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1 And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither all Israel were assembled, to make him king.
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Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
2 And when Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who was in Egypt, (for he was fled thither from Solomon,) heard it, forthwith he returned.
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When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
3 And they sent for him, and he came with all Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:
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They sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam,
4 Thy father oppressed with a most grievous yoke, do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease some thing of the burden, that we may serve thee.
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"Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke that he placed on us, and we will serve you."
5 And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,
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He said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people went away.
6 He took counsel with the ancients, who had stood before his father Solomon, while he yet lived, saying: What counsel give you to me, that I may answer the people?
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Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the older men who had attended his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you advise me to answer this people?"
7 And they said to him: If thou please this people, and soothe them with kind words, they will be thy servants for ever.
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They answered him, "If you will be kind to this people and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
8 But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.
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But he rejected the advice that the older men gave him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and now attended him.
9 And he said to them: What seemeth good to you? or what shall I answer this people, who have said to me: Ease the yoke which thy father laid upon us?
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He said to them, "What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, "Lighten the yoke that your father put on us'?"
10 But they answered as young men, and brought up with him in pleasures, and said: Thus shalt thou speak to the people, that said to thee: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease it: thus shalt thou answer them: My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father.
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The young men who had grown up with him said to him, "Thus should you speak to the people who said to you, "Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must lighten it for us'; tell them, "My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.
11 My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add more weight to it: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.
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Now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.' "
12 So Jeroboam, and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as he commanded them.
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So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had said, "Come to me again the third day."
13 And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.
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The king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the older men;
14 And he spoke according to the advice of the young men: My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, which I will make heavier: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.
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he spoke to them in accordance with the advice of the young men, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions."
15 And he condescended not to the people’s requests: for it was the will of God, that his word might be fulfilled which he had spoken by the hand of Ahias the Silonite to Jeroboam the son of Nabat.
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So the king did not listen to the people, because it was a turn of affairs brought about by God so that the Lord might fulfill his word, which he had spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
16 And all the people upon the king’s speaking roughly, said thus unto him: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai. Return to thy dwellings, O Israel, and do thou, O David feed thy own house. And Israel went away to their dwellings.
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When all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king, "What share do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each of you to your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David." So all Israel departed to their tents.
17 But Roboam reigned over the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda.
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But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who were living in the cities of Judah.
18 And king Roboam sent Aduram, who was over the tributes, and the children of Israel stoned him, and he died: and king Roboam made haste to get up into his chariot, and fled into Jerusalem.
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When King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, the people of Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam hurriedly mounted his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.
19 And Israel revolted from the house of David unto this day.
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So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
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