1 Kings 12
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1And Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] went to Sh’khem [Shoulder]: for all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] were come to Sh’khem [Shoulder] to make him king.
2And it came to pass, when Yarov’am [the people will contend] the son of N’vat [aspect], who was yet in Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], heard [of it], (for he was fled from the presence of king Shlomo (Solomon) [peace], and Yarov’am [the people will contend] dwelt in Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place];)
3That they sent and called him. And Yarov’am [the people will contend] and all the congregation of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] came, and spoke unto Rechav’am [a people has enlarged], saying,
4Your1s father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make youi the grievous service of youri father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve youi.
5And he said unto them, Depart yet [for] three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
6And king Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] consulted with the old men, that stood before Shlomo (Solomon) [peace] his father while he yet lived, and said, How do you2f advise that I may answer this people?
7And they spoke unto him, saying, If youi will be a servant unto this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be youri servants forever.
8But 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:
9And he said unto them, What counsel give you2f that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which youri father did put upon us lighter?
10And the young men that were grown up with him spoke unto him, saying, Thus shall youi speak unto this people that spoke unto youi, saying, Your1s father made our yoke heavy, but make youi [it] lighter unto us; thus shall youi say unto them, My little [finger] shall be thicker than my father’s waist (hips).
11And now whereas my father did burden (to load) you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father has chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
12So Yarov’am [the people will contend] and all the people came to Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
13And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;
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.
15For what reason the king listened not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), that he might perform his saying, which the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) spoke by Achiyah [brother of Yehovah] the Shiloni [peace bringer] [place of rest] unto Yarov’am [the people will contend] the son of N’vat [aspect].
16So when all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] saw that the king listened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David [beloved]? neither [have we] inheritance in the son of Yishai [I possess]: to your tents, O Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: now see to youri own house, David [beloved]. So Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] departed unto their tents.
17But [as for] the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] which dwelt in the cities of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] reigned over them.
18Then king Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] sent Adoram [my lord is exalted], who [was] over the tribute; and all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].
19So Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] rebelled against the house of David [beloved] unto this day.
20And it came to pass, when all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] heard that Yarov’am [the people will contend] was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: there was none that followed the house of David [beloved], but the tribe of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] only.
21And when Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] was come to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], he assembled all the house of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], with the tribe of Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength], an hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], to bring the kingdom again to Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] the son of Shlomo (Solomon) [peace].
22But the word of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] came unto Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] the man of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], saying,
23Speak unto Rechav’am [a people has enlarged], the son of Shlomo (Solomon) [peace], king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and unto all the house of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] and Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength], and to the remnant of the people, saying,
24Thus says the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), You2f shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They listened therefore to the word of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).
25Then Yarov’am [the people will contend] built Sh’khem [Shoulder] in mount Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful], and dwelt in it; and went out from there, and built P’nu’el [Facing God].
26And Yarov’am [the people will contend] said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David [beloved]:
27If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, [even] unto Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and they shall kill me, and go again to Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised].
28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves [of] gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]: behold youri gods, O Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], which brought youi up out of the land of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place].
29And he set the one in Beit-El [House of God], and the other put he in Dan [Judge].
30And this thing became a sin: for the people went [to worship] before the one, [even] unto Dan [Judge].
31And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner].
32And Yarov’am [the people will contend] ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that [is] in Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beit-El [House of God], sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beit-El [House of God] the priests of the high places which he had made.
33So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beit-El [House of God] 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 people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
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