I Kings 12

1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

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

2And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard [of it], (for he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)

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

3That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

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.

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

5And he said to them, Depart yet [for] three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

1 Kings 12:12, 1 Kings 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?

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

7And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant to 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.

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

8But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that had grown up with him, [and] who stood before him:

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

9And he said to 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?

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

10And the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak to this people who spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou [it] lighter to us; thus shalt thou say to them, My little [finger] shall be thicker than my father's loins.

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

11And now whereas my father burdened 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.

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

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.

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 roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

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

14And spoke 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.

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

15Wherefore the king hearkened not to the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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

16So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not to 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 thy own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.

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

17But [as for] the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

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

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 enter his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

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

19So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.

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

20And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

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

21And when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

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

22But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

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

23Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

1 Kings 12:17, 1 Kings 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.

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

25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt in it, and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

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

26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

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

27If this people go up to perform sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again to their lord, [even] to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.

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

28Upon which the king took counsel, and made two calves [of] gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

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 he placed in Dan.

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

30And this thing became a sin: for the people went [to worship] before the one, [even] to Dan.

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

31And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

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

32And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that [is] in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing to the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.

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

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 to the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

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

I Kings Chapter 12