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I Kings Chapter 12

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First Kings 12 recounts the kingdom's division, as Rehoboam succeeds Solomon and the people, led by Jeroboam, ask him to lighten the heavy yoke his father imposed. Rejecting the elders' counsel to serve the people, Rehoboam follows the young men's harsh advice and promises to discipline them with scorpions, prompting ten tribes to rebel and make Jeroboam their king. To keep Israel from returning to Jerusalem to worship, Jeroboam sets up golden calves at Bethel and Dan, makes priests from common people, and institutes a rival feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, devising it from his own heart.

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(2) And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
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I Kings 11:26I Kings 11:27I Kings 11:28I Kings 11:29I Kings 11:30I Kings 11:31I Kings 11:40II Chronicles 10:2II Chronicles 10:3

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II Chronicles 10:2I Kings 11:40I Kings 14:10II Kings 17:21II Chronicles 9:29II Chronicles 13:6

(3) That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
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I Kings 14:10II Chronicles 12:15

(4) Thy 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.
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I Kings 4:7I Kings 4:20I Kings 4:22I Kings 4:23I Kings 4:25I Kings 9:15I Kings 9:22I Kings 9:23I Samuel 8:11I Samuel 8:12I Samuel 8:13I Samuel 8:14

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II Chronicles 10:4I Kings 12:11I Kings 12:14II Chronicles 10:11Jeremiah 28:14I Kings 12:10

(5) And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
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Lamentations 4:15

(6) And 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?
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II Samuel 16:20II Samuel 17:5Job 12:12Job 32:7Proverbs 27:10Jeremiah 42:2Jeremiah 42:3Jeremiah 42:4Jeremiah 42:5Jeremiah 43:2

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II Chronicles 10:6I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53I Kings 12:21I Kings 14:21II Chronicles 9:1

(7) And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto 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.
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II Chronicles 10:6II Chronicles 10:7Proverbs 15:1Mark 10:43Mark 10:44Philippians 2:7Philippians 2:8Philippians 2:9Philippians 2:10Philippians 2:11I Kings 12:13II Samuel 15:3

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II Kings 8:12Exodus 15:26Judges 4:8Ruth 4:4I Samuel 1:11I Samuel 24:21

(8) But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
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II Chronicles 10:8II Chronicles 25:15II Chronicles 25:16Proverbs 1:2Proverbs 1:3Proverbs 1:4Proverbs 1:5Proverbs 1:25Proverbs 1:30Proverbs 19:20Proverbs 25:12Ecclesiastes 10:2

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II Chronicles 10:8Deuteronomy 22:6II Samuel 17:14

(9) And he said unto 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?
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I Kings 22:6I Kings 22:7I Kings 22:8II Samuel 17:5II Samuel 17:6II Chronicles 10:9II Chronicles 18:5II Chronicles 18:6II Chronicles 18:7

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I Kings 12:4I Kings 12:14II Chronicles 10:10II Chronicles 10:6II Samuel 17:14

(10) And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
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II Samuel 17:7II Samuel 17:8II Samuel 17:9II Samuel 17:10II Samuel 17:11II Samuel 17:12II Samuel 17:13II Chronicles 10:10II Chronicles 10:11Proverbs 10:14Proverbs 18:6Proverbs 18:7

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II Chronicles 10:10I Kings 12:14I Kings 12:4Deuteronomy 22:6II Chronicles 10:14Genesis 38:11

(11) And now whereas my father did lade 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.
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Exodus 1:13Exodus 1:14Exodus 5:5Exodus 5:6Exodus 5:7Exodus 5:8Exodus 5:9Exodus 5:18I Samuel 8:18II Chronicles 16:10Isaiah 58:6Jeremiah 27:11

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I Kings 12:14II Chronicles 10:11II Chronicles 10:14I Kings 12:4II Chronicles 10:4Isaiah 10:27

(12) So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
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I Kings 12:5II Chronicles 10:12II Chronicles 10:13II Chronicles 10:14

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(13) And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
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I Kings 20:6I Kings 20:7I Kings 20:8I Kings 20:9I Kings 20:10I Kings 20:11Genesis 42:7Genesis 42:30Exodus 5:2Exodus 10:28Judges 12:1Judges 12:2

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II Chronicles 10:13II Samuel 17:14II Chronicles 10:8

(14) And spake 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.
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II Chronicles 22:4II Chronicles 22:5Esther 1:16Esther 1:17Esther 1:18Esther 1:19Esther 1:20Esther 1:21Esther 2:2Esther 2:3Esther 2:4Proverbs 12:5

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I Kings 12:11II Chronicles 10:14II Chronicles 10:11I Kings 12:4II Chronicles 10:4I Kings 12:10

(15) Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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I Kings 12:24I Kings 22:23Deuteronomy 2:30Judges 14:4II Chronicles 10:15II Chronicles 22:7II Chronicles 25:16II Chronicles 25:20Psalms 5:10Amos 3:6Acts 2:23Acts 4:28

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II Chronicles 10:15I Kings 15:29II Chronicles 9:29I Kings 11:29I Kings 12:2I Kings 14:2

(16) So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto 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 thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
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II Samuel 20:1II Chronicles 10:16I Kings 22:17I Kings 22:36I Kings 11:13I Kings 11:34I Kings 11:36I Kings 11:39II Samuel 7:15II Samuel 7:16Psalms 2:1Psalms 2:2

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II Chronicles 10:16II Samuel 20:1Joshua 19:9Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4

(17) But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
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I Kings 11:13I Kings 11:36II Chronicles 10:17II Chronicles 11:13II Chronicles 11:14II Chronicles 11:15II Chronicles 11:16II Chronicles 11:17

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I Kings 14:21II Chronicles 12:13II Chronicles 10:17I Kings 2:11I Chronicles 29:27

(18) Then 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 get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
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I Kings 4:6I Kings 5:14II Samuel 20:24II Chronicles 10:18Exodus 17:4Numbers 14:10II Chronicles 24:21Acts 5:26Acts 7:57Acts 7:58I Kings 20:18I Kings 20:19

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II Chronicles 10:18I Chronicles 29:2Joshua 7:25I Kings 7:10I Kings 12:21I Kings 12:27

(19) So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
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I Samuel 10:19II Kings 17:21II Chronicles 10:19II Chronicles 13:5II Chronicles 13:6II Chronicles 13:7II Chronicles 13:17Isaiah 7:17Hebrews 6:6Joshua 4:9

(20) And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
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I Samuel 10:24Hosea 8:4I Kings 12:17I Kings 11:13I Kings 11:32Hosea 11:12

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Joshua 21:6I Chronicles 6:62Numbers 34:14Numbers 36:7Joshua 20:8Joshua 21:4

(21) And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
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II Chronicles 11:1II Chronicles 11:2II Chronicles 11:3I Chronicles 21:5II Chronicles 14:8II Chronicles 14:11II Chronicles 17:14II Chronicles 17:15II Chronicles 17:16II Chronicles 17:17II Chronicles 17:18II Chronicles 17:19

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II Chronicles 11:1II Chronicles 12:13I Kings 14:21II Chronicles 13:7Joshua 21:4I Kings 12:23

(22) But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
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II Chronicles 11:2II Chronicles 12:5II Chronicles 12:7I Kings 13:1I Kings 13:4I Kings 13:5I Kings 13:11I Kings 17:18I Kings 17:24Deuteronomy 33:1II Kings 4:16II Kings 4:22

(23) Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
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I Kings 12:21II Chronicles 11:1II Chronicles 11:3I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53I Kings 14:21

(24) Thus 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.
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Numbers 14:42II Chronicles 11:4II Chronicles 25:7II Chronicles 25:8II Chronicles 28:9II Chronicles 28:10II Chronicles 28:11II Chronicles 28:12II Chronicles 28:13I Kings 12:15I Kings 11:29I Kings 11:30

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(25) Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
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I Kings 9:15I Kings 9:17I Kings 9:18I Kings 15:17I Kings 16:24II Chronicles 11:5II Chronicles 11:6II Chronicles 11:7II Chronicles 11:8II Chronicles 11:9II Chronicles 11:10II Chronicles 11:11

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Joshua 19:50II Chronicles 20:8Deuteronomy 8:12Judges 18:28Joshua 20:7II Chronicles 13:4

(26) And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
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Psalms 14:1Mark 2:6Mark 2:7Mark 2:8Luke 7:39I Kings 11:38I Samuel 27:1II Chronicles 20:20Isaiah 7:9Jeremiah 38:18Jeremiah 38:19Jeremiah 38:20

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(27) If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
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I Kings 8:29I Kings 8:30I Kings 8:44I Kings 11:32Deuteronomy 12:5Deuteronomy 12:6Deuteronomy 12:7Deuteronomy 12:14Deuteronomy 16:2Deuteronomy 16:6Genesis 12:12Genesis 12:13

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(28) Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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I Kings 12:8I Kings 12:9Exodus 1:10Isaiah 30:1Exodus 20:4Deuteronomy 4:14Deuteronomy 4:15Deuteronomy 4:16Deuteronomy 4:17Deuteronomy 4:18II Kings 10:29II Kings 17:16

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(29) And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
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Genesis 12:8Genesis 28:19Genesis 35:1Hosea 4:15Genesis 14:14Deuteronomy 34:1Judges 18:29Judges 18:30Judges 18:31Judges 20:1II Kings 10:29Jeremiah 8:16

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(30) And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
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I Kings 13:34II Kings 10:31II Kings 17:21

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(31) And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
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I Kings 13:24I Kings 13:32Deuteronomy 24:15Ezekiel 16:25Hosea 12:11I Kings 13:33Numbers 3:10II Kings 17:32II Chronicles 11:14II Chronicles 11:15II Chronicles 13:9Ezekiel 44:6

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I Kings 13:33II Kings 17:32

(32) And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
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I Kings 8:2I Kings 8:5Leviticus 23:33Leviticus 23:34Leviticus 23:35Leviticus 23:36Leviticus 23:37Leviticus 23:38Leviticus 23:39Leviticus 23:40Leviticus 23:41Leviticus 23:42

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(33) So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
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Numbers 15:39Psalms 106:39Isaiah 29:13Matthew 15:6Mark 7:13I Kings 13:1I Samuel 13:12II Chronicles 26:6

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