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1 Kings

Chapter 12

KJV · Textus Receptus

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
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;)
3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
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.
5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
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?
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.
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:
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?
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.
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.
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.
13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
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.
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.
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.
17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
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.
19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
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.
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.
22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
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,
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.
25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
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.
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.
29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
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.
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.
33 So he offered upon the altar , and burnt incense.

Asante Twi

1Na Rehoboam kɔɔ Sekem: efisɛ Israel nyinaa baa Sekem sɛ wɔrekɔsi no ɔhene.Under pastoral review
2Na ɛbaa sɛ, ɛberɛ a Yeroboam, Nebat babarima, a ɔda so wɔ Misraim teeɛ no, (efisɛ na wadwane afiri ɔhene Solomon anim, na Yeroboam tenaa Misraim;)Under pastoral review
3Wɔsomaa nnipa kɔfrɛɛ no. Na Yeroboam ne Israel asafo no nyinaa baeɛ, na wɔka kyerɛɛ Rehoboam sɛ,Under pastoral review
4W'agya maa yɛn kɔnnua yɛɛ duru: enti afei tew w'agya ɔsom a ɛyɛ den, ne ne kɔnnua duru a ɔde too yɛn so no so, na yɛbɛsom wo.Under pastoral review
5Na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Monkɔ nna mmiɛnsa, na afei mommra me nkyɛn bio. Na nkurɔfoɔ no kɔeɛ.Under pastoral review
6Na ɔhene Rehoboam ne mpanimfoɔ a wɔgyinaa n'agya Solomon anim ɛberɛ a ɔda so te ase no dii nkitaho, na ɔkaa sɛ, Ɛdeɛn afotuo na motu me sɛ mede mmua saa nkurɔfoɔ yi?Under pastoral review
7Na wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Sɛ wobɛyɛ akoa ama saa nkurɔfoɔ yi ɛnnɛ, na woasom wɔn, na woabua wɔn, na woaka nsɛm pa akyerɛ wɔn a, ɛnneɛ wɔbɛyɛ w'asomfoɔ daa.Under pastoral review
8Nanso ɔgyaa mpanimfoɔ no afotuo a wɔtuu no no, na ɔne mmeranteɛ a wɔne no nyiniiɛ, wɔn a wɔgyina n'anim no dii nkitaho:Under pastoral review
9Na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Ɛdeɛn afotuo na motu sɛ yɛmfa mmua saa nkurɔfoɔ yi, wɔn a wɔaka akyerɛ me sɛ, Tew kɔnnua a w'agya de too yɛn so no so?Under pastoral review
10Na mmeranteɛ a wɔne no nyiniiɛ no ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Sei na wobɛka akyerɛ saa nkurɔfoɔ yi a wɔka kyerɛɛ wo sɛ, W'agya maa yɛn kɔnnua yɛɛ duru, na wo deɛ, tew so ma yɛn; sei na wobɛka akyerɛ wɔn, Me nsateaa ketewa bɛyɛ duru asene m'agya asene.Under pastoral review
11Na afei, sɛdeɛ m'agya de kɔnnua duru soaa mo no, mede bɛka mo kɔnnua ho: m'agya de mpire twee mo aso, na me deɛ, mede anyanyankyerɛ bɛtwe mo aso.Under pastoral review
12Enti Yeroboam ne nkurɔfoɔ no nyinaa baa Rehoboam nkyɛn ɛda a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa, sɛdeɛ ɔhene hyɛeɛ sɛ, Mommra me nkyɛn bio ɛda a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa no.Under pastoral review
13Na ɔhene de anibereɛ buaa nkurɔfoɔ no, na ɔgyaa mpanimfoɔ no afotuo a wɔtuu no no;Under pastoral review
14Na ɔkasa kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛdeɛ mmeranteɛ no afotuo teɛ sɛ, M'agya maa mo kɔnnua yɛɛ duru, na me nso mede bɛka mo kɔnnua ho: m'agya de mpire twee mo aso, na me deɛ, mede anyanyankyerɛ bɛtwe mo aso.Under pastoral review
15Ɛno enti ɔhene antie nkurɔfoɔ no; efisɛ asɛm no firi AWURADE nkyɛn, sɛdeɛ ɔbɛma n'asɛm a AWURADE nam Ahiya, Siloni so ka kyerɛɛ Yeroboam, Nebat babarima no aba mu.Under pastoral review
16Enti ɛberɛ a Israel nyinaa hunuu sɛ ɔhene antie wɔn no, nkurɔfoɔ no buaa ɔhene sɛ, Kyɛfa bɛn na yɛwɔ wɔ Dawid mu? na yɛnni agyapadeɛ wɔ Yese ba no mu: Israel, monkɔ mo ntomadan mu: afei Dawid, hwɛ w'ankasa wo fie. Enti Israel kɔɔ wɔn ntomadan mu.Under pastoral review
17Na Israel mma a wɔte Yuda nkuro mu no deɛ, Rehoboam dii wɔn so.Under pastoral review
18Afei ɔhene Rehoboam somaa Adoram, deɛ ɔhwɛ toɔ no so no; na Israel nyinaa sii no aboɔ ma ɔwuiɛ. Ɛno enti ɔhene Rehoboam yɛɛ ntɛm foro kɔɔ ne teaseɛnam mu, sɛ ɔredwane akɔ Yerusalem.Under pastoral review
19Enti Israel te atua tiaa Dawid fie de bɛsi ɛnnɛ.Under pastoral review
20Na ɛbaa sɛ, ɛberɛ a Israel nyinaa tee sɛ Yeroboam asane aba no, wɔsomaa nnipa kɔfrɛɛ no baa asafo no mu, na wɔsii no ɔhene wɔ Israel nyinaa so: obiara anni Dawid fie akyi, gye Yuda abusuakuo no nko ara.Under pastoral review
21Na ɛberɛ a Rehoboam baa Yerusalem no, ɔboaboaa Yuda fie nyinaa ano, ne Benyamin abusuakuo, mmarima a wɔapa wɔn mpem ɔha ne aduɔwɔtwe, a wɔyɛ akofoɔ, sɛ wɔne Israel fie bɛko, na wɔasane de ahennie no abrɛ Rehoboam, Solomon babarima.Under pastoral review
22Na Onyankopɔn asɛm baa Semaia, Onyankopɔn onipa no nkyɛn sɛ,Under pastoral review
23Ka kyerɛ Rehoboam, Solomon babarima, Yuda hene, ne Yuda ne Benyamin fie nyinaa, ne nkurɔfoɔ no nkaeɛ sɛ,Under pastoral review
24Sei na AWURADE seɛ, Monnkɔ, na mo ne mo nuanom Israel mma nnko: obiara nsane nkɔ ne fie; efisɛ saa asɛm yi firi me. Enti wɔtiee AWURADE asɛm, na wɔsane kɔeɛ, sɛdeɛ AWURADE asɛm teɛ.Under pastoral review
25Afei Yeroboam sii Sekem wɔ bepɔ Efraim so, na ɔtenaa hɔ; na ɔfirii hɔ kɔeɛ, na ɔsii Penuel.Under pastoral review
26Na Yeroboam kaa wɔ n'akoma mu sɛ, Afei ahennie no bɛsane akɔ Dawid fie:Under pastoral review
27Sɛ saa nkurɔfoɔ yi foro kɔbɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ AWURADE fie wɔ Yerusalem a, ɛnneɛ saa nkurɔfoɔ yi akoma bɛsane akɔ wɔn wura nkyɛn, Rehoboam, Yuda hene nkyɛn, na wɔbɛkum me, na wɔasane akɔ Rehoboam, Yuda hene nkyɛn.Under pastoral review
28Ɛno enti ɔhene tuu agyina, na ɔyɛɛ sika kɔkɔɔ nantwie mma mmienu, na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Ɛyɛ den dodo ma mo sɛ mobɛforo akɔ Yerusalem: Israel, hwɛ w'anyame, wɔn a wɔyii wo firii Misraim asase so no.Under pastoral review
29Na ɔde baako sii Bet-el, na baako no ɔde sii Dan.Under pastoral review
30Na saa asɛm yi bɛyɛɛ bɔne: efisɛ nkurɔfoɔ no kɔɔ baako no anim, kɔsii Dan mpo.Under pastoral review
31Na ɔyɛɛ sorɔnsorɔmmea fie, na ɔyɛɛ asɔfoɔ firii nkurɔfoɔ no mu wɔn a wɔnnyɛ hwee mu, wɔn a wɔnnyɛ Lewi mma.Under pastoral review
32Na Yeroboam hyɛɛ afahyɛ wɔ bosome a ɛtɔ so nwɔtwe mu, bosome no ɛda a ɛtɔ so dunum, te sɛ afahyɛ a ɛwɔ Yuda no, na ɔbɔɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ afɔrebukyia no so. Saa na ɔyɛɛ wɔ Bet-el, na ɔbɔɔ afɔdeɛ maa nantwie mma a wayɛ no: na ɔde sorɔnsorɔmmea asɔfoɔ a wayɛ wɔn no tenaa Bet-el.Under pastoral review
33Enti ɔbɔɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ afɔrebukyia a wayɛ wɔ Bet-el no so, bosome a ɛtɔ so nwɔtwe ɛda a ɛtɔ so dunum, bosome a ɔfirii n'ankasa n'akoma mu yɛeɛ no mu; na ɔhyɛɛ afahyɛ maa Israel mma: na ɔbɔɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ afɔrebukyia no so, na ɔhyee aduhwam.Under pastoral review

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