1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for al Israel were come to Sheche, to make him king

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Judges 9:6, 2 Chronicles 10:1, 2 Chronicles 10:19, Judges 9:6, 2 Chronicles 10:1

2And whe Ieroboam ye sonne of Nebat heard of it (who was yet in Egypt, whither Ieroboam had fled from king Salomon, and dwelt in Egypt)

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1 Kings 11:40, 1 Kings 11:40, 2 Chronicles 10:2, 2 Chronicles 10:3, 1 Kings 11:26

3Then they sent and called him: and Ieroboam and all the Congregation of Israel came, and spake vnto Rehoboam, saying,

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4Thy father made our yoke grieuous: now therefore make thou the grieuous seruitude of thy father, and his sore yoke which he put vpon vs, lighter, and we will serue thee.

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1 Samuel 8:11, 1 Samuel 8:18, 1 Samuel 8:11, 1 Samuel 8:18, 1 Kings 4:7

5And he said vnto them, Depart yet for three dayes, then come againe to me. And the people departed.

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1 Kings 12:12, 1 Kings 12:12

6And King Rehoboam tooke counsell with the olde men that had stande before Salomon his father, while he yet liued, and sayde, What counsell giue ye, that I may make an answere to this people?

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Job 32:7, Job 12:12, Job 32:7, Job 12:12, Proverbs 27:10

7And they spake vnto him, saying, If thou be a seruant vnto this people this day, and serue them, and answere them, and speake kinde wordes to them, they will be thy seruants for euer.

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Proverbs 15:1, Proverbs 15:1, 1 Kings 12:13, 2 Samuel 15:3, 2 Samuel 15:6

8But he forsooke the counsell that the olde men had giuen him, and asked counsell of the yong men that had bene brought vp with him, and waited on him.

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Proverbs 19:20, Proverbs 19:20, 2 Chronicles 10:8, Proverbs 1:30, Proverbs 25:12

9And he said vnto them, What counsell giue ye, that we may answere this people, which haue spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke, which thy father did put vpon vs, lighter?

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2 Chronicles 10:9, 2 Chronicles 18:5, 2 Chronicles 18:7, 1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 22:8

10Then the yong men that were brought vp with him, spake vnto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say vnto this people, that haue spoken vnto thee, and said, Thy father hath made our yoke heauie, but make thou it lighter vnto vs: euen thus shalt thou say vnto them, My least part shalbe bigger then my fathers loynes.

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Isaiah 47:6, 2 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 17:13, Proverbs 28:25, Proverbs 10:14

11Now where as my father did burden you with a grieuous yoke, I will yet make your yoke heauier: my father hath chastised you with rods, but I will correct you with scourges.

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Jeremiah 27:11, Ezekiel 2:6, Isaiah 58:6, Revelation 9:3, Revelation 9:10

12Then Ieroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me againe ye thirde day.

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1 Kings 12:5, 1 Kings 12:5, 2 Chronicles 10:12, 2 Chronicles 10:14, 2 Chronicles 10:12

13And the king answered the people sharpely, and left the old mens counsell that they gaue him,

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Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 10:32, Ecclesiastes 10:12, James 3:17, Proverbs 18:23

14And spake to them after the counsell of the yong men, saying, My father made your yoke grieuous, and I will make your yoke more grieuous: my father hath chastised you with rods, but I will correct you with scourges.

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1 Kings 12:10, 1 Kings 12:11, Exodus 5:5, Exodus 5:9, Exodus 5:16

15And the King hearkened not vnto the people: for it was the ordinance of the Lord, that he might perfourme his saying, which the Lord had spoken by Ahiiah the Shilonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat.

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Judges 14:4, Deuteronomy 2:30, 1 Kings 12:24, Judges 14:4, Deuteronomy 2:30

16So when all Israel sawe that the King regarded them not, the people answered the King thus, saying, What portion haue we in Dauid? we haue none inheritance in the sonne of Ishai. To your tents, O Israel: nowe see to thine owne house, Dauid. So Israel departed vnto their tents.

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2 Samuel 20:1, 2 Samuel 20:1, 2 Chronicles 10:16, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6

17Howbeit ouer the children of Israel, which dwelt in the cities of Iudah, did Rehoboam reigne still.

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1 Kings 11:36, 1 Kings 11:13, 1 Kings 11:36, 1 Kings 11:13, 2 Chronicles 10:17

18Nowe the King Rehoboam sent Adoram the receiuer of the tribute, and all Israel stoned him to death: then King Rehoboam made speede to get him vp to his charet, to flee to Ierusalem.

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1 Kings 4:6, 1 Kings 4:6, 2 Samuel 20:24, 1 Kings 5:14, 2 Samuel 20:24

19And Israel rebelled against the house of Dauid vnto this day.

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2 Kings 17:21, 2 Kings 17:21, 2 Chronicles 10:19, 2 Chronicles 10:19, Isaiah 7:17

20And when all Israel had heard that Ieroboam was come againe, they sent and called him vnto the assemblie, and made him King ouer all Israel: none followed the house of Dauid, but the tribe of Iudah onely.

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1 Kings 11:32, 1 Kings 11:13, 1 Kings 11:32, 1 Kings 11:13, Hosea 11:12

21And when Rehoboam was come to Ierusalem, he gathered all the house of Iudah with the tribe of Beniamin an hundreth and foure score thousand of chosen men (which were good warriours) to fight against the house of Israel, and to bring the kingdome againe to Rehoboam the sonne of Salomon.

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2 Chronicles 11:1, 2 Chronicles 11:3, 2 Chronicles 11:1, 2 Chronicles 11:3, 2 Chronicles 14:8

22But the worde of God came vnto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

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2 Chronicles 11:2, 2 Chronicles 11:2, 1 Kings 13:4, 1 Kings 13:5, 2 Kings 4:16

23Speake vnto Rehoboam the sonne of Salomon King of Iudah, and vnto all the house of Iudah and Beniamin, and the remnant of the people, saying,

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1 Kings 12:17, 1 Kings 12:17

24Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go vp, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: returne euery man to his house: for this thing is done by me. They obeyed therefore the worde of the Lord and returned, and departed, according to the worde of the Lord.

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1 Kings 12:15, 1 Kings 12:15, 2 Chronicles 11:4, Numbers 14:42, 2 Chronicles 25:7

25Then Ieroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein, and went from thence, and built Penuel.

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Judges 8:17, Judges 8:17, Judges 8:8, Judges 8:8, Judges 9:45

26And Ieroboam thought in his heart, Nowe shall the kingdome returne to the house of Dauid.

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1 Kings 11:38, John 11:47, John 11:50, Psalms 14:1, Acts 4:16

27If this people goe vp and doe sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Ierusalem, then shall the heart of this people turne againe vnto their lorde, euen to Rehoboam King of Iudah: so shall they kill me and goe againe to Rehoboam King of Iudah.

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Proverbs 29:25, Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 16:6, Deuteronomy 12:14

28Whereupon the King tooke counsell, and made two calues of golde, and saide vnto them, It is too much for you to goe vp to Ierusalem: beholde, O Israel, thy gods, which brought thee vp out of the lande of Egypt.

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2 Kings 10:29, Exodus 32:8, Exodus 32:4, 2 Kings 17:16, 2 Kings 10:29

29And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other set he in Dan.

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Genesis 28:19, Genesis 28:19, Judges 18:27, Judges 18:31, Judges 18:27

30And this thing turned to sinne: for the people went (because of the one) euen to Dan.

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2 Kings 17:21, 2 Kings 17:21, 1 Kings 13:34, 1 Kings 13:34, 2 Kings 10:31

31Also he made an house of hie places, and made Priestes of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sonnes of Leui.

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1 Kings 13:32, 1 Kings 13:33, 2 Chronicles 13:9, 2 Kings 17:32, 1 Kings 13:32

32And Ieroboam made a feast the fifteenth day of the eight moneth, like vnto the feast that is in Iudah, and offred on the altar. So did he in Beth-el and offered vnto the calues that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the Priestes of the hie places, which he had made.

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1 Kings 8:5, Numbers 29:12, Numbers 29:40, Amos 7:10, Amos 7:13

33And he offered vpon the altar, which he had made in Beth-el, the fifteenth day of the eight moneth, (euen in the moneth which he had forged of his owne heart) and made a solemne feast vnto the children of Israel: and he went vp to the altar, to burne incense.

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1 Kings 13:1, 1 Kings 13:1, Numbers 15:39, Numbers 15:39, 1 Samuel 13:12