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1 And Re­hoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Is­rael come to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jer­oboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whith­er he had fled from the pres­ence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jer­oboam re­turned out of Egypt. 3 And they sent and called him. So Jer­oboam and all Is­rael came and spake to Re­hoboam, say­ing, 4 Thy fa­ther made our yoke grievous: now there­fore ease thou some­what the grievous servi­tude of thy fa­ther, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. 5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me af­ter three days. And the peo­ple de­part­ed. 6 And king Re­hoboam took coun­sel with the old men that had stood be­fore Solomon his fa­ther while he yet lived, say­ing, What coun­sel give ye me to re­turn an­swer to this peo­ple? 7 And they spake unto him, say­ing, If thou be kind to this peo­ple, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy ser­vants for ev­er. 8 But he for­sook the coun­sel which the old men gave him, and took coun­sel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood be­fore him. 9 And he said unto them, What ad­vice give ye that we may re­turn an­swer to this peo­ple, which have spo­ken to me, say­ing, Ease some­what the yoke that thy fa­ther did put upon us? 10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, say­ing, Thus shalt thou an­swer the peo­ple that spake unto thee, say­ing, Thy fa­ther made our yoke heavy, but make thou it some­what lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My lit­tle finger shall be thick­er than my father's loins. 11 For where­as my fa­ther put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my fa­ther chas­tised you with whips, but I will chas­tise you with scor­pi­ons. 12 So Jer­oboam and all the peo­ple came to Re­hoboam on the third day, as the king bade, say­ing, Come again to me on the third day. 13 And the king an­swered them rough­ly; and king Re­hoboam for­sook the coun­sel of the old men, 14 And an­swered them af­ter the ad­vice of the young men, say­ing, My fa­ther made your yoke heavy, but I will add there­to: my fa­ther chas­tised you with whips, but I will chas­tise you with scor­pi­ons. 15 So the king hear­kened not unto the peo­ple: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might per­form his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahi­jah the Shilonite to Jer­oboam the son of Nebat. 16 And when all Is­rael saw that the king would not hear­ken unto them, the peo­ple an­swered the king, say­ing, What por­tion have we in David? and we have none in­her­i­tance in the son of Jesse: ev­ery man to your tents, O Is­rael: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Is­rael went to their tents. 17 But as for the chil­dren of Is­rael that dwelt in the cities of Ju­dah, Re­hoboam reigned over them. 18 Then king Re­hoboam sent Hado­ram that was over the trib­ute; and the chil­dren of Is­rael stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Re­hoboam made speed to get him up to his char­i­ot, to flee to Jerusalem. 19 And Is­rael re­belled against the house of David unto this day.