 2 Samuel 15:68But he left the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that had been brought up with him, and stood before him.stylusProverbs 19:20, Proverbs 19:20, 2 Chronicles 10:8, Proverbs 1:30, Proverbs 25:129And he said to them: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people, who have said to me: Make the yoke, which thy father put upon us, lighter?stylus2 Chronicles 10:9, 2 Chronicles 18:5, 2 Chronicles 18:7, 1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 22:810And the young men that had been brought up with him, said: Thus shalt thou speak to this people, who have spoken to thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease us. Thou shalt say to them: My little finger is thicker than the back of my father.stylusIsaiah 47:6, 2 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 17:13, Proverbs 28:25, Proverbs 10:1411And now my father put a heavy yoke upon you, but I will add to your yoke: my father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.stylusJeremiah 27:11, Ezekiel 2:6, Isaiah 58:6, Revelation 9:3, Revelation 9:1012So Jeroboam, and all the people, came to Roboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying: Come to me again the third day.stylus1 Kings 12:5, 1 Kings 12:5, 2 Chronicles 10:12, 2 Chronicles 10:14, 2 Chronicles 10:1213And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,stylusProverbs 13:20, Proverbs 10:32, Ecclesiastes 10:12, James 3:17, Proverbs 18:2314And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.stylus1 Kings 12:10, 1 Kings 12:11, Exodus 5:5, Exodus 5:9, Exodus 5:1615And the king condescended not to the people: for the Lord was turned away from him, to make good his word, which he had spoken in the hand of Ahias, the Silonite, to Jeroboam, the son of Nabat.stylusJudges 14:4, Deuteronomy 2:30, 1 Kings 12:24, Judges 14:4, Deuteronomy 2:3016Then the people, seeing that the king would not hearken to them, answered him, saying: What portion have we in David? or what inheritance in the son of Isai? Go home to thy dwellings, O Israel: now, David, look to thy own house. So Israel departed to their dwellings.stylus2 Samuel 20:1, 2 Samuel 20:1, 2 Chronicles 10:16, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:617But as for all the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned over them.stylus1 Kings 11:36, 1 Kings 11:13, 1 Kings 11:36, 1 Kings 11:13, 2 Chronicles 10:1718Then king Roboam sent Aduram, who was over the tribute: and all Israel stoned him, and he died. Wherefore king Roboam made haste to get him up into his chariot, and he fled to Jerusalem:stylus1 Kings 4:6, 1 Kings 4:6, 2 Samuel 20:24, 1 Kings 5:14, 2 Samuel 20:2419And Israel revolted from the house of David, unto this day.stylus2 Kings 17:21, 2 Kings 17:21, 2 Chronicles 10:19, 2 Chronicles 10:19, Isaiah 7:1720And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they gathered an assembly, and sent and called him, and made him king over all Israel, and there was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Juda only.stylus1 Kings 11:32, 1 Kings 11:13, 1 Kings 11:32, 1 Kings 11:13, Hosea 11:1221And Roboam came to Jerusalem, and gathered together all the house of Juda, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred fourscore thousand chosen men for war, to fight against the house of Israel, and to bring the kingdom again under Roboam, the son of Solomon.stylus2 Chronicles 11:1, 2 Chronicles 11:3, 2 Chronicles 11:1, 2 Chronicles 11:3, 2 Chronicles 14:822But the word of the Lord came to Semeias, the man of God, saying:stylus2 Chronicles 11:2, 2 Chronicles 11:2, 1 Kings 13:4, 1 Kings 13:5, 2 Kings 4:1623Speak to Roboam, the son of Solomon, the king of Juda, and to all the house of Juda, and Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying:stylus1 Kings 12:17, 1 Kings 12:1724Thus saith the Lord: You shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren, the children of Israel: let every man return to his house, for this thing is from me. They hearkened to the word of the Lord, and returned from their journey, as the Lord had commanded them.stylus1 Kings 12:15, 1 Kings 12:15, 2 Chronicles 11:4, Numbers 14:42, 2 Chronicles 25:725And Jeroboam built Sichem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt there, and going out from thence, he built Phanuel.stylusJudges 8:17, Judges 8:17, Judges 8:8, Judges 8:8, Judges 9:4526And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David,stylus1 Kings 11:38, John 11:47, John 11:50, Psalms 14:1, Acts 4:1627If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem: and the heart of this people will turn to their lord Roboam, the king of Juda, and they will kill me, and return to him.stylusProverbs 29:25, Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 16:6, Deuteronomy 12:1428And finding out a device, he made two golden calves, and said to them: Go ye up no more to Jerusalem: Behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.stylus2 Kings 10:29, Exodus 32:8, Exodus 32:4, 2 Kings 17:16, 2 Kings 10:2929And he set the one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:stylusGenesis 28:19, Genesis 28:19, Judges 18:27, Judges 18:31, Judges 18:2730And this thing became an occasion of sin: for the people went to adore the calf as far as Dan.stylus2 Kings 17:21, 2 Kings 17:21, 1 Kings 13:34, 1 Kings 13:34, 2 Kings 10:3131And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.stylus1 Kings 13:32, 1 Kings 13:33, 2 Chronicles 13:9, 2 Kings 17:32, 1 Kings 13:3232And he appointed a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, after the manner of the feast that was celebrated in Juda. And going up to the altar, he did in like manner in Bethel, to sacrifice to the calves, which he had made: and he placed in Bethel priests of the high places, which he had made.stylus1 Kings 8:5, Numbers 29:12, Numbers 29:40, Amos 7:10, Amos 7:1333And he went up to the altar, which he had built in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast to the children of Israel, and went up on the altar to burn incense.stylus1 Kings 13:1, 1 Kings 13:1, Numbers 15:39, Numbers 15:39, 1 Samuel 13:12