Hello, and welcome
back to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and we're
reading today from the book
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of 1st Kings. Before we
read, let's pray together.
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Dear God, thank you so much
for these stories about Solomon,
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and about Your people, and Lord
we want to learn the lessons
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and not fail to walk
in your ways, and to keep
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your commands. We
can't do it without you help
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and by your grace. Please
forgive our sins and strengthen
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us now as we hear Your
word. Thank you for loving us.
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We love you. Amen.
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We're reading in the book
of 1st Kings, in chapter 10 and
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we're picking up with verse 18.
This is the King James Version.
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Moreover, the king made a great
throne of ivory and overlaid it
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with the best gold. The
throne had six steps and the top
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of the throne was round behind.
And there were stays on either
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side, on the place of the
seat, and two lions stood beside
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the stays. And twelve lions
stood there on the one side
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and on the other upon the six
steps: there was not the like
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made in any kingdom. And all
king Solomon's drinking vessels
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were of gold. And all
the vessels of the house
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of the Forest of Lebanon
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were of pure gold; none were of
silver: it was nothing accounted
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of in the days of Solomon. For
the king had at sea a navy of
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Tharshish with the navy of
Hiram: once in 3 years came
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the navy of Tharshish, bringing
gold, and silver, ivory and apes
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and peacocks. So king Solomon
exceeded all the kings of the
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earth for riches and for
wisdom and all the earth sought
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to Solomon, to hear his wisdom,
which God had put in his heart.
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And they brought every man
his present, vessels of silver,
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and vessels of gold, and
garments, and armor, and spices,
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horses, and mules, a rate year
by year. And Solomon gathered
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together chariots and horsemen:
and he had 1,400 chariots,
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and 12,000 horsemen, whom
he bestowed in the cities for
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chariots, and with the
king at Jerusalem. And the king
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made silver to be in Jerusalem
as stones, and cedars made he
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to be as the sycamore
trees that are in the vale,
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for abundance. And Solomon
had horses brought out of Egypt,
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and linen yarn: the king's
merchants received the linen
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yarn at a price. And a chariot
came up and went out of Egypt
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for 600 shekels of silver, and
a horse for 150: and so for all
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the kings of the Hittites,
and for the kings of Syria,
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did they bring
them out by their means.
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Continuing now in
1 Kings, chapter 11.
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This is the King James Version.
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But king Solomon loved many
strange women, together with
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the daughter of Pharaoh, women
of the Moabites, Ammonites,
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Edomites, Zidonians,
and Hittites; of the nations
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concerning which the Lord said
unto the children of Israel,
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Ye shall not go in to them,
neither shall they come in unto
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you: for surely they will turn
away your heart after their gods
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Solomon clave unto these in love
and he had 700 wives, princesses
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and 300 concubines; and his
wives turned away his heart.
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For it came to pass,
when Solomon was old,
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that his wives turned away
his heart after other gods:
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and his heart was not
perfect with the Lord his God,
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as was the heart of David his
father. For Solomon went after
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Ashtoreth the goddess of
the Zidonians, and after Milcom
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the abomination
of the Ammonites.
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And Solomon did evil
in the sight of the Lord,
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and went not fully after the
Lord, as did David his father.
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Then did Solomon build
an high place for Chemosh,
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the abomination of Moab, in the
hill that is before Jerusalem,
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and for Molech, the abomination
of the children of Ammon.
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And likewise did he for all
his strange wives, which burnt
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incense and sacrificed unto
their gods. And the Lord was
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angry with Solomon, because his
heart was turned from the Lord
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God of Israel which had appeared
unto him twice and had commanded
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him concerning this thing, that
he should not go after other
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gods. but he kept not
that which the Lord commanded.
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Wherefore the Lord said unto
Solomon, Forasmuch as this is
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done of thee, and thou hast not
kept my covenant and my statutes
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which I have commanded thee,
I will surely rend the kingdom
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from thee, and will give it
to thy servant. Notwithstanding
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in thy days I will not do
it for David thy father's sake:
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but I will rend it out of
the hand of thy son. Howbeit
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I will not rend away all the
kingdom; but will give one tribe
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to thy son for
David my servant's sake,
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and for Jerusalem's sake which
I have chosen. And the Lord
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stirred up an adversary
unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite:
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He was of the king's seed in
Edom, For it came to pass, when
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David was in Edom, and Joab
the captain of the host was gone
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up to bury the slain, after he
had smitten every male in Edom;
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For 6 months did Joab remain
there with all Israel, until he
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had cut off every male in Edom:
That Hadad fled, he and certain
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Edomites of his
father's servants with him,
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to go into Egypt; Hadad
being yet a little child.
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And they arose out of
Midian, and came to Paran:
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and they took men with them out
of Paran, and they came to Egypt
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unto Pharaoh king of
Egypt; which gave him an house,
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and appointed him
victuals, and gave him land.
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And Hadad found great favor
in the sight of Pharaoh so that
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he gave him to wife the sister
of his own wife, the sister of
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Tahpenes the queen. And
the sister of Tahpenes bare him
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Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes
weaned in Pharaoh's house:
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and Genubath was in Pharaoh's
household among the sons
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of Pharaoh. And when Hadad heard
in Egypt that David slept with
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his fathers, and that Joab the
captain of the host was dead,
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Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let
me depart, that I may go to mine
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own country. Then Pharaoh said
unto him, But what hast thou
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lacked with me, that, behold,
thou seekest to go to thine own
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country? And he answered,
Nothing: howbeit let me go
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in any wise. And God stirred
him up another adversary, Rezon
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the son of Eliadah, which
fled from his lord Hadadezer
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king of Zobah: And he gathered
men unto him, and became captain
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over a band, when David slew
them of Zobah: and they went to
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Damascus, and dwelt therein,
and reigned in Damascus.
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And he was an adversary to
Israel all the days of Solomon,
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beside the mischief that Hadad
did: and he abhorred Israel,
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and reigned over Syria.
And Jeroboam, the son of Nebat,
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an Ephrathite of
Zereda, Solomon's servant,
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whose mother's name was Zeruah,
a widow woman, even he lifted up
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his hand against the king.
And this was the cause that he
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lifted up his hand against
the king. Solomon built Millo,
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and repaired the breaches of
the city of David his father.
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And the man Jeroboam
was a mighty man of valor:
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and Solomon seeing the young
man that he was industrious,
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he made him ruler over all the
charge of the house of Joseph.
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And it came to pass at that
time when Jeroboam went out of
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Jerusalem, that the prophet
Ahijah the Shilonite found him
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in the way; and he had
clad himself with a new garment;
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and they two were alone in the
field: And Ahijah caught the new
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garment that was on him,
and rent it in twelve pieces:
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And he said to Jeroboam, Take
thee ten pieces: for thus saith
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the Lord, the God of Israel,
Behold, I will rend the kingdom
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out of the hand of Solomon, and
will give ten tribes to thee:
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But he shall have one tribe
for my servant David's sake,
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and for Jerusalem's sake, the
city which I have chosen out of
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all the tribes of Israel:
Because that they have forsaken
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me, and have worshipped
Ashtoreth the goddess of the
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Zidonians, Chemosh the god of
the Moabites, and Milcom the god
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of the children of Ammon,
and have not walked in my ways,
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to do that which is right
in mine eyes, and to keep my
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statutes and my judgments,
as did David his father. Howbeit
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I will not take the
whole kingdom out of his hand:
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but I will make him prince all
the days of his life for David
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my servant's sake, whom I chose
because he kept my commandments
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and my statutes: But I will take
the kingdom out of his son's
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hand, and will give it unto thee
even ten tribes. And unto his
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son will I give one tribe,
that David my servant may have a
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light alway before me in
Jerusalem, the city which I have
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chosen me to put my name
there. And I will take thee,
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and thou shalt reign according
to all that thy soul desireth,
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and shalt be king over Israel.
And it shall be, if thou wilt
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hearken unto all that I command
thee, and wilt walk in my ways,
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and do that is right in
my sight, to keep my statutes
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and my commandments, as David
my servant did; that I will be
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with thee, and build thee a
sure house as I built for David,
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and will give Israel unto thee.
And I will for this afflict the
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seed of David, but not forever.
Solomon sought therefore to kill
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Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose,
and fled into Egypt unto Shishak
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king of Egypt, and was in Egypt
until the death of Solomon.
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And the rest of the acts of
Solomon, and all that he did,
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and his wisdom, are they not
written in the book of the acts
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of Solomon? And the time that
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem
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over all Israel was 40 years.
And Solomon slept with his
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fathers, and was buried in
the city of David his father:
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And Rehoboam his son
reigned in his stead.
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We're continuing now
in 1st Kings, chapter 12.
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And this is the
King James Version.
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And Rehoboam went to Shechem:
for all Israel were come
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to Shechem to make him
king. And it came to pass,
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when Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who was yet in Egypt heard of it
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for he was fled from the
presence of king Solomon,
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and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;
That they sent and called him.
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and Jeroboam and all the
congregation of Israel came,
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and spake unto Rehoboam,
saying, Thy father made our yoke
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grevious: now therefore make
thou the grievous service of thy
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father and his heavy yoke which
he put upon us, lighter, and we
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will serve thee. And he said
unto them, Depart yet for 3 days
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then come again to me.
And the people departed.
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And King Rehoboam consulted
with the old men, that stood
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before Solomon his father
while he yet lived, and said,
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How do ye advise that
I may answer this people?
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And they spake unto him, saying,
If thou wilt be a servant unto
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this people this day, and wilt
serve them, and answer them, and
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speak good words to them,
then they will be thy servants
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for ever. But he forsook
the counsel of the old men,
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which they had given him,
and consulted with the young men
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that were grown up with
him: And which stood before him:
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And he said unto them,
What counsel give ye that we may
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answer this people, who
have spoken to me, saying,
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Make the yoke which thy
father did put upon us lighter?
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And the young men that were
grown up with him spake unto
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him, saying, Thus shalt
thou speak unto this people that
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spake unto thee, saying,
Thy father made our yoke heavy,
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but make thou it lighter unto
us; thus shalt thou say unto
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them, My little finger shall be
thicker than my father's loins.
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And now whereas my father
did lade you with a heavy yoke,
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I will add to your yoke: my
father hath chastised you with
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whips, but I will
chastise you with scorpions.
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So Jeroboam and all the people
came to Rehoboam the 3rd day,
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as the king had appointed,
saying, Come to me again
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on the 3rd day. And the king
answered the people roughly,
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and forsook the old men's
counsel that they gave him;
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And spake to them after
the counsel of the young men,
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saying, My father made your yoke
heavy, and I will add to your
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yoke: my father also chastised
you with whips, but I will
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chastise you with scorpions.
Wherefore the king hearkened
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not unto the people; for the
cause was from the Lord, that he
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might perform his saying,
which the Lord spake by Ahijah
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the Shilonite unto
Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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So when all Israel saw
that the king hearkened not
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unto them, the people answered
the king saying, What portion
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have we in David? neither have
we inheritance the son of Jesse:
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to your tents, O Israel: now
see to thine own house, David.
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So Israel departed unto their
tents. But as for the children
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of Israel which dwelt in
the cities of Judah, Rehoboam
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reigned over them. Then king
Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was
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over the tribute; and all
Israel stoned him with stones,
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that he died. Therefore king
Rehoboam made speed to get him
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up to his chariot,
to flee to Jerusalem.
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